Naples climate

Name: Naples
Address: IT

Naples is warmest in August, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 5.6 °C. November is the wettest month (174 mm) and July the driest (19 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Naples averages 1,077 mm of rain, 99 days above 25 °C and 2 days below freezing.

Italy · 17 m elevation · population 909,048 · 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 5.6 °C
Driest month July 19 mm
Wettest month November 174 mm
Least cloud July 20 % cloud
Hottest on record August 37 °C
Coldest on record February -4.4 °C
Warmest sea August 26 °C

What to expectNaples through the year

Naples has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 12 °C in February to 30 °C in August, a swing of 17 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 99 days a year reach 25 °C, 28 of them reach 30 °C, 2 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 174 mm against 19 mm in July — 9.2 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Naples is warmest in August at 26 °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	12.0 °C	107 mm	56 %
February	12.4 °C	102 mm	53 %
March	14.8 °C	103 mm	54 %
April	17.6 °C	96 mm	54 %
May	21.7 °C	63 mm	47 %
June	25.9 °C	34 mm	33 %
July	28.9 °C	19 mm	20 %
August	29.5 °C	23 mm	22 %
September	25.3 °C	90 mm	41 %
October	21.2 °C	134 mm	50 %
November	16.7 °C	174 mm	58 %
December	13.0 °C	134 mm	55 %

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	12.0 °C	5.7 °C	8.8 °C	18.9 °C	-3.7 °C	0	0	1
February	12.4 °C	5.6 °C	9.0 °C	20.1 °C	-4.4 °C	0	0	1
March	14.8 °C	7.3 °C	11.1 °C	23.4 °C	-0.9 °C	0	0	0
April	17.6 °C	9.7 °C	13.8 °C	27.6 °C	0.1 °C	0	0	0
May	21.7 °C	13.6 °C	17.8 °C	33.2 °C	5.6 °C	4	0	0
June	25.9 °C	17.7 °C	22.0 °C	34.6 °C	10.8 °C	18	3	0
July	28.9 °C	20.5 °C	24.8 °C	35.5 °C	14.8 °C	29	10	0
August	29.5 °C	21.2 °C	25.4 °C	36.6 °C	16.0 °C	30	13	0
September	25.3 °C	17.9 °C	21.6 °C	34.0 °C	10.2 °C	16	1	0
October	21.2 °C	14.3 °C	17.7 °C	28.4 °C	6.4 °C	2	0	0
November	16.7 °C	10.6 °C	13.6 °C	26.4 °C	1.2 °C	0	0	0
December	13.0 °C	7.0 °C	10.0 °C	19.5 °C	-1.7 °C	0	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	107 mm	11	9.6 h/day	56 %	79 %	15 km/h	15.0 °C
February	102 mm	11	11 h/day	53 %	76 %	15 km/h	14.2 °C
March	103 mm	11	12 h/day	54 %	76 %	16 km/h	14.2 °C
April	96 mm	11	13 h/day	54 %	77 %	15 km/h	15.6 °C
May	63 mm	8	14 h/day	47 %	76 %	14 km/h	18.8 °C
June	34 mm	5	15 h/day	33 %	74 %	13 km/h	22.6 °C
July	19 mm	4	15 h/day	20 %	70 %	14 km/h	25.1 °C
August	23 mm	4	14 h/day	22 %	70 %	13 km/h	26.1 °C
September	90 mm	9	12 h/day	41 %	73 %	13 km/h	24.2 °C
October	134 mm	11	11 h/day	50 %	78 %	13 km/h	21.8 °C
November	174 mm	13	9.9 h/day	58 %	80 %	15 km/h	19.3 °C
December	134 mm	12	9.3 h/day	55 %	80 %	15 km/h	16.8 °C

Where Naples ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in June	4th of 50	23 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in May	6th of 50	19 °C
Best beach destinations in Europe in July	8th of 50	97/100
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in December	9th of 50	17 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in July	9th of 50	25 °C
Best beach destinations in Europe in August	10th of 50	96/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Naples’s climate

When is the best time to visit Naples?

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 Naples get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 28 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 5.6 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 2 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Naples?

November, averaging 174 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is July with 19 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,077 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 Naples 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: 40.852°, 14.268° , 17 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.