Climate and average weather in Tuscany

In Tuscany, the summers are warm, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are very cold, snowy, and partly cloudy.

Best: late June to mid September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Tuscany typically varies from -12°C to 22°C, and is rarely below -27°C or above 29°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Tuscany for warm-weather activities is from late June to mid September.

Hottest
Jul
22°
Coldest
Jan
-12°
Wettest
Jun
110 mm
Driest
Jan
12 mm
Rain / yr
511 mm
92 wet days
Daylight
7.7–16.3 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
1,177 m
51.1°N
Clearest
Aug
53% cloud

Tuscany weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late June to mid September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Tuscany, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.9 months, from May 23 to September 19, with daily high temperatures above 16°C. The hottest month of the year in Tuscany is July, with an average high of 22°C and low of 9°C.

The cool season lasts 3.5 months, from November 20 to March 6, with daily high temperatures below 1°C. The coldest month of the year in Tuscany is January, with an average low of -12°C and high of -3°C.

Days typically run about 12°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 14°C) in August.

-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan-3-12
Feb0-11
Mar4-8
Apr10-2
May152
Jun197
Jul229
Aug228
Sep174
Oct10-1
Nov2-7
Dec-2-12

How hot and cold Tuscany really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -19°C (around January 3), with roughly 236 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C) 140 of them bitterly cold — worst in January.

-20°-10°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan-3-3-18-12
Feb-10-17-11
Mar44-12-8
Apr1010-6-2
May151502
Jun191957
Jul222289
Aug222268
Sep171714
Oct1010-5-1
Nov22-12-7
Dec-2-2-17-12

Average hourly temperature in Tuscany

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 22°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -12°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Tuscany weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-3° / -12°123.54.78.20.0
Feb-1° / -11°123.74.49.60.0
Mar / -8°225.55.711.50.1
Apr10° / -2°418.75.813.52.3
May15° / 7711.92.715.34.4
Jun19° / 11014.40.116.25.3
Jul22° / 6411.3015.96.6
Aug22° / 6710014.46.8
Sep17° / 478.21.212.45.7
Oct10° / -2°266.33.810.42.5
Nov / -7°194.85.38.70.0
Dec-2° / -12°143.74.37.80.0

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Tuscany gets about 511 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 5.7 months, from around Apr 3 to Sep 23, peaking in June at about 49% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 25.

June is the wettest month by volume, with 110 mm over about 14 wet days; January is the driest, with 12 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJun 20 · 49%Jan 25 · 9%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan114
Feb134
Mar186
Apr299
May3912
Jun4714
Jul3811
Aug3210
Sep278
Oct206
Nov165
Dec124

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Tuscany collects about 511 mm of rain across 92 wet days — roughly 43 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. June is the wettest month with 110 mm, while January is the driest at just 12 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 50% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec1212224177110646747261914
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan1245
Feb1244
Mar2266
Apr4196
May77123
Jun110140
Jul64110
Aug67100
Sep4781
Oct2664
Nov1955
Dec1444

Snow in Tuscany

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Tuscany averages about 38 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Sep 5 to Jun 2 — about 8.9 months.

April is snowiest, with roughly 6 days of snow and an estimated 24 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 138 cm of snow.

02468JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonApr 4
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan513
Feb415
Mar623
Apr624
May311
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep16
Oct411
Nov521
Dec414

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Tuscany, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around June 28 and lasts for 4.2 months, ending around November 2. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 59% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around February 2 and lasts for 4.8 months, ending around June 27. The cloudiest month is April, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 69% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 28 · 64%Apr 7 · 30%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan4456
Feb4258
Mar3862
Apr3169
May3466
Jun4060
Jul5842
Aug5941
Sep5446
Oct5050
Nov4654
Dec4753

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 13, brings about 16 h 18 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 7 h 42 min — a swing of roughly 8 h 36 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan8.28:424:51
Feb9.68:025:41
Mar11.57:016:32
Apr13.55:507:24
May15.34:548:13
Jun16.24:288:46
Jul15.94:458:40
Aug14.45:307:52
Sep12.46:206:43
Oct10.47:105:34
Nov8.78:044:41
Dec7.88:424:24

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Tuscany averages about 8 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 4 and 12 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 7.3 months, from around Jul 6 to Feb 12. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 12 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is April, down near 4 sunny days — about 63% fewer than the August peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedAug 2412 daysApr 64 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan9Mixed
Feb7Mixed
Mar6Gloomy
Apr4Gloomy
May5Gloomy
Jun6Gloomy
Jul10Mixed
Aug12Mixed
Sep11Mixed
Oct10Mixed
Nov9Mixed
Dec10Mixed

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Tuscany, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in July, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 0% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdry
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun991
Jul937
Aug973
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Wind in Tuscany is steady company: average speeds sit near 10 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeDec 13 · 11 km/hAug 6 · 8 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan10calm
Feb10calm
Mar10calm
Apr10calm
May10calm
Jun9calm
Jul8calm
Aug8calm
Sep9calm
Oct10calm
Nov10calm
Dec10calm

Hazard calendar for Tuscany

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Tuscany's rainy season runs May–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Best time to visit Tuscany

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Tuscany throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around early September, Tuscany is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Tuscany for general outdoor tourist activities is from late June to mid September, with a peak score in the last week of July.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 25 · 6.9

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.0poor
Mar0.2poor
Apr2.3poor
May4.4fair
Jun5.3fair
Jul6.5good
Aug6.8good
Sep5.7good
Oct2.5poor
Nov0.1poor
Dec0.0poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Tuscany for hot-weather activities is from mid July to late August, with a peak score in the last week of July.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 26 · 5.3

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Tuscany, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 22°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near -3°C), pack a warm layer and a heavy coat.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Tuscany sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 9°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Tuscany by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Tuscany peaks around July 15 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighHighModerateLowJul 15UV 7Dec 17UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul8Very high
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Tuscany

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 4 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb00
Mar20
Apr50
May70
Jun70
Jul84
Aug60
Sep40
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Tuscany by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Tuscany is worst in August — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.7× the cleanest month (January, 8 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodAug 1421 µg/m³Jan 18 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb8Good
Mar11Good
Apr10Good
May12Good
Jun11Good
Jul18Moderate
Aug21Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct9Good
Nov9Good
Dec8Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Tuscany typically lasts about 161 days, from around May 1 to October 8 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from May 25 to September 11.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonMar 110%May 150%May 2590%Sep 1190%Oct 850%Nov 2310%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan931
Feb928
Mar1331
Apr2930
May7524
Jun990
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep8420
Oct3831
Nov1330
Dec831

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Tuscany banks about 427 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

0200400600JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May5
Jun77
Jul171
Aug150
Sep24
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Tuscany receives about 3.9 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.0 and 6.5 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.1 months, from around Mar 17 to Sep 19. The brightest month is July, averaging about 6.4 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 1.1 kWh/m² — roughly 83% less than the July peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 106.5 kWhDec 181.0 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.3Dim
Feb2.4Moderate
Mar3.8Moderate
Apr5.2Bright
May6.0Intense
Jun6.3Intense
Jul6.5Intense
Aug5.5Bright
Sep4.1Bright
Oct2.6Moderate
Nov1.5Dim
Dec1.1Dim

Where is Tuscany?

Tuscany sits at 51.1°N, 114.2°W, 1,177 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Edgemont, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Tuscany

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Tuscany.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tuscany has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 216 m around an average of 1,174 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 312 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,359 m.

The land around Tuscany is covered by grassland (37%) and artificial surfaces (36%) within 3 km, grassland (54%) within 16 km, and grassland (34%), cropland (30%) and trees (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
216 m
16 km
312 m
80 km
2,359 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Edgemont 7.0 km · Evanston 10 km · Panorama Hills 12 km · Calgary 14 km · Coventry Hills 14 km · Beltline 15 km · Cochrane 17 km · Saddle Ridge 21 km

Canada travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 83% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$55,698
2025
Happiness
6.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
97%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
5.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Christian 53%none 35%Muslim 5%Hindu 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Tuscany (51.1243°, -114.2449°, elevation 1,177 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).