Climate averages 1991–2020
Genoa weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Genoa: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 20.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 02 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Alessandria (62 km away). In August its highs average 29.2°C, 1.5°C warmer than Genoa, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Genoa ranks joint 67th of 79 for the warmest August highs and 58th of 79 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 79 cities is 29.1°C; Genoa is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.1°C to 23.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 67 mm to 124 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
Genoa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.6°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 95 | 8.9 | 9.39 h |
| February | 10.8°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 73 | 8.2 | 10.410 h |
| March | 14.2°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 87 | 9.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.1°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 105 | 12.6 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.8°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 103 | 13.2 | 14.815 h |
| June | 24.6°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 82 | 10.9 | 15.515 h |
| July | 27.3°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 56 | 9.0 | 15.215 h |
| August, selected | 27.6°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 67 | 10.6 | 14.014 h |
| September | 23.5°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 124 | 11.0 | 12.613 h |
| October | 18.9°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 165 | 12.6 | 11.011 h |
| November | 13.8°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 191 | 12.1 | 9.710 h |
| December | 10.3°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 119 | 10.3 | 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
- Alessandria in AugustItaly · 62 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 18.5°C · 66 mm rain
- La Spezia in AugustItaly · 78 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 20.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Asti in AugustItaly · 80 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.9°C · 108 mm rain
- Piacenza in AugustItaly · 93 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.6°C · 73 mm rain
- Cremona in AugustItaly · 117 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 19.5°C · 86 mm rain
- Parma in AugustItaly · 118 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 52 mm rain
- Novara in AugustItaly · 119 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 18.1°C · 123 mm rain
- Milan in AugustItaly · 119 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 18.4°C · 106 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 Genoa) is explained once on the Genoa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.