Climate averages 1991–2020
Gela weather
in August.
A hot, very 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 Gela: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 4.6 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 35 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ragusa (46 km away). In August its highs average 28.3°C, 2.2°C cooler than Gela, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Gela ranks joint 11th of 79 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 79 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 79 cities is 29.1°C; Gela is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.6°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.6 mm to 29 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
Gela climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.2°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 66 | 8.3 | 9.910 h |
| February | 14.4°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 54 | 7.5 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.4°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 41 | 6.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.0°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 27 | 5.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.2°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 11 | 2.5 | 14.114 h |
| June | 27.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 5.0 | 1.0 | 14.715 h |
| July | 30.1°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 1.6 | 0.2 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 30.6°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 4.6 | 0.9 | 13.614 h |
| September | 27.0°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 29 | 4.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 54 | 6.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.0°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 70 | 9.0 | 10.210 h |
| December | 15.4°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 65 | 8.8 | 9.710 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
- Ragusa in AugustItaly · 46 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Catania in AugustItaly · 87 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Siracusa in AugustItaly · 93 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Valletta in AugustMalta · 133 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Palermo in AugustItaly · 139 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.4°C · 19 mm rain
- Messina in AugustItaly · 170 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 16 mm rain
- Reggio Calabria in AugustItaly · 170 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Marsala in AugustItaly · 179 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 6.2 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 Gela) is explained once on the Gela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.