Parma climate

Name: Parma
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Parma is warmest in July, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -0.3 °C. November is the wettest month (99 mm) and July the driest (40 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Parma averages 851 mm of rain, 101 days above 25 °C and 55 days below freezing.

Italy · 57 m elevation · population 198,292 · 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 30 °C
Coldest month January -0.3 °C
Driest month July 40 mm
Wettest month November 99 mm
Least cloud July 33 % cloud
Hottest on record August 41 °C
Coldest on record February -18 °C

What to expectParma through the year

Parma has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 7.4 °C in January to 30 °C in July, a swing of 22 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 101 days a year reach 25 °C, 44 of them reach 30 °C, 55 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 99 mm against 40 mm in July — 2.5 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	7.4 °C	56 mm	58 %
February	9.6 °C	65 mm	52 %
March	14.2 °C	68 mm	49 %
April	17.9 °C	86 mm	53 %
May	22.6 °C	85 mm	52 %
June	27.3 °C	58 mm	43 %
July	30.4 °C	40 mm	33 %
August	30.0 °C	51 mm	36 %
September	24.4 °C	75 mm	43 %
October	18.4 °C	94 mm	58 %
November	12.3 °C	99 mm	64 %
December	7.6 °C	73 mm	60 %

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	7.4 °C	-0.3 °C	3.2 °C	21.1 °C	-7.8 °C	0	0	17
February	9.6 °C	0.0 °C	4.6 °C	19.0 °C	-18.3 °C	0	0	14
March	14.2 °C	3.5 °C	8.8 °C	24.8 °C	-7.5 °C	0	0	5
April	17.9 °C	7.1 °C	12.7 °C	27.3 °C	-4.6 °C	1	0	0
May	22.6 °C	11.7 °C	17.4 °C	33.2 °C	4.8 °C	8	1	0
June	27.3 °C	16.0 °C	22.0 °C	37.9 °C	7.4 °C	21	8	0
July	30.4 °C	18.8 °C	24.9 °C	37.7 °C	11.4 °C	29	18	0
August	30.0 °C	19.0 °C	24.6 °C	40.9 °C	11.0 °C	28	16	0
September	24.4 °C	14.4 °C	19.4 °C	34.6 °C	5.5 °C	13	2	0
October	18.4 °C	10.1 °C	14.1 °C	29.8 °C	-0.6 °C	1	0	0
November	12.3 °C	5.1 °C	8.5 °C	20.4 °C	-7.1 °C	0	0	3
December	7.6 °C	0.6 °C	3.9 °C	17.1 °C	-18.0 °C	0	0	15

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	56 mm	7	9.2 h/day	58 %	83 %	9.7 km/h
February	65 mm	7	10 h/day	52 %	78 %	11 km/h
March	68 mm	8	12 h/day	49 %	72 %	13 km/h
April	86 mm	10	13 h/day	53 %	70 %	13 km/h
May	85 mm	9	15 h/day	52 %	67 %	12 km/h
June	58 mm	8	16 h/day	43 %	62 %	12 km/h
July	40 mm	6	15 h/day	33 %	57 %	12 km/h
August	51 mm	7	14 h/day	36 %	59 %	11 km/h
September	75 mm	8	13 h/day	43 %	68 %	11 km/h
October	94 mm	10	11 h/day	58 %	78 %	11 km/h
November	99 mm	10	9.6 h/day	64 %	85 %	9.9 km/h
December	73 mm	9	8.8 h/day	60 %	84 %	9.6 km/h

How Parma 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
Parma	30 °C	-0.3 °C	851 mm	101
Reggio nell'Emilia · Italy	30 °C	-0.08 °C	821 mm	96
Modena · Italy	30 °C	-0.02 °C	732 mm	101
Brescia · Italy	28 °C	-0.4 °C	1,052 mm	74
Bologna · Italy	31 °C	0.5 °C	794 mm	106
Verona · Italy	29 °C	-0.5 °C	1,034 mm	92
Milan · Italy	29 °C	-1.1 °C	1,144 mm	83

Where Parma ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Europe in July	26th of 50	30 °C
The warmest places in Europe in June	27th of 50	27 °C
The warmest places in Europe in May	27th of 50	23 °C
The warmest places in Europe in August	31st of 50	30 °C
The warmest places in Europe in April	36th of 50	18 °C
The warmest places in Europe in September	44th of 50	24 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Parma’s climate

When is the best time to visit Parma?

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

How hot does Parma get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 44 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -0.3 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 55 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Parma?

November, averaging 99 mm over 10 days with rain. The driest month is July with 40 mm. The year as a whole averages 851 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 Parma 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: 44.799°, 10.326° , 57 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.