Average Sunshine a Year in Italy

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

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

The annual 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 6 am and the evening is for 6 pm UTC (Coordinated Universal Time or Greenwich Mean 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 annual sunshine

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
2040	Bologna	196	197
1885	Bolzano	181	190
	Cervia	185	187
1779	Monte Cimone	191	164
	Paganella	179	166
	Passo Rolle	201	151
	Rimini	190	185
	Tarvisio	181	183
2111	Trieste	190	187
2036	Venice (Venezia)	188	201
	Verona	179	186
	Vicenza	184	197

Northwestern Italy

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

Average amount of sunshine yearly

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
	Bergamo	186	189
	Brescia	174	188
2218	Genoa (Genova)	193	188
1914	Milan (Milano)	171	194
1989	Turin (Torino)	185	196

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.

Annual average sun

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
2221	Ancona	183	182
	Arezzo	189	191
	Civitavecchia	217	214
	Florence (Firenze)	185	201
	Monte Argentario	204	207
1951	Monte Terminillo	211	149
	Perugia	198	189
2273	Pisa	178	195
	Ponza Island	237	244
	Rome (Roma)	218	232
	Volterra	189	181

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 a year on average

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
	Bari	223	205
2557	Capo Palinuro	227	216
	Foggia	205	196
	Lecce	223	228
2371	Naples (Napoli)	214	207
2222	Pescara	202	176
	Reggio Calabria	248	240
	Santa Maria di Leuca	224	222
	Termoli	202	186

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 yearly

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
2606	Alghero, Sardinia	222	218
2591	Cagliari, Sardinia	223	210
	Catania, Sicily	253	232
2490	Messina, Sicily	199	193
	Palermo, Sicily	228	227
2544	Pantelleria Island	202	216
2660	Ustica Island	222	227