Climate averages 1991–2020
Parma weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Parma: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 19.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 04 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Reggio nell'Emilia (27 km away). In August its highs average 29.3°C, 0.6°C cooler than Parma, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Parma ranks joint 23rd of 79 for the warmest August highs and joint 47th of 79 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 79 cities is 29.1°C; Parma is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.6°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 52 mm to 77 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
Parma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.5°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 56 | 7.6 | 9.29 h |
| February | 9.7°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 66 | 7.5 | 10.410 h |
| March | 14.2°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 69 | 8.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.9°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 86 | 10.9 | 13.513 h |
| May | 22.6°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 82 | 9.5 | 14.815 h |
| June | 27.3°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 58 | 7.7 | 15.516 h |
| July | 30.3°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 40 | 5.8 | 15.215 h |
| August, selected | 29.9°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 52 | 7.5 | 14.114 h |
| September | 24.3°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 77 | 8.5 | 12.613 h |
| October | 18.4°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 92 | 9.8 | 11.011 h |
| November | 12.3°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 100 | 10.5 | 9.610 h |
| December | 7.7°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 73 | 8.6 | 8.99 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
- Reggio nell'Emilia in AugustItaly · 27 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Carpi in AugustItaly · 44 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 19.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Cremona in AugustItaly · 44 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 19.5°C · 86 mm rain
- Modena in AugustItaly · 50 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 18.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Piacenza in AugustItaly · 57 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.6°C · 73 mm rain
- Brescia in AugustItaly · 82 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 96 mm rain
- Bologna in AugustItaly · 87 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 19.5°C · 53 mm rain
- La Spezia in AugustItaly · 87 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 20.4°C · 53 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 Parma) is explained once on the Parma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.