Climate averages 1991–2020
Messina weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Messina: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 14 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Reggio Calabria (13 km away). In October its highs average 22.0°C, 0.5°C cooler than Messina, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Messina ranks 7th of 79 for the warmest October highs and joint 31st of 79 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 79 cities is 19.6°C; Messina is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.2°C to 18.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 92 mm to 87 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Reggio Calabria in OctoberItaly · 13 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 15.7°C · 71 mm rain
- Catania in OctoberItaly · 89 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 16.6°C · 64 mm rain
- Lamezia Terme in OctoberItaly · 108 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 16.3°C · 85 mm rain
- Catanzaro in OctoberItaly · 119 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.6°C · 95 mm rain
- Siracusa in OctoberItaly · 127 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 18.0°C · 68 mm rain
- Ragusa in OctoberItaly · 159 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Gela in OctoberItaly · 170 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 16.5°C · 54 mm rain
- Palermo in OctoberItaly · 192 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 17.5°C · 81 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.