Milan climate
Milan is warmest in July, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -1.1 °C. November is the wettest month (141 mm) and February the driest (59 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Milan averages 1,144 mm of rain, 83 days above 25 °C and 66 days below freezing.
Italy · 122 m elevation · population 1,371,498 · 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 July 29 °C
- Coldest month January -1.1 °C
- Driest month February 59 mm
- Wettest month November 141 mm
- Least cloud July 40 % cloud
- Hottest on record August 38 °C
- Coldest on record December -12 °C
What to expectMilan through the year
Milan has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 6.9 °C in January to 29 °C in July, a swing of 21 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 83 days a year reach 25 °C, 24 of them reach 30 °C, 66 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in August.
Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 141 mm against 59 mm in February — 2.4 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.9 °C | 61 mm | 56 % |
| February | 9.1 °C | 59 mm | 52 % |
| March | 13.7 °C | 73 mm | 50 % |
| April | 17.2 °C | 98 mm | 55 % |
| May | 21.7 °C | 110 mm | 56 % |
| June | 26.0 °C | 101 mm | 49 % |
| July | 28.6 °C | 77 mm | 40 % |
| August | 28.0 °C | 105 mm | 42 % |
| September | 22.8 °C | 119 mm | 48 % |
| October | 17.2 °C | 127 mm | 61 % |
| November | 11.4 °C | 141 mm | 64 % |
| December | 7.0 °C | 74 mm | 59 % |
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 | 6.9 °C | -1.1 °C | 2.4 °C | 16.3 °C | -7.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| February | 9.1 °C | -0.4 °C | 4.0 °C | 20.6 °C | -8.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| March | 13.7 °C | 3.1 °C | 8.4 °C | 23.5 °C | -6.9 °C | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| April | 17.2 °C | 7.0 °C | 12.3 °C | 28.5 °C | -3.7 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 21.7 °C | 11.6 °C | 16.9 °C | 32.9 °C | 2.0 °C | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 26.0 °C | 15.7 °C | 21.1 °C | 37.6 °C | 7.6 °C | 18 | 5 | 0 |
| July | 28.6 °C | 18.3 °C | 23.6 °C | 36.4 °C | 9.5 °C | 27 | 10 | 0 |
| August | 28.0 °C | 18.3 °C | 23.2 °C | 38.4 °C | 9.3 °C | 25 | 9 | 0 |
| September | 22.8 °C | 14.0 °C | 18.3 °C | 31.7 °C | 5.4 °C | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 17.2 °C | 9.6 °C | 13.2 °C | 27.7 °C | -1.4 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 11.4 °C | 4.5 °C | 7.7 °C | 20.9 °C | -4.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| December | 7.0 °C | -0.2 °C | 2.9 °C | 16.3 °C | -11.7 °C | 0 | 0 | 18 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61 mm | 6 | 9.1 h/day | 56 % | 82 % | 9.4 km/h |
| February | 59 mm | 7 | 10 h/day | 52 % | 77 % | 11 km/h |
| March | 73 mm | 8 | 12 h/day | 50 % | 71 % | 12 km/h |
| April | 98 mm | 11 | 14 h/day | 55 % | 69 % | 12 km/h |
| May | 110 mm | 12 | 15 h/day | 56 % | 69 % | 12 km/h |
| June | 101 mm | 10 | 16 h/day | 49 % | 67 % | 11 km/h |
| July | 77 mm | 9 | 15 h/day | 40 % | 63 % | 11 km/h |
| August | 105 mm | 10 | 14 h/day | 42 % | 66 % | 10 km/h |
| September | 119 mm | 9 | 13 h/day | 48 % | 72 % | 10 km/h |
| October | 127 mm | 10 | 11 h/day | 61 % | 80 % | 10.0 km/h |
| November | 141 mm | 11 | 9.5 h/day | 64 % | 83 % | 10 km/h |
| December | 74 mm | 8 | 8.7 h/day | 59 % | 83 % | 9.1 km/h |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Milan.
QuestionsCommon questions about Milan’s climate
When is the best time to visit Milan?
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, July is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Milan get?
In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 24 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average -1.1 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 66 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Milan?
November, averaging 141 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is February with 59 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,144 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 Milan 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
- 45.464°, 9.190° , 122 m above sea level (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
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.