Climate averages 1991–2020
Palermo weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Palermo: daytime highs average 18.9°C and nights cool to about 12.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 10 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marsala (89 km away). In April its highs average 18.2°C, 0.7°C cooler than Palermo, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Palermo ranks 5th of 79 for the warmest April highs and joint 19th of 79 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 79 cities is 17.4°C; Palermo is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 61 mm to 37 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Palermo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.1°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 65 | 10.3 | 9.810 h |
| February | 14.1°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 68 | 10.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.4°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 64 | 10.5 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 18.9°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 61 | 9.6 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.8°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 37 | 6.2 | 14.214 h |
| June | 27.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 16 | 3.6 | 14.815 h |
| July | 30.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 5.6 | 1.6 | 14.515 h |
| August | 30.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 19 | 3.4 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.8°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 61 | 8.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.3°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 81 | 9.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 18.9°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 64 | 10.3 | 10.210 h |
| December | 15.3°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 67 | 11.3 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Marsala in AprilItaly · 89 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 12.3°C · 41 mm rain
- Gela in AprilItaly · 139 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 11.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Catania in AprilItaly · 165 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 11.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Ragusa in AprilItaly · 179 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 9.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Messina in AprilItaly · 192 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 11.9°C · 57 mm rain
- Reggio Calabria in AprilItaly · 201 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 10.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Siracusa in AprilItaly · 205 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 12.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Valletta in AprilMalta · 267 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 14 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 Palermo) is explained once on the Palermo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.