Climate averages 1991–2020
Catania weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Catania: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 16 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Siracusa (50 km away). In October its highs average 23.1°C, about as warm as Catania, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Catania ranks joint 2nd of 79 for the warmest October highs and 10th of 79 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 79 cities is 19.6°C; Catania is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.5°C to 18.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 64 mm to 66 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Siracusa in OctoberItaly · 50 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 18.0°C · 68 mm rain
- Ragusa in OctoberItaly · 70 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Reggio Calabria in OctoberItaly · 86 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 15.7°C · 71 mm rain
- Gela in OctoberItaly · 87 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 16.5°C · 54 mm rain
- Messina in OctoberItaly · 89 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 92 mm rain
- Palermo in OctoberItaly · 165 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 17.5°C · 81 mm rain
- Valletta in OctoberMalta · 184 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 52 mm rain
- Lamezia Terme in OctoberItaly · 196 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 16.3°C · 85 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.