Climate averages 1991–2020
Reggio Calabria weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Reggio Calabria: daytime highs average 13.5°C and nights cool to about 8.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 34 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Messina (13 km away). In December its highs average 14.8°C, 1.3°C warmer than Reggio Calabria, with 109 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Reggio Calabria ranks 11th of 79 for the warmest December highs and joint 35th of 79 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 79 cities is 10.5°C; Reggio Calabria is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 12.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 74 mm to 72 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Messina in DecemberItaly · 13 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 10.6°C · 109 mm rain
- Catania in DecemberItaly · 86 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 9.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Lamezia Terme in DecemberItaly · 110 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 9.3°C · 139 mm rain
- Catanzaro in DecemberItaly · 119 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 7.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Siracusa in DecemberItaly · 120 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 11.0°C · 80 mm rain
- Ragusa in DecemberItaly · 156 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 7.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Gela in DecemberItaly · 170 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 9.6°C · 65 mm rain
- Palermo in DecemberItaly · 201 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 10.6°C · 67 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.