Average Sunshine in Italy for September

The tables below give September 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 September sunshine

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
201	Bologna	18	19
180	Bolzano	15	17
	Cervia	19	19
165	Monte Cimone	17	14
	Paganella	14	14
	Passo Rolle	16	12
	Rimini	19	18
	Tarvisio	14	16
210	Trieste	18	19
198	Venice (Venezia)	16	20
	Verona	18	19
	Vicenza	17	19

Northwestern Italy

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

Average amount of sun in September

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
	Bergamo	16	17
	Brescia	18	19
201	Genoa (Genova)	17	17
186	Milan (Milano)	17	19
168	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 September sun

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
237	Ancona	18	12
	Arezzo	18	18
	Civitavecchia	18	18
	Florence (Firenze)	17	19
	Monte Argentario	18	18
195	Monte Terminillo	19	13
	Perugia	19	19
219	Pisa	16	18
	Ponza Island	22	22
	Rome (Roma)	22	22
	Volterra	16	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 September on average

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
	Bari	21	20
255	Capo Palinuro	23	21
	Foggia	19	19
	Lecce	22	23
234	Naples (Napoli)	20	20
219	Pescara	18	16
	Reggio Calabria	24	23
	Santa Maria di Leuca	21	21
	Termoli	19	18

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 September

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
249	Alghero, Sardinia	21	20
246	Cagliari, Sardinia	20	19
	Catania, Sicily	23	20
240	Messina, Sicily	20	19
	Palermo, Sicily	22	19
237	Pantelleria Island	20	20
252	Ustica Island	22	22