Climate averages 1991–2020
Messina weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Messina: daytime highs average 18.0°C and nights cool to about 11.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 10 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Reggio Calabria (13 km away). In April its highs average 18.0°C, about as warm as Messina, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Messina ranks joint 20th of 79 for the warmest April highs and joint 15th of 79 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 79 cities is 17.4°C; Messina is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 22.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 57 mm to 30 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Messina climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.5°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 92 | 12.7 | 9.810 h |
| February | 13.6°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 85 | 11.9 | 10.711 h |
| March | 15.6°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 78 | 10.8 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 18.0°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 57 | 9.8 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 30 | 5.8 | 14.214 h |
| June | 26.3°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 21 | 3.9 | 14.815 h |
| July | 29.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 8.5 | 2.3 | 14.515 h |
| August | 29.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 16 | 3.0 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.1°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 65 | 9.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.6°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 92 | 10.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 18.4°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 87 | 11.7 | 10.110 h |
| December | 14.8°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 109 | 14.0 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Reggio Calabria in AprilItaly · 13 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 10.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Catania in AprilItaly · 89 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 11.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Lamezia Terme in AprilItaly · 108 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 11.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Catanzaro in AprilItaly · 119 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 9.8°C · 91 mm rain
- Siracusa in AprilItaly · 127 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 12.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Ragusa in AprilItaly · 159 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 9.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Gela in AprilItaly · 170 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 11.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Palermo in AprilItaly · 192 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 12.0°C · 61 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 Messina) is explained once on the Messina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.