Climate averages 1991–2020
Ragusa weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Ragusa: daytime highs average 16.3°C and nights cool to about 9.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 07 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gela (46 km away). In April its highs average 19.0°C, 2.7°C warmer than Ragusa, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Ragusa ranks joint 70th of 79 for the warmest April highs and 3rd of 79 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 79 cities is 17.4°C; Ragusa is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 20.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 40 mm to 24 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Ragusa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.2°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 64 | 8.5 | 9.910 h |
| February | 11.5°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 57 | 8.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 13.6°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 52 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 16.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 40 | 7.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 20.7°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 24 | 4.6 | 14.114 h |
| June | 25.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 17 | 2.9 | 14.615 h |
| July | 28.1°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 6.8 | 1.5 | 14.414 h |
| August | 28.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 15 | 3.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 24.3°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 45 | 7.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 62 | 8.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 63 | 9.2 | 10.210 h |
| December | 12.4°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 60 | 8.5 | 9.710 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
April in nearby cities
- Gela in AprilItaly · 46 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 11.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Siracusa in AprilItaly · 53 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 12.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Catania in AprilItaly · 70 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 11.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Valletta in AprilMalta · 116 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Reggio Calabria in AprilItaly · 156 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 10.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Messina in AprilItaly · 159 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 11.9°C · 57 mm rain
- Palermo in AprilItaly · 179 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 12.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Marsala in AprilItaly · 224 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 12.3°C · 41 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 Ragusa) is explained once on the Ragusa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.