Climate averages 1991–2020

Piacenza weather
in October.

A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

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

Average high 18.2°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 10.7°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 102 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Piacenza · average highYear overview

October is a mild month in Piacenza: daytime highs average 18.2°C and nights cool to about 10.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 102 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 00 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Cremona (27 km away). In October its highs average 18.2°C, about as warm as Piacenza, with 103 mm of rain.

Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Piacenza ranks joint 56th of 79 for the warmest October highs and 37th of 79 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 79 cities is 19.6°C; Piacenza is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 6.2°C to 12.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 102 mm to 111 mm.

The annual picture

October 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 1500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Piacenza, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 7.1°C-0.1°C-0.1°C597.79.29 h
February 9.6°C0.5°C0.5°C627.510.410 h
March 14.3°C4.2°C4.2°C678.211.912 h
April 18.1°C8.0°C8.0°C8810.813.513 h
May 22.7°C12.6°C12.6°C9211.114.815 h
June 27.2°C16.8°C16.8°C759.815.616 h
July 30.0°C19.5°C19.5°C547.715.215 h
August 29.6°C19.6°C19.6°C739.014.114 h
September 24.2°C15.2°C15.2°C938.812.613 h
October, selected 18.2°C10.7°C10.7°C1029.911.011 h
November 12.0°C5.5°C5.5°C11110.69.610 h
December 7.2°C0.9°C0.9°C738.58.89 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

October in nearby cities

Distance from Piacenza

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 Piacenza) is explained once on the Piacenza year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.