Climate averages 1991–2020
Messina weather
in July.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Messina: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.5 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes July a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 32 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Reggio Calabria (13 km away). In July its highs average 30.9°C, 1.7°C warmer than Messina, with 4.6 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Messina ranks joint 36th of 79 for the warmest July highs and 9th of 79 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 79 cities is 28.9°C; Messina is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.5 mm to 16 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Reggio Calabria in JulyItaly · 13 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Catania in JulyItaly · 89 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Lamezia Terme in JulyItaly · 108 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 21 mm rain
- Catanzaro in JulyItaly · 119 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 20.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Siracusa in JulyItaly · 127 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Ragusa in JulyItaly · 159 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 19.3°C · 6.8 mm rain
- Gela in JulyItaly · 170 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.6°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Palermo in JulyItaly · 192 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 5.6 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.