Climate averages 1991–2020
Palermo weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Palermo: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 17.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 14 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marsala (89 km away). In October its highs average 22.8°C, 0.5°C cooler than Palermo, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Palermo ranks joint 2nd of 79 for the warmest October highs and 27th of 79 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 79 cities is 19.6°C; Palermo is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.4°C to 18.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 81 mm to 64 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Marsala in OctoberItaly · 89 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 17.6°C · 74 mm rain
- Gela in OctoberItaly · 139 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 16.5°C · 54 mm rain
- Catania in OctoberItaly · 165 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 16.6°C · 64 mm rain
- Ragusa in OctoberItaly · 179 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Messina in OctoberItaly · 192 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 92 mm rain
- Reggio Calabria in OctoberItaly · 201 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 15.7°C · 71 mm rain
- Siracusa in OctoberItaly · 205 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 18.0°C · 68 mm rain
- Valletta in OctoberMalta · 267 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 52 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.