Cento weather in July

In July, Cento sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 58 mm of rain across 7.5 wet days and about 15 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% of the time in July, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 18 min at the start of July to 14 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Cento's 1st-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cento's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
1st warmest
Overnight low
21°
12th coldest
Rainfall
58 mm
7.5 wet days
Daylight
15 h 06 min
4:48 AM – 7:53 PM
Cloud cover
37%
1st clearest
Wind
7 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
6.66 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.6
out of 10

Cento is chief town of the homonym municipality.

Air quality
Good
PM10 26.8 µg/m³ · 2019

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

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical July day in Cento reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 3°C warmer than June and on par with August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in Cento

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 12 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
12
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in July is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Cento weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 4271.191.5
Feb10° / 537.21.310.12.6
Mar15° / 557.70.511.65.0
Apr19° / 7310.7013.26.1
May24° / 14°7610.2014.66.9
Jun29° / 19°648.4015.35.9
Jul32° / 21°587.50154.6
Aug31° / 21°588.4013.94.8
Sep26° / 16°728.6012.37.0
Oct20° / 12°718.5010.76.5
Nov13° / 799.40.29.43.8
Dec / 587.918.71.6

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17624
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47723
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Cento gets around 58 mm of rain over 7.5 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 24% and peaks near 26% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
124
224
325
425
525
626
726
826
926
1026
1125
1225
1325
1425
1524
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1724
1824
1923
2023
2123
2223
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Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the humid band about 37% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 23% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1172638181
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27112338262
28102338272
29102338282
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Wind in July

Winds average 7 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
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117calm
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137calm
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 18 min at the start of July to 14 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 42 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 4:38 AM to 5:04 AM, and sunset from 7:59 PM to 7:38 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.34:387:59
215.34:387:58
315.34:397:58
415.34:397:58
515.34:407:58
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715.34:417:57
815.24:427:57
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1315.14:467:54
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1615.14:487:53
1715.04:497:52
1815.04:507:51
1915.04:517:50
2015.04:527:50
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2714.74:597:43
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3014.65:037:39
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 6.66 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.25 kWh/m² to a high of 6.66 kWh/m² in July across the year — July's 6.66 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.8Intense
26.8Intense
36.8Intense
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56.7Intense
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256.5Intense
266.5Intense
276.5Intense
286.4Intense
296.4Intense
306.4Intense
316.3Intense
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Cento?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.6
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
7.2
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Cento for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Cento in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Cento sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Cento in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Cento peaks around July 12 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 12UV 8Jan 10UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr7High
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Cento in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where July falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Cento is worst in January — around 28 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (September, 16 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJan 1628 µg/m³Sep 1116 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan28Moderate
Feb24Moderate
Mar25Moderate
Apr23Moderate
May20Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct19Moderate
Nov20Moderate
Dec24Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Cento?

Cento sits at 44.7°N, 11.3°E, 15 m above sea level, in Italy. The nearest listed city is San Giovanni in Persiceto, 13 km away.

Topography around Cento

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cento has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 21 m around an average of 16 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,119 m.

The land around Cento is covered by cropland (54%) within 3 km, cropland (69%) within 16 km, and cropland (49%) and trees (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
21 m
16 km
44 m
80 km
2,119 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: San Giovanni in Persiceto 13 km · Castel Maggiore 18 km · Castelfranco Emilia 24 km · Mirandola 24 km · Bologna 27 km · Zola Predosa 27 km · Casalecchio di Reno 28 km · Ferrara 29 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 Cento (44.731°, 11.2872°, elevation 15 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).