Climate averages 1991–2020
Messina weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Messina: daytime highs average 13.6°C and nights cool to about 8.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 45 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Reggio Calabria (13 km away). In February its highs average 12.6°C, 1.0°C cooler than Messina, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Messina ranks 7th of 79 for the warmest February highs and joint 67th of 79 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 79 cities is 10.9°C; Messina is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 15.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 85 mm to 78 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Reggio Calabria in FebruaryItaly · 13 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 6.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Catania in FebruaryItaly · 89 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 7.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Lamezia Terme in FebruaryItaly · 108 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 7.5°C · 115 mm rain
- Catanzaro in FebruaryItaly · 119 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 5.7°C · 99 mm rain
- Siracusa in FebruaryItaly · 127 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 9.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Ragusa in FebruaryItaly · 159 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 5.4°C · 57 mm rain
- Gela in FebruaryItaly · 170 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 7.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Palermo in FebruaryItaly · 192 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 8.6°C · 68 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.