Climate averages 1991–2020
Palermo weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Palermo: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 38 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marsala (89 km away). In August its highs average 30.2°C, about as warm as Palermo, with 6.2 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Palermo ranks joint 11th of 79 for the warmest August highs and joint 16th of 79 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 79 cities is 29.1°C; Palermo is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 61 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Marsala in AugustItaly · 89 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Gela in AugustItaly · 139 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.5°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Catania in AugustItaly · 165 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Ragusa in AugustItaly · 179 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Messina in AugustItaly · 192 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 16 mm rain
- Reggio Calabria in AugustItaly · 201 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Siracusa in AugustItaly · 205 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Valletta in AugustMalta · 267 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 3.4 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.