Climate averages 1991–2020
Palermo weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: one of the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Palermo: daytime highs average 14.1°C and nights cool to about 8.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 11th 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 Marsala (89 km away). In February its highs average 14.0°C, about as warm as Palermo, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Palermo ranks 4th of 79 for the warmest February highs and 50th of 79 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 79 cities is 10.9°C; Palermo is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 16.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 68 mm to 64 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Marsala in FebruaryItaly · 89 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 9.3°C · 62 mm rain
- Gela in FebruaryItaly · 139 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 7.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Catania in FebruaryItaly · 165 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 7.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Ragusa in FebruaryItaly · 179 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 5.4°C · 57 mm rain
- Messina in FebruaryItaly · 192 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 8.5°C · 85 mm rain
- Reggio Calabria in FebruaryItaly · 201 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 6.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Siracusa in FebruaryItaly · 205 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 9.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Valletta in FebruaryMalta · 267 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 11.6°C · 50 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.