Climate and average weather in Amalfi

In Amalfi, the summers are humid, warm, fairly dry, and clear and the winters are cool and partly cloudy.

Best: late May to early October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Amalfi typically varies from 8°C to 27°C, and is rarely below 4°C or above 30°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Amalfi for warm-weather activities is from late May to early October.

Hottest
Aug
27°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Nov
181 mm
Driest
Jul
17 mm
Rain / yr
1122 mm
111 wet days
Daylight
9.1–14.9 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
0 m
40.6°N
Clearest
Jul
18% cloud

Amalfi is chief town of the homonym municipality.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Amalfi 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 May to early October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 3.3 months, from June 12 to September 19, with daily high temperatures above 23°C. The hottest month of the year in Amalfi is August, with an average high of 27°C and low of 22°C.

The cool season lasts 4.0 months, from November 28 to March 29, with daily high temperatures below 15°C. The coldest month of the year in Amalfi is January, with an average low of 8°C and high of 12°C.

Days typically run about 4°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan128
Feb128
Mar149
Apr1611
May2015
Jun2419
Jul2722
Aug2722
Sep2419
Oct2016
Nov1612
Dec139

Average hourly temperature in Amalfi

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 August afternoons, near 27°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near C.

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

Amalfi 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
Jan12° / 13212.30.49.42.9
Feb12° / 11011.60.510.43.0
Mar14° / 10910.60.311.73.9
Apr16° / 11°8410.90135.1
May20° / 15°627.7014.26.8
Jun24° / 19°305014.98.2
Jul27° / 22°173.2014.68.4
Aug27° / 22°244.2013.68.1
Sep24° / 19°948.7012.37.4
Oct20° / 16°12610010.96.6
Nov16° / 12°18113.40.19.74.8
Dec13° / 15513.40.29.13.4

Chance of rain

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

Amalfi gets about 1122 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 7.1 months, from around Oct 3 to May 5, peaking in November at about 47% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 2.

November is the wettest month by volume, with 181 mm over about 13 wet days; July is the driest, with 17 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetNov 26 · 47%Jul 2 · 8%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan4012
Feb4112
Mar3411
Apr3611
May268
Jun165
Jul103
Aug154
Sep299
Oct3210
Nov4313
Dec4313

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Amalfi collects about 1122 mm of rain across 111 wet days — roughly 94 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. November is the wettest month with 181 mm, while July is the driest at just 17 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 42% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

050100150200JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec132110109846230172494126181155
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan132120
Feb110121
Mar109110
Apr84110
May6280
Jun3050
Jul1730
Aug2440
Sep9490
Oct126100
Nov181130
Dec155130

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Amalfi, 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 May 9 and lasts for 5.0 months, ending around October 6. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 95% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 7 and lasts for 7.0 months, ending around May 8. The cloudiest month is February, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 50% 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 13 · 95%Jan 30 · 47%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5050
Feb5050
Mar5743
Apr5842
May6931
Jun8317
Jul955
Aug919
Sep7327
Oct6337
Nov5149
Dec5050

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 12, brings about 14 h 54 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 9 h 06 min — a swing of roughly 5 h 48 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.47:294:53
Feb10.47:045:28
Mar11.76:216:01
Apr13.05:296:34
May14.24:507:05
Jun14.94:357:29
Jul14.64:487:26
Aug13.65:176:55
Sep12.35:486:04
Oct10.96:205:14
Nov9.76:564:38
Dec9.17:254:31

Sunny days

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

Amalfi averages about 15 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 10 and 26 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.6 months, from around May 25 to Oct 10. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 26 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is November, down near 10 sunny days — about 61% fewer than the July peak.

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJul 1526 daysNov 2810 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan11Mixed
Feb10Mixed
Mar12Mixed
Apr11Mixed
May14Mixed
Jun20Bright
Jul26Brilliant
Aug25Brilliant
Sep17Bright
Oct15Mixed
Nov10Mixed
Dec11Mixed

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 Amalfi, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 4.5 months, from around May 26 to October 9. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 92% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 10 to May 25, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 1 · 100%Aug 4 · 6%oppressivecomfortablemuggyhumiddrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan1000000
Feb1000000
Mar1000000
Apr919000
May43411410
Jun92340244
Jul211284613
Aug27265114
Sep172434242
Oct40362120
Nov8116300
Dec982000

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.

Across the year, average wind speed in Amalfi is typically calm, near 11 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.8 months, from around Oct 20 to Apr 14. The windiest month is December, averaging about 15 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 15 to Oct 19, with August the calmest month at about 8 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeDec 24 · 15 km/hAug 14 · 8 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan14light breeze
Feb14light breeze
Mar13light breeze
Apr11calm
May10calm
Jun8calm
Jul9calm
Aug8calm
Sep10calm
Oct11calm
Nov14light breeze
Dec15light breeze

Hazard calendar for Amalfi

In seasonPeak

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

Amalfi's rainy season runs September–April, 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 Amalfi

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late September, Amalfi 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 Amalfi for general outdoor tourist activities is from late May to early October, with a peak score in the last week of June.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJun 30 · 8.7

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
Jan2.9poor
Feb3.0poor
Mar4.0fair
Apr5.1fair
May6.8good
Jun8.2ideal
Jul8.4ideal
Aug8.0ideal
Sep7.4good
Oct6.6good
Nov4.9fair
Dec3.4poor

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 Amalfi for hot-weather activities is from mid June to early September, with a peak score in the first week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 6 · 8.3

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 Amalfi, 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 August (highs near 27°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 12°C), pack a warm layer and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Amalfi sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 22°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 4 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Amalfi

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 26°C and coldest in February near 14°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 27 to Nov 8 — about 5.5 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan15Cool
Feb14Bracing
Mar14Bracing
Apr16Cool
May19Cool
Jun23Refreshing
Jul25Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep24Warm
Oct22Refreshing
Nov19Cool
Dec17Cool

UV index (midday) in Amalfi 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 Amalfi peaks around July 16 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highHighModerateLowJul 16UV 10Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep6High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Amalfi

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 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 5.5 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
Feb10
Mar50
Apr4.50
May7.53.5
Jun8.55
Jul8.55.5
Aug7.54.5
Sep60
Oct3.50
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Amalfi 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 Amalfi is worst in April — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodApr 916 µg/m³Dec 1110 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb14Moderate
Mar16Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun13Moderate
Jul11Good
Aug12Good
Sep12Good
Oct12Good
Nov10Good
Dec10Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Amalfi is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

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. Amalfi banks about 2,370 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

01,0002,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb1
Mar39
Apr113
May233
Jun344
Jul438
Aug451
Sep344
Oct249
Nov129
Dec30

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.

Amalfi receives about 4.4 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.7 and 7.2 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Mar 22 to Sep 20. The brightest month is June, averaging about 7.0 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 1.7 kWh/m² — roughly 76% less than the June peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 307.2 kWhDec 181.7 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.9Dim
Feb2.8Moderate
Mar4.1Bright
Apr5.4Bright
May6.3Intense
Jun7.0Intense
Jul7.1Intense
Aug6.3Intense
Sep4.6Bright
Oct3.3Moderate
Nov2.1Moderate
Dec1.7Dim

Where is Amalfi?

Amalfi sits at 40.6°N, 14.6°E, 0 m above sea level, in Italy. The nearest listed city is Gragnano, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Amalfi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Amalfi has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,117 m around an average of 237 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,381 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,799 m.

The land around Amalfi is covered by water (47%) and trees (41%) within 3 km, water (53%) and trees (34%) within 16 km, and trees (39%) and water (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
1,117 m
16 km
1,381 m
80 km
1,799 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Gragnano 9.0 km · Positano 10 km · Sant'Antonio Abate 11 km · Cava Dè Tirreni 11 km · Angri 12 km · Pagani 12 km · Castellammare di Stabia 12 km · Nocera Inferiore 13 km

Italy travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F / L
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 69% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$43,309
2025
Happiness
6.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
97%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.6
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
5.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 513
Religion
Christian 81%unaffiliated 13%Muslim 5%other 1%

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 Amalfi (40.6349°, 14.6024°, elevation 0 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).