Climate averages 1991–2020
Perugia weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Perugia: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 57 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arezzo (57 km away). In August its highs average 29.5°C, 1.1°C warmer than Perugia, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Perugia ranks joint 50th of 79 for the warmest August highs and 36th of 79 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 79 cities is 29.1°C; Perugia is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.8°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 79 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
Perugia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.2°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 57 | 9.0 | 9.49 h |
| February | 8.4°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 67 | 9.2 | 10.510 h |
| March | 12.1°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 75 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.6°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 79 | 11.5 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.1°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 69 | 9.9 | 14.615 h |
| June | 24.9°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 49 | 7.9 | 15.315 h |
| July | 28.2°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 31 | 4.6 | 15.015 h |
| August, selected | 28.4°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 38 | 6.5 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.6°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 79 | 9.2 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.6°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 88 | 9.8 | 11.111 h |
| November | 12.1°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 104 | 11.6 | 9.810 h |
| December | 8.0°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 83 | 10.5 | 9.19 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
- Arezzo in AugustItaly · 57 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 18.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Terni in AugustItaly · 64 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 19.0°C · 33 mm rain
- San Marino in AugustSan Marino · 92 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Pesaro in AugustItaly · 98 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 37 mm rain
- Ancona in AugustItaly · 106 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.3°C · 41 mm rain
- Rimini in AugustItaly · 106 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Cesena in AugustItaly · 115 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 18.6°C · 42 mm rain
- Florence in AugustItaly · 118 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 18.7°C · 31 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 Perugia) is explained once on the Perugia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.