Messina climate

Name: Messina
Address: IT

Messina is warmest in August, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 8.3 °C. December is the wettest month (134 mm) and July the driest (19 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Messina averages 940 mm of rain and 108 days above 25 °C.

Italy · 3 m elevation · population 219,948 · 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 8.3 °C
Driest month July 19 mm
Wettest month December 134 mm
Least cloud July 15 % cloud
Hottest on record June 40 °C
Coldest on record January 1.8 °C
Warmest sea August 27 °C

What to expectMessina through the year

Messina has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 14 °C in February to 30 °C in August, a swing of 15 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 108 days a year reach 25 °C, 27 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 134 mm against 19 mm in July — 7.1 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Messina is warmest in August at 27 °C and coldest in February at 14 °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	13.5 °C	112 mm	54 %
February	13.6 °C	111 mm	53 %
March	15.5 °C	100 mm	48 %
April	17.9 °C	79 mm	48 %
May	22.0 °C	47 mm	40 %
June	26.2 °C	32 mm	27 %
July	29.0 °C	19 mm	15 %
August	29.6 °C	25 mm	17 %
September	26.0 °C	77 mm	36 %
October	22.5 °C	97 mm	46 %
November	18.4 °C	108 mm	53 %
December	14.8 °C	134 mm	56 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	13.5 °C	8.8 °C	11.2 °C	19.9 °C	1.8 °C	0	0
February	13.6 °C	8.3 °C	11.0 °C	21.2 °C	2.4 °C	0	0
March	15.5 °C	9.6 °C	12.6 °C	29.4 °C	2.8 °C	0	0
April	17.9 °C	11.7 °C	14.9 °C	27.7 °C	6.0 °C	0	0
May	22.0 °C	15.3 °C	18.7 °C	34.5 °C	9.4 °C	4	0
June	26.2 °C	19.1 °C	22.8 °C	39.6 °C	13.2 °C	19	3
July	29.0 °C	21.7 °C	25.4 °C	38.9 °C	17.1 °C	30	9
August	29.6 °C	22.4 °C	26.0 °C	38.4 °C	18.4 °C	31	13
September	26.0 °C	20.0 °C	23.0 °C	34.4 °C	14.0 °C	19	2
October	22.5 °C	17.0 °C	19.7 °C	31.0 °C	10.3 °C	4	0
November	18.4 °C	13.6 °C	15.9 °C	26.1 °C	6.1 °C	0	0
December	14.8 °C	10.4 °C	12.6 °C	22.8 °C	2.5 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	112 mm	14	9.8 h/day	54 %	78 %	21 km/h	15.2 °C
February	111 mm	14	11 h/day	53 %	77 %	22 km/h	14.4 °C
March	100 mm	13	12 h/day	48 %	76 %	22 km/h	14.5 °C
April	79 mm	12	13 h/day	48 %	75 %	22 km/h	15.7 °C
May	47 mm	8	14 h/day	40 %	72 %	20 km/h	18.5 °C
June	32 mm	6	15 h/day	27 %	70 %	19 km/h	22.5 °C
July	19 mm	4	15 h/day	15 %	69 %	19 km/h	25.6 °C
August	25 mm	5	14 h/day	17 %	70 %	18 km/h	26.7 °C
September	77 mm	10	12 h/day	36 %	74 %	18 km/h	24.9 °C
October	97 mm	11	11 h/day	46 %	78 %	18 km/h	22.4 °C
November	108 mm	12	10 h/day	53 %	79 %	20 km/h	19.7 °C
December	134 mm	15	9.5 h/day	56 %	78 %	21 km/h	17.0 °C

How Messina 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
Messina	30 °C	8.3 °C	940 mm	108
Reggio Calabria · Italy	31 °C	6.7 °C	1,041 mm	113
Catania · Italy	32 °C	7.2 °C	564 mm	130
Palermo · Italy	30 °C	8.4 °C	625 mm	119
Valletta · Malta	28 °C	11 °C	384 mm	95

Where Messina ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in August	4th of 50	27 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in July	4th of 50	26 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in June	6th of 50	23 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in December	8th of 50	17 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in November	8th of 50	20 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe year-round	8th of 50	20 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Messina’s climate

When is the best time to visit Messina?

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

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 27 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 8.3 °C in February, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Messina?

December, averaging 134 mm over 15 days with rain. The driest month is July with 19 mm. The year as a whole averages 940 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 Messina 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: 38.194°, 15.553° , 3 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.