Climate averages 1991–2020
Florence 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 Florence: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 00 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Prato (16 km away). In August its highs average 29.3°C, about as warm as Florence, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Florence ranks joint 26th of 79 for the warmest August highs and 32nd of 79 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 79 cities is 29.1°C; Florence is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.2°C to 24.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 31 mm to 82 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
Florence climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.2°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 67 | 9.9 | 9.39 h |
| February | 10.5°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 77 | 9.6 | 10.510 h |
| March | 14.1°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 73 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.5°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 82 | 11.5 | 13.413 h |
| May | 21.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 72 | 9.2 | 14.715 h |
| June | 26.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 45 | 6.9 | 15.415 h |
| July | 29.5°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 29 | 4.0 | 15.115 h |
| August, selected | 29.7°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 31 | 5.0 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.5°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 82 | 8.6 | 12.613 h |
| October | 19.2°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 114 | 11.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 13.8°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 128 | 12.6 | 9.710 h |
| December | 9.9°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 97 | 11.6 | 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
- Prato in AugustItaly · 16 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Pistoia in AugustItaly · 31 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 18.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Lucca in AugustItaly · 60 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Arezzo in AugustItaly · 62 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 18.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Pisa in AugustItaly · 68 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Livorno in AugustItaly · 78 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.3°C · 33 mm rain
- Bologna in AugustItaly · 80 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 19.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Forlì in AugustItaly · 80 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 Florence) is explained once on the Florence year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.