Reggio Calabria climate

Name: Reggio Calabria
Address: IT

Reggio Calabria is warmest in August, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 6.7 °C. December is the wettest month (152 mm) and July the driest (23 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Reggio Calabria averages 1,041 mm of rain, 113 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

Italy · 31 m elevation · population 182,455 · 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 31 °C
Coldest month February 6.7 °C
Driest month July 23 mm
Wettest month December 152 mm
Least cloud July 15 % cloud
Hottest on record July 42 °C
Coldest on record January -0.4 °C
Warmest sea August 26 °C

What to expectReggio Calabria through the year

Reggio Calabria has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 13 °C in February to 31 °C in August, a swing of 16 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 113 days a year reach 25 °C, 46 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 152 mm against 23 mm in July — 6.7 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Reggio Calabria is warmest in August at 26 °C and coldest in February at 15 °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	12.5 °C	126 mm	54 %
February	12.6 °C	119 mm	53 %
March	15.1 °C	115 mm	49 %
April	17.9 °C	83 mm	48 %
May	22.7 °C	54 mm	40 %
June	27.5 °C	39 mm	27 %
July	30.5 °C	23 mm	15 %
August	30.7 °C	32 mm	17 %
September	26.0 °C	80 mm	36 %
October	22.0 °C	105 mm	45 %
November	17.4 °C	115 mm	52 %
December	13.6 °C	152 mm	56 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	12.5 °C	7.1 °C	9.7 °C	19.8 °C	-0.4 °C	0	0
February	12.6 °C	6.7 °C	9.5 °C	20.9 °C	0.5 °C	0	0
March	15.1 °C	8.2 °C	11.5 °C	30.4 °C	0.3 °C	0	0
April	17.9 °C	10.5 °C	14.0 °C	28.5 °C	4.1 °C	0	0
May	22.7 °C	14.3 °C	18.3 °C	34.7 °C	7.6 °C	8	1
June	27.5 °C	18.4 °C	22.8 °C	41.2 °C	12.0 °C	22	7
July	30.5 °C	21.1 °C	25.6 °C	41.7 °C	15.3 °C	30	17
August	30.7 °C	21.7 °C	25.9 °C	41.6 °C	16.4 °C	30	17
September	26.0 °C	18.7 °C	22.1 °C	36.1 °C	12.4 °C	18	3
October	22.0 °C	15.6 °C	18.6 °C	32.9 °C	8.5 °C	4	0
November	17.4 °C	12.0 °C	14.6 °C	25.3 °C	4.1 °C	0	0
December	13.6 °C	8.6 °C	11.0 °C	22.9 °C	0.2 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	126 mm	15	9.8 h/day	54 %	81 %	21 km/h	15.2 °C
February	119 mm	14	11 h/day	53 %	79 %	22 km/h	14.6 °C
March	115 mm	13	12 h/day	49 %	76 %	22 km/h	14.7 °C
April	83 mm	12	13 h/day	48 %	74 %	22 km/h	15.7 °C
May	54 mm	8	14 h/day	40 %	67 %	20 km/h	18.2 °C
June	39 mm	6	15 h/day	27 %	62 %	19 km/h	21.8 °C
July	23 mm	4	15 h/day	15 %	60 %	19 km/h	24.8 °C
August	32 mm	5	14 h/day	17 %	63 %	18 km/h	26.3 °C
September	80 mm	11	12 h/day	36 %	72 %	18 km/h	25.0 °C
October	105 mm	11	11 h/day	45 %	79 %	18 km/h	22.6 °C
November	115 mm	13	10 h/day	52 %	81 %	20 km/h	19.7 °C
December	152 mm	15	9.5 h/day	56 %	81 %	21 km/h	16.7 °C

How Reggio Calabria 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
Reggio Calabria	31 °C	6.7 °C	1,041 mm	113
Messina · Italy	30 °C	8.3 °C	940 mm	108
Catania · Italy	32 °C	7.2 °C	564 mm	130
Palermo · Italy	30 °C	8.4 °C	625 mm	119
Valletta · Malta	28 °C	11 °C	384 mm	95

Where Reggio Calabria ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in October	8th of 50	23 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in September	8th of 50	25 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in August	9th of 50	26 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in November	9th of 50	20 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe year-round	10th of 50	20 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in December	13th of 50	17 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Reggio Calabria.

QuestionsCommon questions about Reggio Calabria’s climate

When is the best time to visit Reggio Calabria?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, September, October 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 Reggio Calabria get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 46 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 6.7 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Reggio Calabria?

December, averaging 152 mm over 15 days with rain. The driest month is July with 23 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,041 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 Reggio Calabria 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: 38.110°, 15.661° , 31 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.