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Catania, Sicily Climate & Temperature

⛺ Catania, Sicily has a hot mediterranean/ dry-summer subtropical climate (Köppen-Geiger classification: Csa) that is mild with moderate seasonality. Summers are dry and hot due to the domination of subtropical high pressure systems while winters experience moderate temperatures and changeable, rainy weather due to the polar front. These climates usually occur on the western sides of continents between the latitudes of 30° and 45°. Vegetation is adapted to the dry summers and is fragrant and oily making it susceptible to fire. The typical Mediterranean climate average monthly temperatures in excess of 22.0 °C (71.6 °F) in its warmest month and an average in the coldest month between 18 to −3 °C (64 to 27 °F) with at least four months above 10 °C (50 °F). Seasonality is moderate (Köppen-Geiger classification: Csa).Mediterranean hot climate (Csa)

⛳ Catania, Sicily is situated in or near the subtropical thorn woodland biome.

🌡️ The annual average temperature is 17.3 degrees Celsius (63.1 degrees Fahrenheit). See the temperatures page for a monthly breakdown and the fixed scale graph.

🐬 Average monthly temperatures vary by 15.05 °C (27.1°F). This indicates that the continentality type is oceanic, subtype truly oceanic.

☔ Total annual precipitation averages 547.2 mm (21.5 inches) which is equivalent to 547.2 Litres/m² (13.42 Gallons/ft²).

Catania, Sicily Climate Graph

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In the winter time records indicate temperatures by day reach 16.3°C (61.4°F) on average falling to 5.8°C (42.4°F) overnight.

In spring time temperatures climb reaching 20.8°C (69.4°F) generally in the afternoon with overnight lows of 8.8°C (47.8°F).

During summer average high temperatures are 30.7°C (87.2°F) and average low temperatures are 17.8°C (64°F).

Come autumn/ fall temperatures decrease achieving average highs of 24.7°C (76.5°F) during the day and lows of 13.5°C (56.3°F) generally shortly after sunrise.

✨ The longest day of the year is 14:35 long on the 22 of June and the shortest day is 9:24 long on the 21 of December.

🌞 On average there are 2492 hours of sunshine per year. Visit the sunshine and daylight section to check monthly details including how high in the sky the sun reaches each month.

🐇Were you to burrow down through the centre of the Earth from Catania, Sicily you would pop up nearest to the climate station at Ruatoria, New Zealand where you would find a Marine west coast climate (Warm temperate thorn steppe biome).

🌍Catania, Sicily, Italy is at 37°28'N, 15°3'E, 17 m (56 ft). Check the location on the map.

Catania, Sicily Climate Table

Average Max Temperature °C ( °F)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
16 (60) 16 (62) 18 (64) 20 (69) 24 (76) 28 (83) 32 (89) 32 (90) 29 (84) 25 (76) 20 (69) 17 (62) 23 (74)
Average Temperature °C ( °F)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
11 (51) 11 (52) 12 (54) 14 (58) 18 (64) 22 (72) 25 (77) 26 (78) 23 (74) 19 (67) 15 (59) 12 (53) 17 (63)
Average Min Temperature °C ( °F)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
5 (42) 5 (42) 7 (44) 8 (47) 12 (53) 16 (60) 19 (65) 19 (67) 17 (63) 14 (57) 10 (49) 7 (44) 12 (53)
Average Precipitation mm (in)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
75 (3) 53 (2) 46 (2) 35 (1) 19 (1) 6 (0) 5 (0) 9 (0) 45 (2) 106 (4) 62 (2) 86 (3) 547 (22)
Number of Wet Days (probability of rain on a day %)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
9 (29) 5 (18) 6 (19) 4 (13) 3 (10) 2 (7) 1 (3) 1 (3) 3 (10) 7 (23) 7 (23) 8 (26) 56 (15)
Average Sunlight Hours/ Day
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
3h 58' 4h 31' 5h 32' 6h 38' 7h 46' 9h 34' 10h 17' 9h 03' 8h 14' 6h 00' 5h 40' 4h 29' 6h 49'
Average Daylight Hours/ Day
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
9h 53' 10h 45' 11h 54' 13h 07' 14h 10' 14h 41' 14h 27' 13h 34' 12h 22' 11h 09' 10h 07' 9h 37' 12h 00'
Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
41 (59) 43 (57) 47 (53) 51 (49) 55 (45) 66 (34) 72 (28) 68 (32) 67 (33) 55 (45) 57 (43) 47 (53) 57 (43)
Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°).
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
32.6 41.9 52.8 64.5 72.7 76 72.9 64.6 53.2 41.7 32.5 29.1 52.8


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