Climate averages 1991–2020
Como weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Como: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 146 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 08 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Varese (20 km away). In August its highs average 25.5°C, 1.3°C cooler than Como, with 131 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Como ranks joint 72nd of 79 for the warmest August highs and 79th of 79 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 79 cities is 29.1°C; Como is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.8°C to 22.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 146 mm to 155 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
Como climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.3°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 64 | 6.6 | 9.19 h |
| February | 9.0°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 64 | 7.0 | 10.310 h |
| March | 13.3°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 83 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.7°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 122 | 12.1 | 13.514 h |
| May | 20.9°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 137 | 13.5 | 14.915 h |
| June | 25.0°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 142 | 12.8 | 15.716 h |
| July | 27.3°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 112 | 11.3 | 15.315 h |
| August, selected | 26.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 146 | 12.4 | 14.114 h |
| September | 22.0°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 155 | 10.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.9°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 161 | 10.7 | 11.011 h |
| November | 11.7°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 172 | 10.6 | 9.510 h |
| December | 7.7°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 78 | 7.3 | 8.79 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
- Varese in AugustItaly · 20 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 131 mm rain
- Busto Arsizio in AugustItaly · 28 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.0°C · 113 mm rain
- Monza in AugustItaly · 29 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 17.9°C · 106 mm rain
- Cinisello Balsamo in AugustItaly · 30 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 106 mm rain
- Milan in AugustItaly · 39 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 18.4°C · 106 mm rain
- Bergamo in AugustItaly · 47 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 16.8°C · 139 mm rain
- Novara in AugustItaly · 54 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 18.1°C · 123 mm rain
- Brescia in AugustItaly · 93 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 96 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 Como) is explained once on the Como year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.