Catania climate

Name: Catania
Address: IT

Catania is warmest in August, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 7.2 °C. January is the wettest month (75 mm) and July the driest (8.5 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Catania averages 564 mm of rain, 130 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

Italy · 7 m elevation · population 311,584 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month August 32 °C
Coldest month February 7.2 °C
Driest month July 8 mm
Wettest month January 75 mm
Least cloud July 9 % cloud
Hottest on record July 42 °C
Coldest on record January -0.1 °C
Warmest sea August 26 °C

What to expectCatania through the year

Catania has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 15 °C in February to 32 °C in August, a swing of 17 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 130 days a year reach 25 °C, 64 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 75 mm against 8 mm in July — 8.9 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Catania is warmest in August at 26 °C and coldest in February at 15 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	14.2 °C	75 mm	48 %
February	14.6 °C	60 mm	46 %
March	16.8 °C	58 mm	45 %
April	19.3 °C	45 mm	44 %
May	23.8 °C	28 mm	37 %
June	28.5 °C	19 mm	22 %
July	31.7 °C	8 mm	9 %
August	32.0 °C	14 mm	13 %
September	27.5 °C	52 mm	34 %
October	23.4 °C	71 mm	46 %
November	18.9 °C	68 mm	50 %
December	15.3 °C	66 mm	49 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	14.2 °C	7.4 °C	10.6 °C	20.8 °C	-0.1 °C	0	0
February	14.6 °C	7.2 °C	10.8 °C	22.7 °C	1.1 °C	0	0
March	16.8 °C	8.8 °C	12.8 °C	30.6 °C	1.1 °C	0	0
April	19.3 °C	11.3 °C	15.3 °C	29.5 °C	4.4 °C	0	0
May	23.8 °C	15.2 °C	19.6 °C	33.3 °C	8.9 °C	10	1
June	28.5 °C	19.5 °C	24.2 °C	41.7 °C	12.5 °C	26	10
July	31.7 °C	22.4 °C	27.2 °C	42.3 °C	14.8 °C	31	23
August	32.0 °C	23.1 °C	27.5 °C	39.7 °C	16.3 °C	31	25
September	27.5 °C	19.9 °C	23.6 °C	36.8 °C	13.5 °C	24	6
October	23.4 °C	16.5 °C	19.8 °C	34.6 °C	9.6 °C	8	0
November	18.9 °C	12.5 °C	15.6 °C	25.4 °C	5.6 °C	0	0
December	15.3 °C	9.0 °C	12.1 °C	23.8 °C	1.7 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	75 mm	8	9.9 h/day	48 %	78 %	14 km/h	15.2 °C
February	60 mm	7	11 h/day	46 %	75 %	15 km/h	14.6 °C
March	58 mm	7	12 h/day	45 %	73 %	15 km/h	14.7 °C
April	45 mm	7	13 h/day	44 %	72 %	15 km/h	15.8 °C
May	28 mm	4	14 h/day	37 %	67 %	14 km/h	18.2 °C
June	19 mm	3	15 h/day	22 %	62 %	13 km/h	21.6 °C
July	8 mm	2	15 h/day	9 %	59 %	13 km/h	24.7 °C
August	14 mm	3	14 h/day	13 %	61 %	12 km/h	26.2 °C
September	52 mm	7	12 h/day	34 %	70 %	13 km/h	25.0 °C
October	71 mm	8	11 h/day	46 %	76 %	12 km/h	22.5 °C
November	68 mm	8	10 h/day	50 %	78 %	13 km/h	19.6 °C
December	66 mm	8	9.6 h/day	49 %	78 %	14 km/h	16.7 °C

How Catania compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Catania	32 °C	7.2 °C	564 mm	130
Reggio Calabria · Italy	31 °C	6.7 °C	1,041 mm	113
Messina · Italy	30 °C	8.3 °C	940 mm	108
Palermo · Italy	30 °C	8.4 °C	625 mm	119
Valletta · Malta	28 °C	11 °C	384 mm	95

Where Catania ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in May	2nd of 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in the world in May	6th of 50	97/100
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in September	6th of 50	25 °C
Best beach destinations in Europe in May	8th of 50	71/100
Best beach destinations in Europe in June	9th of 50	93/100
Best beach destinations in Europe in September	9th of 50	93/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Catania.

QuestionsCommon questions about Catania’s climate

When is the best time to visit Catania?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, September, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Catania get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 64 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 7.2 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Catania?

January, averaging 75 mm over 8 days with rain. The driest month is July with 8 mm. The year as a whole averages 564 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Catania rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 37.492°, 15.070° , 7 m above sea level (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.