Catania weather by month & the best time to visit
🇮🇹 Italy · coastal city break · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Catania is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 93/100), with May and April close behind. Catania averages about 2,786 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F and roughly 13 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,786
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 93/100
- Rain / year
- 548 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 30°C / 86°F
- Population
- 675k
- Elevation
- Sea level
When is the best time to visit Catania?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Catania is June, then May and April. The dullest month is January (48/100, 67 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Catania?
Catania gets a lot of sun: around 2,786 hours a year. 45 Sunshine Score points separate June (93) from January (48), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #13 of 38 destinations in Italy for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,538 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around November, carries about 43% of the annual 548 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48 | 15° / 59°F | 7° / 45°F | 67 mm | 2 | 16° / 61°F |
| February | 56 | 16° / 61°F | 7° / 45°F | 61 mm | 3 | 15° / 59°F |
| March | 79 | 19° / 66°F | 9° / 48°F | 51 mm | 4 | 16° / 61°F |
| April | 89 | 22° / 72°F | 11° / 52°F | 36 mm | 6 | 18° / 64°F |
| May | 92 | 27° / 81°F | 15° / 59°F | 16 mm | 7 | 20° / 68°F |
| June | 93 | 32° / 90°F | 20° / 68°F | 13 mm | 8 | 25° / 77°F |
| July | 56 | 36° / 97°F | 23° / 73°F | 7 mm | 9 | 28° / 82°F |
| August | 56 | 36° / 97°F | 23° / 73°F | 11 mm | 8 | 30° / 86°F |
| September | 86 | 31° / 88°F | 20° / 68°F | 53 mm | 6 | 28° / 82°F |
| October | 83 | 26° / 79°F | 16° / 61°F | 70 mm | 4 | 24° / 75°F |
| November | 80 | 20° / 68°F | 12° / 54°F | 83 mm | 2 | 21° / 70°F |
| December | 54 | 16° / 61°F | 9° / 48°F | 80 mm | 2 | 18° / 64°F |
Sea temperature in Catania by month
The sea off Catania is warmest in August at around 30°C / 86°F, and coolest in February at 15°C / 59°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 6 months a year. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Comiso Italy · 66 km · best in Jun · 3,021 h sun/yr
- Reggio Calabria Italy · 85 km · best in Jul · 2,786 h sun/yr
- Valletta Malta · 187 km · best in Jul · 3,046 h sun/yr
- Lamezia Terme (CZ) Italy · 190 km · best in Jul · 2,661 h sun/yr
- Palermo Italy · 191 km · best in Jul · 2,842 h sun/yr
- Trapani (TP) Italy · 232 km · best in Jul · 2,928 h sun/yr
Head-to-head
How Catania compares month by month: Catania vs Palermo · Catania vs Lamezia Terme (CZ) · Catania vs Reggio Calabria · Catania vs Comiso · all comparisons
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