Average Sunshine in Italy for May

The tables below give May 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 May sunshine

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
229	Bologna	18	15
177	Bolzano	14	12
	Cervia	17	15
155	Monte Cimone	14	10
	Paganella	12	9
	Passo Rolle	14	6
	Rimini	17	15
	Tarvisio	16	12
226	Trieste	15	15
229	Venice (Venezia)	16	16
	Verona	15	14
	Vicenza	15	14

Northwestern Italy

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

Average amount of sun in May

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
	Bergamo	14	13
	Brescia	15	15
220	Genoa (Genova)	14	14
211	Milan (Milano)	15	14
195	Turin (Torino)	13	12

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 May sun

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
254	Ancona	16	16
	Arezzo	16	14
	Civitavecchia	18	18
	Florence (Firenze)	15	15
	Monte Argentario	16	16
189	Monte Terminillo	17	8
	Perugia	17	14
242	Pisa	14	14
	Ponza Island	20	20
	Rome (Roma)	19	20
	Volterra	16	15

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 May on average

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
	Bari	20	16
260	Capo Palinuro	19	16
	Foggia	17	14
	Lecce	19	17
245	Naples (Napoli)	17	15
242	Pescara	18	14
	Reggio Calabria	22	21
	Santa Maria di Leuca	19	18
	Termoli	17	14

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 May

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
270	Alghero, Sardinia	16	18
270	Cagliari, Sardinia	18	16
	Catania, Sicily	21	19
257	Messina, Sicily	16	16
	Palermo, Sicily	20	20
257	Pantelleria Island	16	18
279	Ustica Island	17	18