Bologna weather by month & the best time to visit
🇮🇹 Italy · city break · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Bologna is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 83/100), with September and May close behind. Bologna averages about 2,327 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 50 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,327
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 83/100
- Rain / year
- 657 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈23 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Population
- 488k
- Elevation
- 35 m
When is the best time to visit Bologna?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Bologna is June, then September and May. The dullest month is January (0/100, 41 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Bologna?
Bologna gets a moderate 2,327 hours of sunshine a year. 83 Sunshine Score points separate June (83) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #24 of 38 destinations in Italy for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,538 hours. The year's 657 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 1° / 34°F | 41 mm | 1 |
| February | 14 | 10° / 50°F | 1° / 34°F | 58 mm | 1 |
| March | 48 | 15° / 59°F | 5° / 41°F | 54 mm | 3 |
| April | 76 | 19° / 66°F | 9° / 48°F | 52 mm | 4 |
| May | 81 | 25° / 77°F | 13° / 55°F | 62 mm | 6 |
| June | 83 | 30° / 86°F | 18° / 64°F | 50 mm | 7 |
| July | 68 | 34° / 93°F | 21° / 70°F | 39 mm | 7 |
| August | 77 | 33° / 91°F | 20° / 68°F | 39 mm | 6 |
| September | 82 | 27° / 81°F | 15° / 59°F | 58 mm | 4 |
| October | 79 | 21° / 70°F | 11° / 52°F | 74 mm | 3 |
| November | 39 | 14° / 57°F | 6° / 43°F | 82 mm | 1 |
| December | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 2° / 36°F | 48 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Florence Italy · 81 km · best in Aug · 2,390 h sun/yr
- Verona Italy · 101 km · best in Jul · 2,224 h sun/yr
- Pisa (PI) Italy · 119 km · best in Jul · 2,545 h sun/yr
- Rimini (RN) Italy · 120 km · best in Jul · 2,211 h sun/yr
- Venice Italy · 136 km · best in Jul · 2,291 h sun/yr
- Bergamo Italy · 177 km · best in Jul · 2,241 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Forlì (FC) Italy · 73 km · 2,211 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Parma (PR) Italy · 85 km · 2,314 h sun/yr · best in Jun
Head-to-head
How Bologna compares month by month: Bologna vs Pisa (PI) · Bologna vs Florence · Bologna vs Verona · all comparisons
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