Padua climate

Name: Padua
Address: IT

Padua is warmest in July, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -0.3 °C. November is the wettest month (114 mm) and January the driest (54 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Padua averages 979 mm of rain, 88 days above 25 °C and 54 days below freezing.

Italy · 12 m elevation · population 203,725 · 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 -0.3 °C
Driest month January 54 mm
Wettest month November 114 mm
Least cloud July 41 % cloud
Hottest on record August 39 °C
Coldest on record December -15 °C

What to expectPadua through the year

Padua has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 7.3 °C in January to 29 °C in July, a swing of 21 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 88 days a year reach 25 °C, 27 of them reach 30 °C, 54 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 114 mm against 54 mm in January — 2.1 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	7.3 °C	54 mm	60 %
February	9.4 °C	58 mm	57 %
March	13.7 °C	67 mm	55 %
April	17.6 °C	84 mm	56 %
May	22.1 °C	100 mm	55 %
June	26.2 °C	81 mm	48 %
July	28.8 °C	62 mm	41 %
August	28.8 °C	79 mm	41 %
September	23.7 °C	105 mm	49 %
October	18.4 °C	106 mm	59 %
November	12.7 °C	114 mm	64 %
December	7.9 °C	70 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	7.3 °C	-0.3 °C	3.2 °C	14.0 °C	-6.5 °C	0	0	19
February	9.4 °C	0.5 °C	4.7 °C	21.0 °C	-9.0 °C	0	0	13
March	13.7 °C	3.9 °C	8.7 °C	25.0 °C	-7.2 °C	0	0	3
April	17.6 °C	7.8 °C	12.8 °C	27.0 °C	-3.4 °C	0	0	0
May	22.1 °C	12.4 °C	17.5 °C	33.2 °C	5.2 °C	6	0	0
June	26.2 °C	16.5 °C	21.6 °C	37.1 °C	8.5 °C	18	4	0
July	28.8 °C	18.9 °C	24.1 °C	37.2 °C	11.6 °C	27	11	0
August	28.8 °C	19.1 °C	24.1 °C	39.1 °C	9.7 °C	26	11	0
September	23.7 °C	14.8 °C	19.2 °C	32.2 °C	6.9 °C	10	1	0
October	18.4 °C	10.5 °C	14.3 °C	27.4 °C	0.9 °C	0	0	0
November	12.7 °C	5.4 °C	8.8 °C	22.7 °C	-3.8 °C	0	0	3
December	7.9 °C	0.6 °C	3.9 °C	15.3 °C	-14.8 °C	0	0	15

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	54 mm	7	9.1 h/day	60 %	82 %	10 km/h
February	58 mm	7	10 h/day	57 %	78 %	12 km/h
March	67 mm	8	12 h/day	55 %	75 %	13 km/h
April	84 mm	10	14 h/day	56 %	73 %	14 km/h
May	100 mm	11	15 h/day	55 %	72 %	13 km/h
June	81 mm	10	16 h/day	48 %	71 %	12 km/h
July	62 mm	8	15 h/day	41 %	67 %	12 km/h
August	79 mm	9	14 h/day	41 %	68 %	12 km/h
September	105 mm	9	13 h/day	49 %	73 %	12 km/h
October	106 mm	9	11 h/day	59 %	79 %	12 km/h
November	114 mm	10	9.5 h/day	64 %	83 %	12 km/h
December	70 mm	8	8.7 h/day	59 %	83 %	11 km/h

How Padua 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
Padua	29 °C	-0.3 °C	979 mm	88
Verona · Italy	29 °C	-0.5 °C	1,034 mm	92
Bologna · Italy	31 °C	0.5 °C	794 mm	106
Modena · Italy	30 °C	-0.02 °C	732 mm	101
Reggio nell'Emilia · Italy	30 °C	-0.08 °C	821 mm	96
Brescia · Italy	28 °C	-0.4 °C	1,052 mm	74
Parma · Italy	30 °C	-0.3 °C	851 mm	101

Where Padua ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Europe in April	43rd of 50	18 °C
The warmest places in Europe in May	44th of 50	22 °C
The warmest places in Europe in June	47th of 50	26 °C
The warmest places in Europe in July	49th of 50	29 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Padua’s climate

When is the best time to visit Padua?

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 January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Padua get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 27 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 -0.3 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 54 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Padua?

November, averaging 114 mm over 10 days with rain. The driest month is January with 54 mm. The year as a whole averages 979 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 Padua 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: 45.408°, 11.886° , 12 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.