Average Rainfall for Italy in May
The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall during May at cities and vacation spots in Italy. Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets this month and for the normal amount of precipitation.
The calculation of days only includes the days when precipitation totalled more than a millimetre (0.04 inches).
The month's total rainfall is an average of weather data collected during 1971 to 2000.
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.
| Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Bologna | 2.3 | 58 |
| 9 | Bolzano | 3.0 | 75 |
| 7 | Cervia | 1.7 | 43 |
| 9 | Monte Cimone | 1.7 | 43 |
| 11 | Paganella | 2.8 | 72 |
| 14 | Passo Rolle | 4.0 | 101 |
| 7 | Rimini | 1.9 | 48 |
| 13 | Tarvisio | 4.9 | 124 |
| 9 | Trieste | 3.3 | 84 |
| 8 | Venice (Venezia) | 2.6 | 66 |
| 9 | Verona | 2.9 | 74 |
| 10 | Vicenza | 3.9 | 100 |
Northwestern Italy
The cities here are in the regions of Liguria, Lombardy (Lombardia) and Piedmont.
| Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Bergamo | 4.8 | 123 |
| 10 | Brescia | 3.3 | 83 |
| 7 | Genoa (Genova) | 2.9 | 72 |
| 9 | Milan (Milano) | 3.8 | 96 |
| 11 | Turin (Torino) | 5.7 | 145 |
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.
| Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Ancona | 2.1 | 54 |
| 9 | Arezzo | 2.9 | 73 |
| 4 | Civitavecchia | 1.7 | 44 |
| 8 | Florence (Firenze) | 2.8 | 70 |
| 4 | Monte Argentario | 1.0 | 25 |
| 8 | Monte Terminillo | 2.7 | 68 |
| 8 | Perugia | 3.0 | 76 |
| 7 | Pisa | 2.4 | 62 |
| 4 | Ponza Island | 0.8 | 20 |
| 6 | Rome (Roma) | 1.9 | 49 |
| 7 | Volterra | 2.2 | 56 |
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.
| Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Bari | 1.4 | 35 |
| 5 | Capo Palinuro | 1.4 | 37 |
| 10 | Foggia | 1.4 | 36 |
| 4 | Lecce | 1.1 | 28 |
| 6 | Naples (Napoli) | 2.3 | 59 |
| 5 | Pescara | 1.2 | 32 |
| 3 | Reggio Calabria | 0.8 | 20 |
| 3 | Santa Maria di Leuca | 0.9 | 23 |
| 4 | Termoli | 0.9 | 23 |
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.
| Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Alghero, Sardinia | 1.1 | 27 |
| 4 | Cagliari, Sardinia | 1.0 | 26 |
| 3 | Catania, Sicily | 0.9 | 22 |
| 4 | Messina, Sicily | 1.3 | 34 |
| 4 | Palermo, Sicily | 1.4 | 36 |
| 3 | Pantelleria Island | 0.6 | 15 |
| 3 | Ustica Island | 0.8 | 21 |
Reference
Climatologia del Centro. Nazionale di Meteorologia e Climatologia Aeronautica. Repubblica Italiana. Atlante climatico.