Milan weather by month & the best time to visit

🇮🇹 Italy · major city break · humid subtropical climate

The best time to visit Milan is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 79/100), with June and September close behind. Milan averages about 2,241 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 68 mm of rain in July.

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Sun hours / year

2,241

Sunniest month

July

Peak score

79/100

Rain / year

982 mm

Snow / year

≈40 cm

Midday UV at peak

7 (high)

Population

2.9M

Elevation

221 m

When is the best time to visit Milan?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Milan is July, then June and September. The dullest month is January (0/100, 44 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Milan?

Milan gets a moderate 2,241 hours of sunshine a year. 79 Sunshine Score points separate July (79) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #31 of 38 destinations in Italy for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,538 hours. The year's 982 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Bergamo Italy · 76 km · best in Jul · 2,241 h sun/yr
• Turin Italy · 97 km · best in Jul · 2,205 h sun/yr
• Genoa Italy · 136 km · best in Jul · 2,353 h sun/yr
• Verona Italy · 170 km · best in Jul · 2,224 h sun/yr
• Bern Switzerland · 171 km · best in Sep · 2,095 h sun/yr
• Zurich Switzerland · 204 km · best in Sep · 1,912 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Lugano Switzerland · 44 km · 2,055 h sun/yr · best in Sep
• Brescia Italy · 127 km · 2,224 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Cuneo Italy · 148 km · 2,309 h sun/yr · best in Jul

Head-to-head

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