Florence climate

Name: Florence
Address: IT

Florence is warmest in August, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 1.6 °C. November is the wettest month (128 mm) and July the driest (29 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Florence averages 905 mm of rain, 96 days above 25 °C and 36 days below freezing.

Italy · 50 m elevation · population 367,150 · 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 30 °C
Coldest month February 1.6 °C
Driest month July 29 mm
Wettest month November 128 mm
Least cloud July 28 % cloud
Hottest on record July 39 °C
Coldest on record February -14 °C

What to expectFlorence through the year

Florence has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 11 °C in February to 30 °C in August, a swing of 19 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 96 days a year reach 25 °C, 39 of them reach 30 °C, 36 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 128 mm against 29 mm in July — 4.4 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	9.4 °C	67 mm	62 %
February	10.6 °C	76 mm	57 %
March	14.3 °C	72 mm	55 %
April	17.7 °C	82 mm	56 %
May	21.9 °C	74 mm	52 %
June	26.4 °C	48 mm	41 %
July	29.7 °C	29 mm	28 %
August	29.9 °C	33 mm	30 %
September	24.7 °C	86 mm	43 %
October	19.4 °C	113 mm	57 %
November	14.0 °C	128 mm	65 %
December	10.1 °C	97 mm	61 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	9.4 °C	1.7 °C	5.3 °C	17.8 °C	-11.7 °C	0	0	12
February	10.6 °C	1.6 °C	6.0 °C	20.5 °C	-14.2 °C	0	0	10
March	14.3 °C	4.2 °C	9.3 °C	24.2 °C	-7.1 °C	0	0	3
April	17.7 °C	7.1 °C	12.6 °C	27.7 °C	-2.4 °C	0	0	0
May	21.9 °C	11.2 °C	16.9 °C	32.1 °C	3.8 °C	6	0	0
June	26.4 °C	15.5 °C	21.3 °C	37.9 °C	7.2 °C	19	6	0
July	29.7 °C	18.2 °C	24.2 °C	38.9 °C	10.4 °C	28	15	0
August	29.9 °C	18.6 °C	24.4 °C	38.9 °C	10.1 °C	28	15	0
September	24.7 °C	14.5 °C	19.6 °C	33.2 °C	4.5 °C	14	2	0
October	19.4 °C	10.8 °C	15.0 °C	28.7 °C	0.1 °C	1	0	0
November	14.0 °C	6.6 °C	10.1 °C	23.0 °C	-3.6 °C	0	0	2
December	10.1 °C	2.7 °C	6.2 °C	17.6 °C	-10.7 °C	0	0	9

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	67 mm	10	9.3 h/day	62 %	82 %	12 km/h
February	76 mm	9	10 h/day	57 %	78 %	13 km/h
March	72 mm	10	12 h/day	55 %	75 %	14 km/h
April	82 mm	11	13 h/day	56 %	75 %	14 km/h
May	74 mm	9	15 h/day	52 %	73 %	13 km/h
June	48 mm	7	15 h/day	41 %	69 %	13 km/h
July	29 mm	4	15 h/day	28 %	63 %	13 km/h
August	33 mm	5	14 h/day	30 %	64 %	12 km/h
September	86 mm	8	13 h/day	43 %	71 %	12 km/h
October	113 mm	12	11 h/day	57 %	80 %	12 km/h
November	128 mm	12	9.7 h/day	65 %	84 %	12 km/h
December	97 mm	11	8.9 h/day	61 %	83 %	12 km/h

How Florence 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
Florence	30 °C	1.6 °C	905 mm	96
Prato · Italy	29 °C	1.6 °C	1,018 mm	92
Livorno · Italy	28 °C	5.4 °C	884 mm	77
Bologna · Italy	31 °C	0.5 °C	794 mm	106
San Marino · San Marino	26 °C	-1.4 °C	836 mm	51
Modena · Italy	30 °C	-0.02 °C	732 mm	101
Reggio nell'Emilia · Italy	30 °C	-0.08 °C	821 mm	96

Where Florence ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Europe in August	33rdof 50	30 °C
The warmest places in Europe in July	36thof 50	30 °C
The warmest places in Europe in June	41stof 50	26 °C
The warmest places in Europe in September	41stof 50	25 °C
The warmest places in Europe in April	42ndof 50	18 °C
The warmest places in Europe year-round	46thof 50	19 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Florence’s climate

When is the best time to visit Florence?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, June, September 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 Florence get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 39 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 1.6 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 36 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Florence?

November, averaging 128 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is July with 29 mm. The year as a whole averages 905 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 Florence 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
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.