Climate averages 1991–2020
Messina weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Messina: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 39 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Reggio Calabria (13 km away). In August its highs average 31.0°C, 1.3°C warmer than Messina, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Messina ranks joint 26th of 79 for the warmest August highs and 11th of 79 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 79 cities is 29.1°C; Messina is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.6°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 65 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Reggio Calabria in AugustItaly · 13 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Catania in AugustItaly · 89 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Lamezia Terme in AugustItaly · 108 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Catanzaro in AugustItaly · 119 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 21.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Siracusa in AugustItaly · 127 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Ragusa in AugustItaly · 159 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Gela in AugustItaly · 170 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.5°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Palermo in AugustItaly · 192 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.4°C · 19 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.