Weather in Sicily

Calculated from weather data of Sigonella Navy Air Base (LICZ) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	15.5	17.5	16.0	14.5	15.9	15.4
February	16.5	19.0	14.5	16.6	17.8	18.1
March	18.1	20.1	17.6	14.6	17.0	16.3
April	20.6	22.0	19.8	19.0	18.8	19.1
May	24.8		21.5	25.1	24.1	24.3
June	31.0		27.8	33.0	29.8	28.5
July	34.3		35.7	33.3	33.7	31.5
August	34.1		33.3	32.8	35.3	33.7
September	30.3		31.1	30.8	30.0	29.0
October	25.7		29.0	26.1	23.1	24.1
November	21.3		23.8	21.6	20.6	20.6
December	17.3		18.5	19.6	16.6	17.3
Average	23.5	19.6	24.1	24.1	23.7	23.1

2nd highest temperature of Italy

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	5.2	8	7	4	8	3
February	5.3	8	5	6	7	4
March	7.1	10	7	7	7	6
April	9.7	12	10	10	10	9
May	13.2		14	14	12	12
June	18.1		18	20	18	17
July	21.6		22	23	22	22
August	21.8		22	23	23	23
September	19.9		21	22	21	21
October	16.0		18	16	17	15
November	12.1		14	13	15	12
December	7.6		9	11	9	9
Average	12.6	9.1	13.7	13.9	14.0	12.7

70th lowest temperature of Italy

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	0	84	104	81	66
25 °C or warmer	2	158	159	127	134
20 °C or warmer	50	218	211	212	215
0 °C or colder	0	0	1	0	1

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	4.0	3	3	2	4	2
February	6.1	7	9	1	3	1
March	5.0	2	3	8	6	12
April	3.3	4	5	1	3	3
May	3.7		13	4	1	1
June	0.7		3	0	0	0
July	0.1		0	0	0	0
August	0.2		0	1	0	0
September	1.9		2	2	2	3
October	5.5		0	2	14	3
November	5.9		2	7	9	9
December	4.7		2	4	2	10
Average	3.3	3.9	3.6	2.3	3.3	3.2

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	12.5	16	0	13	11	8
February	13.7	17	0	19	15	15
March	13.6	20	0	18	14	17
April	14.9	21	1	21	18	15
May	17.1		17	16	17	18
June	15.6		16	10	14	18
July	12.6		18	0	0	17
August	13.5		18	0	13	16
September	13.0		16	0	15	16
October	11.1		14	0	16	13
November	9.8		18	0	13	9
December	12.3		14	0	17	14
Average	14.0	18.7	11.4	8.2	13.5	15.0

73rd highest wind speed of Italy

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	W	NW	W	W	W
February	W	S	W	W	W
March	W	N	E	N	E
April	E	E	NE	E	E
May		E	E	E	E
June		E	E	E	E
July		E	E	NW	E
August		E	E	E	E
September		E	W	E	E
October		E	E	NW	NW
November		W	N	NE	NE
December		W	N	W	W

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Sicily weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Sicily?

The warmest month is July with an average temperature of 34 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Sicily?

The coldest month is January with an average daytime temperature of 16 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Sicily?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in February with a probability of around 6.1 %.

Which month is the driest in Sicily?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in July. The probability is about 0.1 %.