Climate averages 1991–2020

La Spezia weather
in October.

A mild, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 18.6°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 13.8°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 207 mm 13 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in La Spezia · average highYear overview

October is a mild month in La Spezia: daytime highs average 18.6°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 207 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes October a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 02 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Lucca (62 km away). In October its highs average 19.3°C, 0.7°C warmer than La Spezia, with 147 mm of rain.

Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, La Spezia ranks 52nd of 79 for the warmest October highs and 79th of 79 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 79 cities is 19.6°C; La Spezia is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 4.3°C to 14.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 207 mm to 204 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for La Spezia, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 10.2°C5.4°C5.4°C11311.79.39 h
February 10.6°C5.1°C5.1°C10410.010.410 h
March 13.1°C7.1°C7.1°C959.711.912 h
April 15.8°C9.8°C9.8°C9710.113.413 h
May 19.5°C13.6°C13.6°C718.614.715 h
June 23.1°C17.3°C17.3°C616.715.415 h
July 25.8°C19.9°C19.9°C334.015.115 h
August 26.3°C20.4°C20.4°C536.214.014 h
September 22.7°C17.1°C17.1°C1369.312.613 h
October, selected 18.6°C13.8°C13.8°C20713.211.011 h
November 14.3°C9.8°C9.8°C20414.19.710 h
December 11.2°C6.5°C6.5°C14513.08.99 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

October in nearby cities

Distance from La Spezia

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 limits

How 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.