Climate and average weather in Cesenatico

In Cesenatico, the summers are hot, fairly dry, and clear and the winters are cool and partly cloudy.

Best: late April to late October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Cesenatico typically varies from 4°C to 29°C, and is rarely below 1°C or above 33°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 Cesenatico for warm-weather activities is from late April to late October.

Hottest
Jul
29°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Nov
75 mm
Driest
Jul
34 mm
Rain / yr
648 mm
94 wet days
Daylight
8.7–15.3 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
2 m
44.2°N
Clearest
Jul
30% cloud

Cesenatico is chief town of the homonym municipality.

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

Cesenatico 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 April to late October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 3.5 months, from June 1 to September 15, with daily high temperatures above 25°C. The hottest month of the year in Cesenatico is July, with an average high of 29°C and low of 22°C.

The cool season lasts 3.7 months, from November 21 to March 13, with daily high temperatures below 13°C. The coldest month of the year in Cesenatico is January, with an average low of 4°C and high of 9°C.

Days typically run about 6°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan94
Feb105
Mar147
Apr1711
May2215
Jun2720
Jul2922
Aug2922
Sep2518
Oct2014
Nov1410
Dec106

Average hourly temperature in Cesenatico

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 29°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near C.

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

Cesenatico 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 / 467.40.49.12.0
Feb10° / 557.90.810.22.5
Mar14° / 537.70.211.64.2
Apr17° / 11°609013.25.7
May22° / 15°548.1014.57.2
Jun27° / 20°406.2015.37.3
Jul29° / 22°344.90156.4
Aug29° / 22°396013.86.4
Sep25° / 18°607.8012.37.4
Oct20° / 14°688.6010.86.5
Nov14° / 10°7510.409.44.2
Dec10° / 659.60.38.72.4

Chance of rain

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

Cesenatico gets about 648 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 4.1 months, from around Sep 4 to Jan 5, peaking in November at about 35% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jun 29.

November is the wettest month by volume, with 75 mm over about 10 wet days; July is the driest, with 34 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetNov 20 · 35%Jun 29 · 15%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan257
Feb288
Mar258
Apr309
May278
Jun206
Jul165
Aug206
Sep268
Oct289
Nov3310
Dec3010

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Cesenatico collects about 648 mm of rain across 94 wet days — roughly 54 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. November is the wettest month with 75 mm, while July is the driest at just 34 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 32% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec465553605440343960687565
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan4670
Feb5581
Mar5380
Apr6090
May5480
Jun4060
Jul3450
Aug3960
Sep6080
Oct6890
Nov75100
Dec65100

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Cesenatico, 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 16 and lasts for 4.6 months, ending around October 3. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 84% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 4 and lasts for 5.2 months, ending around March 10. The cloudiest month is November, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 58% 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 31 · 84%Nov 24 · 41%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan4654
Feb5446
Mar5941
Apr5644
May6139
Jun7327
Jul8416
Aug8218
Sep7030
Oct5446
Nov4258
Dec4654

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 15 h 18 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 8 h 42 min — a swing of roughly 6 h 36 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.17:494:51
Feb10.27:205:30
Mar11.66:316:09
Apr13.25:346:47
May14.54:507:24
Jun15.34:327:50
Jul15.04:467:46
Aug13.85:197:10
Sep12.35:566:14
Oct10.86:335:18
Nov9.47:144:37
Dec8.77:464:27

Sunny days

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

Cesenatico averages about 14 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 7 and 22 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.4 months, from around May 20 to Sep 29. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 21 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is November, down near 8 sunny days — about 63% fewer than the July peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJul 1922 daysNov 197 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan10Mixed
Feb11Mixed
Mar14Mixed
Apr13Mixed
May13Mixed
Jun16Bright
Jul21Bright
Aug20Bright
Sep16Bright
Oct12Mixed
Nov8Gloomy
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 Cesenatico, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 4.3 months, from around May 29 to October 7. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 82% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 8 to May 28, and November is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 99% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNov 21 · 100%Aug 9 · 13%oppressivemuggyhumidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan1000000
Feb1000000
Mar1000000
Apr946000
May59301010
Jun223133131
Jul101934316
Aug51335408
Sep233032141
Oct52331410
Nov909100
Dec1000000

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 Cesenatico is steady company: average speeds sit near 11 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeMar 26 · 12 km/hAug 11 · 10 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan11calm
Feb12calm
Mar12calm
Apr11calm
May11calm
Jun11calm
Jul10calm
Aug10calm
Sep11calm
Oct11calm
Nov12calm
Dec11calm

Best time to visit Cesenatico

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid October, Cesenatico 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 Cesenatico for general outdoor tourist activities is from late April to late October, with a peak score in the last week of May.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationMay 29 · 7.6

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
Jan2.1poor
Feb2.6poor
Mar4.2fair
Apr5.7good
May7.1good
Jun7.3good
Jul6.4good
Aug6.4good
Sep7.4good
Oct6.5good
Nov4.2fair
Dec2.5poor

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

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 7 · 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 Cesenatico, 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 29°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 9°C), pack a warm layer.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Cesenatico sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Cesenatico

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 20 km away) is warmest in August at about 26°C and coldest in February near 9°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 27 to Oct 9 — about 4.5 months when the water holds above 20°C.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan11Bracing
Feb9Bracing
Mar10Bracing
Apr14Bracing
May19Cool
Jun23Refreshing
Jul25Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep23Refreshing
Oct19Cool
Nov15Cool
Dec13Bracing

UV index (midday) in Cesenatico 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 Cesenatico peaks around July 15 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 9Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr7High
May7High
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Cesenatico

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
Feb00
Mar50
Apr6.52.5
May72.5
Jun84.5
Jul8.55.5
Aug7.54
Sep50
Oct20
Nov00
Dec00

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

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodGoodMar 1816 µg/m³Dec 1011 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Moderate
Feb14Moderate
Mar16Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun13Moderate
Jul12Good
Aug11Good
Sep11Good
Oct13Moderate
Nov11Good
Dec11Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free day

Cesenatico is mild enough that a frost-free day stays more likely than not even in midwinter.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan940
Feb940
Mar990
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec960

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)

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. Cesenatico banks about 2,392 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

01,0002,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar21
Apr120
May273
Jun400
Jul487
Aug479
Sep342
Oct210
Nov61
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.

Cesenatico receives about 4.1 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.3 and 6.9 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.1 months, from around Mar 18 to Sep 19. The brightest month is June, averaging about 6.7 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 1.3 kWh/m² — roughly 80% less than the June peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 306.9 kWhDec 191.3 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.6Dim
Feb2.5Moderate
Mar3.9Moderate
Apr5.2Bright
May6.2Intense
Jun6.8Intense
Jul6.8Intense
Aug5.8Bright
Sep4.3Bright
Oct2.8Moderate
Nov1.7Dim
Dec1.3Dim

Where is Cesenatico?

Cesenatico sits at 44.2°N, 12.4°E, 2 m above sea level, in Italy. The nearest listed city is Cervia, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Cesenatico

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cesenatico has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 16 m around an average of 1 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 219 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,641 m.

The land around Cesenatico is covered by water (39%) and cropland (21%) within 3 km, water (45%) and cropland (27%) within 16 km, and trees (33%), water (28%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
16 m
16 km
219 m
80 km
1,641 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Cervia 8.0 km · Bellaria-Igea Marina 9.0 km · Cesena 14 km · Rimini 21 km · Ravenna 28 km · Forlì 29 km · San Marino 30 km · Riccione 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 Cesenatico (44.1999°, 12.3991°, elevation 2 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).