Genoa
Elevation 20 m44.41° N, 8.93° E
When to go?
Mean 8 °C, 8 rain days in the month (84 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 9 °C, 8 rain days in the month (64 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 11 °C, 9 rain days in the month (79 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 15 °C, 11 rain days in the month (84 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 18 °C, 11 rain days in the month (81 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 22 °C, 8 rain days in the month (60 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
- Ideal for the seawater at 22 °C
Mean 24 °C, 7 rain days in the month (44 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
- Ideal for the seawater at 24 °C
Mean 25 °C, 8 rain days in the month (62 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 25 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 29 °C
Mean 21 °C, 9 rain days in the month (93 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
- Ideal for the seawater at 23 °C
Mean 17 °C, 12 rain days in the month (145 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 12 °C, 12 rain days in the month (165 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 9 °C, 9 rain days in the month (102 mm).
Nothing against it.
The best months are June–July, September. Ideal for the sea: June–September. Avoid August (hot).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Temperatures brought to the town's elevation: +2.6 °C (cells at 420 m).
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Sea temperature: Ligurian Sea
Monthly mean sea temperature: Ligurian Sea (°C)
Monthly mean sea temperature: Ligurian Sea (°C)
Snow on the ground
Mean snow depth on the ground (cm)
Mean snow depth on the ground (cm)
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +1.2 °C; in the last ten years by +1.9 °C. Warmest year: 2022 (+2.5 °C), coldest: 1956 (−1.2 °C).
June and August warmed the most (+1.9 and +1.6 °C), September the least (+0.6 °C). The warm season (above the annual mean of then, 15 °C) begins 10 days earlier and ends 7 days later.
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: no clear trend, dry and wet years alternate as before.
The sea, then and now
+0.8 °Cthe sea today, compared with 1961–1990
Snow, then and now
−46 %winter snow today, compared with 1961–1990