Climate averages 1991–2020
Ragusa weather
in July.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Ragusa: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.8 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes July a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 26 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gela (46 km away). In July its highs average 30.1°C, 2.0°C warmer than Ragusa, with 1.6 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Ragusa ranks joint 54th of 79 for the warmest July highs and 8th of 79 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 79 cities is 28.9°C; Ragusa is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.8 mm to 15 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Gela in JulyItaly · 46 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.6°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Siracusa in JulyItaly · 53 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Catania in JulyItaly · 70 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Valletta in JulyMalta · 116 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 23.4°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Reggio Calabria in JulyItaly · 156 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Messina in JulyItaly · 159 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Palermo in JulyItaly · 179 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Marsala in JulyItaly · 224 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 2.0 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.