Climate averages 1991–2020
Ferrara weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Ferrara: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 19.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 04 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bologna (44 km away). In August its highs average 30.5°C, about as warm as Ferrara, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Ferrara ranks joint 13th of 79 for the warmest August highs and joint 56th of 79 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 79 cities is 29.1°C; Ferrara is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.4°C to 25.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 66 mm to 75 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
Ferrara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.1°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 41 | 6.8 | 9.29 h |
| February | 10.3°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 54 | 7.4 | 10.410 h |
| March | 14.7°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 56 | 7.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.6°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 73 | 10.4 | 13.513 h |
| May | 23.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 76 | 10.5 | 14.815 h |
| June | 28.2°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 67 | 9.3 | 15.516 h |
| July | 31.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 61 | 8.4 | 15.215 h |
| August, selected | 30.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 66 | 9.2 | 14.114 h |
| September | 25.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 75 | 8.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 19.6°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 75 | 9.0 | 11.011 h |
| November | 13.5°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 78 | 9.4 | 9.610 h |
| December | 8.5°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 57 | 8.0 | 8.99 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
- Bologna in AugustItaly · 44 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 19.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Modena in AugustItaly · 59 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 18.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Carpi in AugustItaly · 59 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 19.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Ravenna in AugustItaly · 66 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 53 mm rain
- Padua in AugustItaly · 67 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.2°C · 80 mm rain
- Forlì in AugustItaly · 76 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Vicenza in AugustItaly · 79 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Reggio nell'Emilia in AugustItaly · 80 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 58 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 Ferrara) is explained once on the Ferrara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.