Climate averages 1991–2020
Messina weather
in December.
A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Messina: daytime highs average 14.8°C and nights cool to about 10.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes December a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 34 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Reggio Calabria (13 km away). In December its highs average 13.5°C, 1.3°C cooler than Messina, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Messina ranks 6th of 79 for the warmest December highs and 63rd of 79 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 79 cities is 10.5°C; Messina is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 13.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 109 mm to 92 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Reggio Calabria in DecemberItaly · 13 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 8.6°C · 74 mm rain
- Catania in DecemberItaly · 89 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 9.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Lamezia Terme in DecemberItaly · 108 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 9.3°C · 139 mm rain
- Catanzaro in DecemberItaly · 119 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 7.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Siracusa in DecemberItaly · 127 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 11.0°C · 80 mm rain
- Ragusa in DecemberItaly · 159 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 7.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Gela in DecemberItaly · 170 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 9.6°C · 65 mm rain
- Palermo in DecemberItaly · 192 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 10.6°C · 67 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.