Climate averages 1991–2020
Piacenza weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Piacenza: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 05 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cremona (27 km away). In August its highs average 29.8°C, about as warm as Piacenza, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Piacenza ranks joint 29th of 79 for the warmest August highs and 59th of 79 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 79 cities is 29.1°C; Piacenza is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.4°C to 24.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 73 mm to 93 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
Piacenza climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 59 | 7.7 | 9.29 h |
| February | 9.6°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 62 | 7.5 | 10.410 h |
| March | 14.3°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 67 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.1°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 88 | 10.8 | 13.513 h |
| May | 22.7°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 92 | 11.1 | 14.815 h |
| June | 27.2°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 75 | 9.8 | 15.616 h |
| July | 30.0°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 54 | 7.7 | 15.215 h |
| August, selected | 29.6°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 73 | 9.0 | 14.114 h |
| September | 24.2°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 93 | 8.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 18.2°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 102 | 9.9 | 11.011 h |
| November | 12.0°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 111 | 10.6 | 9.610 h |
| December | 7.2°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 73 | 8.5 | 8.89 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
- Cremona in AugustItaly · 27 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 19.5°C · 86 mm rain
- Parma in AugustItaly · 57 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 52 mm rain
- Milan in AugustItaly · 60 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 18.4°C · 106 mm rain
- Monza in AugustItaly · 67 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 17.9°C · 106 mm rain
- Brescia in AugustItaly · 67 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 96 mm rain
- Cinisello Balsamo in AugustItaly · 68 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 106 mm rain
- Bergamo in AugustItaly · 72 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 16.8°C · 139 mm rain
- Reggio nell'Emilia in AugustItaly · 84 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 58 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 Piacenza) is explained once on the Piacenza year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.