Climate averages 1991–2020
Catania weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Catania: daytime highs average 32.0°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 36 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Siracusa (50 km away). In August its highs average 30.5°C, 1.5°C cooler than Catania, with 9.8 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Catania ranks 2nd of 79 for the warmest August highs and joint 7th of 79 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 79 cities is 29.1°C; Catania is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.5°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 54 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
Catania climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.1°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 76 | 7.8 | 9.910 h |
| February | 14.6°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 60 | 7.2 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.7°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 57 | 7.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 47 | 7.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 29 | 4.5 | 14.214 h |
| June | 28.6°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 20 | 3.0 | 14.715 h |
| July | 31.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 9.5 | 1.9 | 14.514 h |
| August, selected | 32.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 15 | 2.9 | 13.614 h |
| September | 27.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 54 | 6.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 64 | 8.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.9°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 66 | 7.9 | 10.210 h |
| December | 15.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 64 | 7.6 | 9.610 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
- Siracusa in AugustItaly · 50 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Ragusa in AugustItaly · 70 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Reggio Calabria in AugustItaly · 86 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Gela in AugustItaly · 87 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.5°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Messina in AugustItaly · 89 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 16 mm rain
- Palermo in AugustItaly · 165 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.4°C · 19 mm rain
- Valletta in AugustMalta · 184 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Lamezia Terme in AugustItaly · 196 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.1°C · 22 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 Catania) is explained once on the Catania year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.