Climate averages 1991–2020
Ragusa 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 Ragusa: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 20.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 34 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gela (46 km away). In August its highs average 30.6°C, 2.2°C warmer than Ragusa, with 4.6 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Ragusa ranks joint 53rd of 79 for the warmest August highs and joint 7th of 79 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 79 cities is 29.1°C; Ragusa is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.1°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 45 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Gela in AugustItaly · 46 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.5°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Siracusa in AugustItaly · 53 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Catania in AugustItaly · 70 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Valletta in AugustMalta · 116 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Reggio Calabria in AugustItaly · 156 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Messina in AugustItaly · 159 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 16 mm rain
- Palermo in AugustItaly · 179 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.4°C · 19 mm rain
- Marsala in AugustItaly · 224 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 6.2 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.