Average Sunshine in Italy for July

The tables below give July averages for the hours of sunshine and number of sunny days at dozens of cities and vacation spots throughout Italy.

The numbers for hours of sunshine a place gets this month are averages from 1961 to 1990. These data are available for only some locations.

The monthly totals of days with sun are averages of weather data collected during 1971 to 2000. These are counts of the days when at least half the sky is clear of cloud. The morning figure is for 8 am and the evening is for 8 pm Central European Summer Time, which is local time.

You can jump to a separate table for each section of the country: Northeast, Northwest, Central , South and Italy's Mediterranean Islands.

Northeastern Italy

This section takes in the regions of Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino-Alto Adige and Veneto. Three weather stations on the list are located at over 2000 metres (6560 feet) elevation: Paganella and Passo Rolle in the Dolomites and Monte Cimone of the Apennine Mountains.

Total July sunshine

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
291	Bologna	23	23
233	Bolzano	17	15
	Cervia	23	22
229	Monte Cimone	22	17
	Paganella	14	13
	Passo Rolle	17	9
	Rimini	24	23
	Tarvisio	17	15
288	Trieste	20	20
288	Venice (Venezia)	20	21
	Verona	19	21
	Vicenza	19	20

Northwestern Italy

The cities here are in the regions of Liguria, Lombardy (Lombardia) and Piedmont.

Average amount of sun in July

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
	Bergamo	19	19
	Brescia	19	20
295	Genoa (Genova)	21	21
285	Milan (Milano)	20	20
260	Turin (Torino)	17	18

Central Italy

The regions of central Italy include Lazio and Tuscany (Toscana) along the west coast, Umbria in the interior and Marche on the east coast. The highest weather station of this group sits at 1875 metres (6150 feet) on Monte Terminillo.

Average July sun

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
313	Ancona	23	7
	Arezzo	24	21
	Civitavecchia	25	25
	Florence (Firenze)	23	23
	Monte Argentario	22	24
276	Monte Terminillo	25	17
	Perugia	25	22
316	Pisa	21	23
	Ponza Island	27	28
	Rome (Roma)	28	27
	Volterra	23	23

Southern Italy

The regions covered here make up Italy's boot, ranging from Abruzzo in the north to Calabria in the south and include Apulia (Puglia), Campania and Molise. Capo Palinuro is in the National Park of Cilento on Italy's west coast.

Number of sunny hours and days in July on average

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
	Bari	26	23
335	Capo Palinuro	27	26
	Foggia	25	23
	Lecce	27	26
313	Naples (Napoli)	26	24
304	Pescara	24	21
	Reggio Calabria	29	29
	Santa Maria di Leuca	27	27
	Termoli	25	22

Mediterranean Islands

The weather data given in this table are for the Italian islands of Sardinia (Sardegna) and Sicily (Sicilia). Also included are two smaller islands: Ustica located north of Sicily, and Pantelleria to the southwest of Sicily.

Average total sunshine in July

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
350	Alghero, Sardinia	26	27
335	Cagliari, Sardinia	26	26
	Catania, Sicily	29	28
332	Messina, Sicily	26	25
	Palermo, Sicily	28	29
322	Pantelleria Island	22	26
347	Ustica Island	27	28