Average Sunshine in Italy for October

The tables below give October 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 October sunshine

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
149	Bologna	15	17
152	Bolzano	13	18
	Cervia	14	16
146	Monte Cimone	15	15
	Paganella	15	15
	Passo Rolle	18	15
	Rimini	14	15
	Tarvisio	13	17
167	Trieste	15	16
152	Venice (Venezia)	15	18
	Verona	15	17
	Vicenza	15	17

Northwestern Italy

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

Average amount of sun in October

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
	Bergamo	16	17
	Brescia	14	17
174	Genoa (Genova)	17	16
130	Milan (Milano)	13	18
143	Turin (Torino)	15	17

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 October sun

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
155	Ancona	14	16
	Arezzo	14	19
	Civitavecchia	17	17
	Florence (Firenze)	16	18
	Monte Argentario	16	17
161	Monte Terminillo	17	14
	Perugia	16	18
177	Pisa	15	16
	Ponza Island	19	21
	Rome (Roma)	14	19
	Volterra	15	14

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 October on average

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
	Bari	17	17
202	Capo Palinuro	19	20
	Foggia	16	18
	Lecce	18	20
189	Naples (Napoli)	17	19
171	Pescara	15	15
	Reggio Calabria	20	18
	Santa Maria di Leuca	19	18
	Termoli	16	16

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 October

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
202	Alghero, Sardinia	18	18
198	Cagliari, Sardinia	17	16
	Catania, Sicily	20	18
189	Messina, Sicily	16	17
	Palermo, Sicily	19	19
202	Pantelleria Island	18	18
202	Ustica Island	18	19