Lampedusa weather by month & the best time to visit
🇮🇹 Italy · beach resort · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Lampedusa is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 97/100), with June and August close behind. Lampedusa averages about 3,136 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 26°C / 79°F and roughly 3 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,136
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 97/100
- Rain / year
- 415 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 29°C / 84°F
- Population
- 4k
- Elevation
- 14 m
When is the best time to visit Lampedusa?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Lampedusa is July, then June and August. The dullest month is January (52/100, 48 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Lampedusa?
Lampedusa is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,136 hours of sunshine a year. 45 Sunshine Score points separate July (97) from January (52), so the month you pick matters. Lampedusa is the sunniest of the 38 destinations tracked in Italy. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around November, carries about 43% of the annual 415 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52 | 15° / 59°F | 14° / 57°F | 48 mm | 2 | 18° / 64°F |
| February | 52 | 15° / 59°F | 13° / 55°F | 42 mm | 3 | 17° / 63°F |
| March | 53 | 15° / 59°F | 14° / 57°F | 37 mm | 5 | 16° / 61°F |
| April | 62 | 16° / 61°F | 16° / 61°F | 23 mm | 7 | 18° / 64°F |
| May | 87 | 19° / 66°F | 18° / 64°F | 16 mm | 8 | 19° / 66°F |
| June | 96 | 23° / 73°F | 22° / 72°F | 7 mm | 9 | 23° / 73°F |
| July | 97 | 26° / 79°F | 25° / 77°F | 3 mm | 10 | 26° / 79°F |
| August | 96 | 27° / 81°F | 26° / 79°F | 11 mm | 9 | 29° / 84°F |
| September | 88 | 26° / 79°F | 25° / 77°F | 51 mm | 7 | 28° / 82°F |
| October | 86 | 24° / 75°F | 22° / 72°F | 62 mm | 5 | 26° / 79°F |
| November | 88 | 20° / 68°F | 19° / 66°F | 53 mm | 3 | 23° / 73°F |
| December | 65 | 17° / 63°F | 16° / 61°F | 62 mm | 2 | 19° / 66°F |
Sea temperature in Lampedusa by month
The sea off Lampedusa is warmest in August at around 29°C / 84°F, and coolest in March at 16°C / 61°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
- Monastir Tunisia · 171 km · best in Jul · 3,177 h sun/yr
- Valletta Malta · 174 km · best in Jul · 3,046 h sun/yr
- Hammamet (Enfidha) Tunisia · 207 km · best in Jul · 2,724 h sun/yr
- Comiso Italy · 244 km · best in Jun · 3,021 h sun/yr
- Zarzis Tunisia · 247 km · best in Jul · 3,296 h sun/yr
- Tunis Tunisia · 262 km · best in Jun · 2,725 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Pantelleria (TP) Italy · 158 km · 2,930 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Sfax Tunisia · 196 km · 3,145 h sun/yr · best in Jun
Head-to-head
How Lampedusa compares month by month: Lampedusa vs Tripoli · Lampedusa vs Zarzis · Lampedusa vs Hammamet (Enfidha) · Lampedusa vs Monastir · all comparisons
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