Climate averages 1991–2020
Ancona weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Ancona: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 59 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pesaro (58 km away). In August its highs average 27.7°C, 0.6°C cooler than Ancona, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Ancona ranks joint 53rd of 79 for the warmest August highs and 40th of 79 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 79 cities is 29.1°C; Ancona is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.5°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 41 mm to 60 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Ancona climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.0°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 49 | 8.7 | 9.39 h |
| February | 10.6°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 53 | 8.8 | 10.510 h |
| March | 13.2°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 63 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.3°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 62 | 9.5 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.8°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 57 | 8.3 | 14.715 h |
| June | 25.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 38 | 6.2 | 15.415 h |
| July | 28.2°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 28 | 4.5 | 15.115 h |
| August, selected | 28.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 41 | 5.8 | 14.014 h |
| September | 23.7°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 60 | 7.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 19.4°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 59 | 8.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.8°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 71 | 10.5 | 9.710 h |
| December | 11.1°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 67 | 10.1 | 9.09 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Pesaro in AugustItaly · 58 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 37 mm rain
- Rimini in AugustItaly · 91 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.1°C · 49 mm rain
- San Marino in AugustSan Marino · 93 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Perugia in AugustItaly · 106 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 16.6°C · 38 mm rain
- Cesena in AugustItaly · 118 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 18.6°C · 42 mm rain
- Arezzo in AugustItaly · 132 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 18.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Terni in AugustItaly · 136 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 19.0°C · 33 mm rain
- Forlì in AugustItaly · 136 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 49 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ancona) is explained once on the Ancona year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.