Climate averages 1991–2020
Florence weather
in July.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Florence: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 06 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Prato (16 km away). In July its highs average 29.1°C, about as warm as Florence, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Florence ranks joint 29th of 79 for the warmest July highs and 35th of 79 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 79 cities is 28.9°C; Florence is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 29 mm to 31 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 29.5°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 29 | 4.0 | 15.115 h |
| August | 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
July in nearby cities
- Prato in JulyItaly · 16 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 18.6°C · 42 mm rain
- Pistoia in JulyItaly · 31 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 42 mm rain
- Lucca in JulyItaly · 60 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 18.6°C · 32 mm rain
- Arezzo in JulyItaly · 62 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Pisa in JulyItaly · 68 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.6°C · 32 mm rain
- Livorno in JulyItaly · 78 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.8°C · 21 mm rain
- Bologna in JulyItaly · 80 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 19.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Forlì in JulyItaly · 80 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 18.5°C · 45 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.