Climate averages 1991–2020
Reggio Calabria weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Reggio Calabria: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 21.8°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 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 38 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Messina (13 km away). In August its highs average 29.7°C, 1.3°C cooler than Reggio Calabria, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Reggio Calabria ranks 8th 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; Reggio Calabria is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.9°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 50 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
Reggio Calabria climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.4°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 72 | 9.5 | 9.810 h |
| February | 12.6°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 64 | 9.2 | 10.811 h |
| March | 15.1°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 63 | 9.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.0°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 46 | 8.2 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 24 | 4.2 | 14.214 h |
| June | 27.9°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 14 | 2.5 | 14.815 h |
| July | 30.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 4.6 | 1.1 | 14.515 h |
| August, selected | 31.0°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 15 | 2.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.1°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 50 | 6.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.0°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 71 | 8.4 | 11.211 h |
| November | 17.4°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 70 | 9.2 | 10.210 h |
| December | 13.5°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 74 | 10.1 | 9.610 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
- Messina in AugustItaly · 13 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 16 mm rain
- Catania in AugustItaly · 86 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Lamezia Terme in AugustItaly · 110 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Catanzaro in AugustItaly · 119 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 21.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Siracusa in AugustItaly · 120 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Ragusa in AugustItaly · 156 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Gela in AugustItaly · 170 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.5°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Palermo in AugustItaly · 201 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.4°C · 19 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 Reggio Calabria) is explained once on the Reggio Calabria year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.