Climate averages 1991–2020

Parma weather
in July.

A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 30.3°C Daytime mean, July
Average low 18.8°C Night-time mean, July
Rainfall 40 mm 6 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 15 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Parma · average highYear overview

July is a hot month in Parma: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 18.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 13 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Reggio nell'Emilia (27 km away). In July its highs average 29.7°C, 0.6°C cooler than Parma, with 51 mm of rain.

Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Parma ranks 15th of 79 for the warmest July highs and joint 44th of 79 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 79 cities is 28.9°C; Parma is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 52 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Parma, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 7.5°C-0.2°C-0.2°C567.69.29 h
February 9.7°C0.1°C0.1°C667.510.410 h
March 14.2°C3.5°C3.5°C698.011.912 h
April 17.9°C7.1°C7.1°C8610.913.513 h
May 22.6°C11.7°C11.7°C829.514.815 h
June 27.3°C16.0°C16.0°C587.715.516 h
July, selected 30.3°C18.8°C18.8°C405.815.215 h
August 29.9°C19.0°C19.0°C527.514.114 h
September 24.3°C14.5°C14.5°C778.512.613 h
October 18.4°C10.1°C10.1°C929.811.011 h
November 12.3°C5.2°C5.2°C10010.59.610 h
December 7.7°C0.7°C0.7°C738.68.99 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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Parma

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 limits

How 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.