Palermo weather by month & the best time to visit
🇮🇹 Italy · coastal city break · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Palermo is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 94/100), with August and June close behind. Palermo averages about 2,842 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F and roughly 7 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,842
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 94/100
- Rain / year
- 712 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 29°C / 84°F
- Population
- 863k
- Elevation
- 10 m
When is the best time to visit Palermo?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Palermo is July, then August and June. The dullest month is January (39/100, 97 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Palermo?
Palermo gets a lot of sun: around 2,842 hours a year. 55 Sunshine Score points separate July (94) from January (39), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #7 of 38 destinations in Italy for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,538 hours. The year's 712 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 | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39 | 14° / 57°F | 9° / 48°F | 97 mm | 2 | 16° / 61°F |
| February | 40 | 14° / 57°F | 9° / 48°F | 86 mm | 3 | 15° / 59°F |
| March | 62 | 17° / 63°F | 10° / 50°F | 74 mm | 4 | 16° / 61°F |
| April | 86 | 20° / 68°F | 12° / 54°F | 56 mm | 6 | 17° / 63°F |
| May | 91 | 24° / 75°F | 15° / 59°F | 27 mm | 7 | 20° / 68°F |
| June | 92 | 29° / 84°F | 20° / 68°F | 18 mm | 8 | 24° / 75°F |
| July | 94 | 32° / 90°F | 23° / 73°F | 7 mm | 9 | 27° / 81°F |
| August | 93 | 32° / 90°F | 23° / 73°F | 13 mm | 8 | 29° / 84°F |
| September | 85 | 28° / 82°F | 21° / 70°F | 61 mm | 6 | 26° / 79°F |
| October | 79 | 24° / 75°F | 18° / 64°F | 91 mm | 4 | 23° / 73°F |
| November | 80 | 20° / 68°F | 14° / 57°F | 87 mm | 2 | 21° / 70°F |
| December | 52 | 16° / 61°F | 11° / 52°F | 95 mm | 1 | 18° / 64°F |
Sea temperature in Palermo by month
The sea off Palermo is warmest in August at around 29°C / 84°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
- Trapani (TP) Italy · 60 km · best in Jul · 2,928 h sun/yr
- Comiso Italy · 187 km · best in Jun · 3,021 h sun/yr
- Catania Italy · 191 km · best in Jun · 2,786 h sun/yr
- Reggio Calabria Italy · 224 km · best in Jul · 2,786 h sun/yr
- Lamezia Terme (CZ) Italy · 286 km · best in Jul · 2,661 h sun/yr
- Valletta Malta · 287 km · best in Jul · 3,046 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Pantelleria (TP) Italy · 181 km · 2,930 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Palermo compares month by month: Palermo vs Catania · Palermo vs Trapani (TP) · Palermo vs Comiso · all comparisons
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