Climate averages 1991–2020
La Spezia weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in La Spezia: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 01 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lucca (62 km away). In August its highs average 28.5°C, 2.2°C warmer than La Spezia, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, La Spezia ranks 77th of 79 for the warmest August highs and joint 49th of 79 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 79 cities is 29.1°C; La Spezia is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.7°C to 22.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 53 mm to 136 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
La Spezia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.2°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 113 | 11.7 | 9.39 h |
| February | 10.6°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 104 | 10.0 | 10.410 h |
| March | 13.1°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 95 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.8°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 97 | 10.1 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 71 | 8.6 | 14.715 h |
| June | 23.1°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 61 | 6.7 | 15.415 h |
| July | 25.8°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 33 | 4.0 | 15.115 h |
| August, selected | 26.3°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 53 | 6.2 | 14.014 h |
| September | 22.7°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 136 | 9.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 18.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 207 | 13.2 | 11.011 h |
| November | 14.3°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 204 | 14.1 | 9.710 h |
| December | 11.2°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 145 | 13.0 | 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
- Lucca in AugustItaly · 62 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Pisa in AugustItaly · 64 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Livorno in AugustItaly · 74 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.3°C · 33 mm rain
- Genoa in AugustItaly · 78 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Parma in AugustItaly · 87 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 52 mm rain
- Pistoia in AugustItaly · 90 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 18.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Reggio nell'Emilia in AugustItaly · 92 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Prato in AugustItaly · 105 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.9°C · 39 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 La Spezia) is explained once on the La Spezia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.