Climate averages 1991–2020

Parma weather
in September.

A warm, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

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

Average high 24.3°C Daytime mean, September
Average low 14.5°C Night-time mean, September
Rainfall 77 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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September is a warm month in Parma: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 77 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average September day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Reggio nell'Emilia (27 km away). In September its highs average 23.8°C, about as warm as Parma, with 78 mm of rain.

Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Parma ranks joint 39th of 79 for the warmest September highs and joint 31st of 79 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 79 cities is 24.3°C; Parma is level with that mean.

From September to October, average highs fall by 5.9°C to 18.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 77 mm to 92 mm.

The annual picture

September 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 30.3°C18.8°C18.8°C405.815.215 h
August 29.9°C19.0°C19.0°C527.514.114 h
September, selected 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

September 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.