Average Sunshine in Italy for June

The tables below give June averages for the hours of sunshine and number of sunny days at dozens of cities and vacation spots throughout Italy.

The numbers for hours of sunshine a place gets this month are averages from 1961 to 1990. These data are available for only some locations.

The monthly totals of days with sun are averages of weather data collected during 1971 to 2000. These are counts of the days when at least half the sky is clear of cloud. The morning figure is for 8 am and the evening is for 8 pm Central European Summer Time, which is local time.

You can jump to a separate table for each section of the country: Northeast, Northwest, Central , South and Italy's Mediterranean Islands.

Northeastern Italy

This section takes in the regions of Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino-Alto Adige and Veneto. Three weather stations on the list are located at over 2000 metres (6560 feet) elevation: Paganella and Passo Rolle in the Dolomites and Monte Cimone of the Apennine Mountains.

Total June sunshine
Hours Place Sunny Morn­ings Clear Eve­nings
255 Bologna 19 18
201 Bolzano 14 12
Cervia 20 18
174 Monte Cimone 16 12
Paganella 12 10
Passo Rolle 15 6
Rimini 19 18
Tarvisio 15 12
243 Trieste 17 15
243 Venice (Venezia) 17 16
Verona 15 16
Vicenza 16 16

Northwestern Italy

The cities here are in the regions of Liguria, Lombardy (Lombardia) and Piedmont.

Average amount of sun in June
Hours Place Sunny Morn­ings Clear Eve­nings
Bergamo 15 15
Brescia 16 17
246 Genoa (Genova) 16 16
243 Milan (Milano) 16 16
219 Turin (Torino) 15 14

Central Italy

The regions of central Italy include Lazio and Tuscany (Toscana) along the west coast, Umbria in the interior and Marche on the east coast. The highest weather station of this group sits at 1875 metres (6150 feet) on Monte Terminillo.

Average June sun
Hours Place Sunny Morn­ings Clear Eve­nings
273 Ancona 19 11
Arezzo 19 17
Civitavecchia 21 20
Florence (Firenze) 16 18
Monte Argentario 18 19
207 Monte Terminillo 20 10
Perugia 19 15
267 Pisa 16 17
Ponza Island 23 24
Rome (Roma) 22 22
Volterra 18 18

Southern Italy

The regions covered here make up Italy's boot, ranging from Abruzzo in the north to Calabria in the south and include Apulia (Puglia), Campania and Molise. Capo Palinuro is in the National Park of Cilento on Italy's west coast.

Number of sunny hours and days in June on average
Hours Place Sunny Morn­ings Clear Eve­nings
Bari 22 20
291 Capo Palinuro 23 21
Foggia 21 16
Lecce 23 22
279 Naples (Napoli) 21 19
261 Pescara 20 15
Reggio Calabria 25 24
Santa Maria di Leuca 23 22
Termoli 21 16

Mediterranean Islands

The weather data given in this table are for the Italian islands of Sardinia (Sardegna) and Sicily (Sicilia). Also included are two smaller islands: Ustica located north of Sicily, and Pantelleria to the southwest of Sicily.

Average total sunshine in June
Hours Place Sunny Morn­ings Clear Eve­nings
300 Alghero, Sardinia 20 21
288 Cagliari, Sardinia 22 21
Catania, Sicily 25 23
294 Messina, Sicily 20 20
Palermo, Sicily 23 23
282 Pantelleria Island 18 22
306 Ustica Island 21 22
Reference

Climatologia del Centro. Nazionale di Meteorologia e Climatologia Aeronautica. Repubblica Italiana. Atlante climatico.

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