Climate averages 1991–2020
Marsala weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Marsala: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 6.2 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 37 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Palermo (89 km away). In August its highs average 30.6°C, about as warm as Marsala, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Marsala ranks joint 20th of 79 for the warmest August highs and 2nd of 79 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 79 cities is 29.1°C; Marsala is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.9°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.2 mm to 42 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
Marsala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.0°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 64 | 9.9 | 9.910 h |
| February | 14.0°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 62 | 9.2 | 10.811 h |
| March | 15.8°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 51 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.2°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 41 | 7.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.1°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 19 | 4.0 | 14.214 h |
| June | 26.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 5.1 | 1.3 | 14.715 h |
| July | 29.5°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 2.0 | 0.4 | 14.515 h |
| August, selected | 30.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 6.2 | 1.5 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.4°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 42 | 5.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.8°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 74 | 8.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.5°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 76 | 10.3 | 10.210 h |
| December | 15.2°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 70 | 10.8 | 9.610 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
- Palermo in AugustItaly · 89 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.4°C · 19 mm rain
- Gela in AugustItaly · 179 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.5°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Nabeul in AugustTunisia · 212 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 5.0 mm rain
- La Marsa in AugustTunisia · 213 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 5.4 mm rain
- Sukrah in AugustTunisia · 219 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 5.4 mm rain
- Hammamet in AugustTunisia · 224 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Ragusa in AugustItaly · 224 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Tunis in AugustTunisia · 229 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 8.9 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 Marsala) is explained once on the Marsala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.