Prato climate

Name: Prato
Address: IT

Prato is warmest in August, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 1.6 °C. November is the wettest month (141 mm) and August the driest (38 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Prato averages 1,018 mm of rain, 92 days above 25 °C and 34 days below freezing.

Italy · 61 m elevation · population 195,089 · 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 29 °C
Coldest month January 1.6 °C
Driest month August 38 mm
Wettest month November 141 mm
Least cloud July 33 % cloud
Hottest on record August 39 °C
Coldest on record February -14 °C

What to expectPrato through the year

Prato has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 8.9 °C in January to 29 °C in August, a swing of 19 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 92 days a year reach 25 °C, 36 of them reach 30 °C, 34 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 141 mm against 38 mm in August — 3.7 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	8.9 °C	79 mm	64 %
February	10.3 °C	81 mm	58 %
March	14.0 °C	84 mm	57 %
April	17.4 °C	95 mm	59 %
May	21.6 °C	79 mm	55 %
June	26.1 °C	63 mm	45 %
July	29.3 °C	41 mm	33 %
August	29.5 °C	38 mm	35 %
September	24.3 °C	82 mm	47 %
October	19.0 °C	125 mm	61 %
November	13.5 °C	141 mm	68 %
December	9.6 °C	110 mm	63 %

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	8.9 °C	1.6 °C	5.0 °C	17.4 °C	-12.2 °C	0	0	11
February	10.3 °C	1.7 °C	5.8 °C	19.7 °C	-13.6 °C	0	0	10
March	14.0 °C	4.4 °C	9.1 °C	24.1 °C	-7.5 °C	0	0	3
April	17.4 °C	7.4 °C	12.5 °C	27.2 °C	-1.6 °C	0	0	0
May	21.6 °C	11.5 °C	16.8 °C	32.1 °C	4.0 °C	5	0	0
June	26.1 °C	15.7 °C	21.1 °C	37.9 °C	7.3 °C	18	5	0
July	29.3 °C	18.4 °C	24.0 °C	38.2 °C	10.2 °C	28	14	0
August	29.5 °C	18.8 °C	24.1 °C	38.5 °C	10.5 °C	28	14	0
September	24.3 °C	14.7 °C	19.4 °C	33.9 °C	5.2 °C	12	2	0
October	19.0 °C	10.9 °C	14.8 °C	28.6 °C	0.7 °C	1	0	0
November	13.5 °C	6.6 °C	9.9 °C	22.8 °C	-5.9 °C	0	0	2
December	9.6 °C	2.7 °C	5.9 °C	16.8 °C	-9.6 °C	0	0	8

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	79 mm	9	9.3 h/day	64 %	83 %	11 km/h
February	81 mm	9	10 h/day	58 %	79 %	12 km/h
March	84 mm	10	12 h/day	57 %	76 %	13 km/h
April	95 mm	12	13 h/day	59 %	75 %	13 km/h
May	79 mm	11	15 h/day	55 %	74 %	12 km/h
June	63 mm	9	15 h/day	45 %	70 %	12 km/h
July	41 mm	7	15 h/day	33 %	65 %	12 km/h
August	38 mm	7	14 h/day	35 %	66 %	11 km/h
September	82 mm	10	13 h/day	47 %	73 %	12 km/h
October	125 mm	12	11 h/day	61 %	81 %	11 km/h
November	141 mm	13	9.7 h/day	68 %	85 %	11 km/h
December	110 mm	11	8.9 h/day	63 %	84 %	11 km/h

How Prato 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
Prato	29 °C	1.6 °C	1,018 mm	92
Florence · Italy	30 °C	1.6 °C	905 mm	96
Bologna · Italy	31 °C	0.5 °C	794 mm	106
Livorno · Italy	28 °C	5.4 °C	884 mm	77
Modena · Italy	30 °C	-0.02 °C	732 mm	101
Reggio nell'Emilia · Italy	30 °C	-0.08 °C	821 mm	96
San Marino · San Marino	26 °C	-1.4 °C	836 mm	51

Where Prato ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Europe in August	39th of 50	29 °C
The warmest places in Europe in July	41st of 50	29 °C
The warmest places in Europe in September	48th of 50	24 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Prato’s climate

When is the best time to visit Prato?

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

How hot does Prato get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 36 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 1.6 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 34 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Prato?

November, averaging 141 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is August with 38 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,018 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 Prato 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: 43.880°, 11.097° , 61 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.