Climate and average weather in Capri

In Capri, the summers are humid, warm, dry, and clear and the winters are cool, breezy, and mostly clear.

Best: late May to late September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Capri typically varies from 11°C to 26°C, and is rarely below 7°C or above 28°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while February is the coldest.

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

Hottest
Aug
26°
Coldest
Feb
11°
Wettest
Nov
159 mm
Driest
Jul
10 mm
Rain / yr
914 mm
97 wet days
Daylight
9.1–14.9 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
0 m
40.6°N
Clearest
Jul
14% cloud

Capri 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 late September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Capri, 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 15 to September 23, with daily high temperatures above 23°C. The hottest month of the year in Capri is August, with an average high of 26°C and low of 24°C.

The cool season lasts 4.2 months, from December 6 to April 11, with daily high temperatures below 15°C. The coldest month of the year in Capri is February, with an average low of 11°C and high of 13°C.

Days typically run about 2°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan1311
Feb1311
Mar1412
Apr1614
May1917
Jun2321
Jul2524
Aug2624
Sep2422
Oct2119
Nov1716
Dec1413

Average hourly temperature in Capri

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 26°C, and coldest before dawn in February, near 11°C.

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

Capri weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan13° / 11°12012.29.43.5
Feb13° / 11°9311.110.43.4
Mar14° / 12°889.711.74.1
Apr16° / 14°588.3135.2
May19° / 17°385.614.27.1
Jun23° / 21°182.814.88.6
Jul25° / 24°101.614.69.1
Aug26° / 24°172.413.68.7
Sep24° / 22°747.612.37.7
Oct21° / 19°1009.510.96.8
Nov17° / 16°15913.19.75.3
Dec14° / 13°14213.49.24.0

Chance of rain

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

Capri gets about 914 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 7.3 months, from around Sep 16 to Apr 26, peaking in November at about 45% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 3.

November is the wettest month by volume, with 159 mm over about 13 wet days; July is the driest, with 10 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetNov 22 · 45%Jul 3 · 2%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan4012
Feb4011
Mar3110
Apr288
May196
Jun93
Jul52
Aug92
Sep258
Oct3110
Nov4313
Dec4313

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Capri collects about 914 mm of rain across 97 wet days — roughly 76 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. November is the wettest month with 159 mm, while July is the driest at just 10 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 46% of the year’s total.

0255075100125150175200JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec1209388583818101774100159142
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan12012
Feb9311
Mar8810
Apr588
May386
Jun183
Jul102
Aug172
Sep748
Oct10010
Nov15913
Dec14213

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Capri, 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 11 and lasts for 4.7 months, ending around October 1. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 97% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 2 and lasts for 7.3 months, ending around May 10. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 46% 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 14 · 97%Dec 14 · 53%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5644
Feb5842
Mar6238
Apr6535
May7327
Jun8713
Jul973
Aug937
Sep7723
Oct6733
Nov5644
Dec5446

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 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)
Jan9.47:304:54
Feb10.47:065:29
Mar11.76:236:03
Apr13.05:316:36
May14.24:527:07
Jun14.84:377:30
Jul14.64:507:28
Aug13.65:186:56
Sep12.35:496:05
Oct10.96:215:15
Nov9.76:574:39
Dec9.27:264:33

Sunny days

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

Capri averages about 17 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 10 and 27 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.4 months, from around May 14 to Sep 24. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 27 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is November, down near 12 sunny days — about 57% fewer than the July peak.

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJul 1427 daysNov 2610 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan12Mixed
Feb11Mixed
Mar14Mixed
Apr14Mixed
May17Bright
Jun22Bright
Jul28Brilliant
Aug27Brilliant
Sep19Bright
Oct16Bright
Nov11Mixed
Dec12Mixed

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

The more humid part of the year lasts 5.2 months, from around May 18 to October 22. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 96% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 23 to May 17, 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 16 · 3%oppressivehumidcomfortabledrymuggycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan9910000
Feb10000000
Mar9730000
Apr74242000
May254229400
Jun5143236120
Jul051640363
Aug131535424
Sep9193230100
Oct273232900
Nov62298100
Dec9370000

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 Capri is typically light breeze, near 16 km/h, and varies a lot with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.7 months, from around Oct 21 to Apr 12. The windiest month is December, averaging about 21 km/h (breezy).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 13 to Oct 20, with August the calmest month at about 12 km/h.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezebreezyDec 25 · 22 km/hAug 14 · 11 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan20breezy
Feb20light breeze
Mar18light breeze
Apr16light breeze
May13light breeze
Jun12calm
Jul12calm
Aug12calm
Sep14light breeze
Oct16light breeze
Nov20breezy
Dec21breezy

Hazard calendar for Capri

In seasonPeak

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

Capri's rainy season runs September–March, 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 Capri

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid September, Capri 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 Capri for general outdoor tourist activities is from late May to late September, with a peak score in the first week of July.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 2 · 9.3

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
Jan3.5poor
Feb3.4poor
Mar4.1fair
Apr5.2fair
May7.1good
Jun8.6ideal
Jul9.1ideal
Aug8.7ideal
Sep7.7ideal
Oct6.8good
Nov5.4fair
Dec4.1fair

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

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 8 · 8.4

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 Capri, 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 26°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around February (highs near 13°C), pack a warm layer and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Capri sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 24°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes.

Sea temperature near Capri

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

The sea at the nearest coast (about 13 km away) 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 6 — about 5.4 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 Capri 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 Capri peaks around July 17 at about 9 (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 17UV 9Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May7High
Jun8Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Capri

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
Jun85
Jul8.55.5
Aug7.54.5
Sep60
Oct30
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Capri 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 Capri 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

Capri 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. Capri banks about 2,852 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

01,0002,0003,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan60
Feb45
Mar82
Apr141
May254
Jun361
Jul455
Aug471
Sep381
Oct303
Nov193
Dec106

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.

Capri receives about 4.6 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.8 and 7.4 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.1 months, from around Mar 20 to Sep 20. The brightest month is June, averaging about 7.2 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 1.8 kWh/m² — roughly 75% less than the June peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 297.4 kWhDec 181.8 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.1Moderate
Feb3.0Moderate
Mar4.3Bright
Apr5.7Bright
May6.6Intense
Jun7.3Intense
Jul7.2Intense
Aug6.4Intense
Sep4.8Bright
Oct3.4Moderate
Nov2.2Moderate
Dec1.8Dim

Where is Capri?

Capri sits at 40.6°N, 14.2°E, 0 m above sea level, in Italy. The nearest listed city is Sorrento, 14 km away.

Topography around Capri

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Capri has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 568 m around an average of 55 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 568 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,799 m.

The land around Capri is covered by water (74%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, water (95%) within 16 km, and water (57%) and trees (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
568 m
16 km
568 m
80 km
1,799 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Sorrento 14 km · Positano 22 km · Castellammare di Stabia 27 km · Gragnano 28 km · Torre del Greco 29 km · Torre Annunziata 29 km · Posillipo 29 km · Bagnoli 30 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 Capri (40.5507°, 14.2426°, 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).