Palermo
Elevation 14 m38.12° N, 13.36° E
When to go?
Mean 13 °C, 9 rain days in the month (66 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 13 °C, 8 rain days in the month (62 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 14 °C, 8 rain days in the month (54 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 17 °C, 7 rain days in the month (40 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 20 °C, 5 rain days in the month (29 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 25 °C, 2 rain days in the month (13 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 23 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 28 °C
Mean 28 °C, 1 rain day in the month (5 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 26 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
Mean 28 °C, 2 rain days in the month (17 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 27 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
Mean 25 °C, 6 rain days in the month (60 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 25 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 28 °C
Mean 22 °C, 8 rain days in the month (83 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
- Ideal for the seawater at 22 °C
Mean 18 °C, 9 rain days in the month (67 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 14 °C, 10 rain days in the month (74 mm).
Nothing against it.
The best months are April–May, October–November. Ideal for the sea: June–October. Avoid June–September (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: +1.8 °C (cells at 297 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: Tyrrhenian Sea
Monthly mean sea temperature: Tyrrhenian Sea (°C)
Monthly mean sea temperature: Tyrrhenian Sea (°C)
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 +0.8 °C; in the last ten years by +1.4 °C. Warmest year: 2024 (+2.1 °C), coldest: 1976 (−0.8 °C).
June and July warmed the most (+1.5 and +1.2 °C), February the least (+0.2 °C). The warm season (above the annual mean of then, 19 °C) begins 5 days earlier and ends 8 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
+0.6 °Cthe sea today, compared with 1961–1990