Climate and average weather in Civitavecchia

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

Best: late May to mid September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Civitavecchia typically varies from 9°C to 25°C, and is rarely below 5°C or above 28°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 Civitavecchia for warm-weather activities is from late May to mid September.

Hottest
Aug
25°
Coldest
Jan
10°
Wettest
Nov
153 mm
Driest
Jul
12 mm
Rain / yr
797 mm
90 wet days
Daylight
8.9–15.1 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
10 m
42.1°N
Clearest
Jul
16% cloud
Air quality
Good
PM2.5 8.7 µg/m³ · 2019

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

Civitavecchia 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 mid September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Civitavecchia, 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 16 to September 22, with daily high temperatures above 22°C. The hottest month of the year in Civitavecchia is August, with an average high of 25°C and low of 23°C.

The cool season lasts 4.3 months, from November 30 to April 9, with daily high temperatures below 15°C. The coldest month of the year in Civitavecchia is January, with an average low of 10°C and high of 12°C.

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

10°15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan1210
Feb129
Mar1311
Apr1513
May1916
Jun2220
Jul2523
Aug2523
Sep2321
Oct2017
Nov1614
Dec1311

Average hourly temperature in Civitavecchia

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 25°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 10°C.

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

Civitavecchia 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
Jan12° / 10°759.99.33.4
Feb12° / 719.110.33.4
Mar13° / 11°627.611.74.2
Apr15° / 13°567.913.15.1
May19° / 16°335.714.46.9
Jun22° / 20°213.2158.4
Jul25° / 23°121.414.89.2
Aug25° / 23°192.313.78.8
Sep23° / 21°777.312.37.6
Oct20° / 17°11710.310.86.5
Nov16° / 14°15312.79.64.9
Dec13° / 11°10112.193.8

Chance of rain

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

Civitavecchia gets about 797 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 5.9 months, from around Sep 12 to Mar 10, peaking in November at about 43% 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 153 mm over about 13 wet days; July is the driest, with 12 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetNov 25 · 43%Jul 3 · 3%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3310
Feb339
Mar248
Apr268
May196
Jun103
Jul41
Aug82
Sep257
Oct3310
Nov4213
Dec3912

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Civitavecchia collects about 797 mm of rain across 90 wet days — roughly 66 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. November is the wettest month with 153 mm, while July is the driest at just 12 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 46% of the year’s total.

0255075100125150175200JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec757162563321121977117153101
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan7510
Feb719
Mar628
Apr568
May336
Jun213
Jul121
Aug192
Sep777
Oct11710
Nov15313
Dec10112

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Civitavecchia, 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 17 and lasts for 4.6 months, ending around October 2. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 93% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 3 and lasts for 7.4 months, ending around May 16. The cloudiest month is November, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 43% 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 18 · 94%Nov 20 · 55%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5842
Feb6337
Mar6535
Apr6535
May7030
Jun8416
Jul937
Aug9010
Sep7624
Oct6733
Nov5743
Dec5842

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 16, brings about 15 h 06 min of light; the shortest, around December 16, only 8 h 54 min — a swing of roughly 6 h 12 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.37:455:00
Feb10.37:185:37
Mar11.76:336:12
Apr13.15:396:47
May14.44:587:20
Jun15.04:427:45
Jul14.84:557:42
Aug13.75:257:08
Sep12.35:596:16
Oct10.86:335:23
Nov9.67:114:45
Dec9.07:414:37

Sunny days

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

Civitavecchia averages about 17 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 11 and 27 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.3 months, from around May 18 to Sep 24. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 26 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is November, down near 11 sunny days — about 57% fewer than the July peak.

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJul 1827 daysNov 1611 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan13Mixed
Feb13Mixed
Mar15Bright
Apr15Bright
May17Bright
Jun21Bright
Jul27Brilliant
Aug25Brilliant
Sep19Bright
Oct15Bright
Nov11Mixed
Dec13Mixed

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

The more humid part of the year lasts 5.1 months, from around May 21 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 20, 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 12 · 2%oppressivecomfortablemuggyhumiddrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan10000000
Feb10000000
Mar9910000
Apr81190000
May284425300
Jun416393380
Jul051840342
Aug131535433
Sep918323480
Oct263232900
Nov67267000
Dec9640000

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 Civitavecchia is typically light breeze, near 17 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Oct 15 to Apr 14. The windiest month is December, averaging about 21 km/h (breezy).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 15 to Oct 14, with August the calmest month at about 14 km/h.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezebreezyDec 23 · 22 km/hAug 17 · 13 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan20breezy
Feb20breezy
Mar19light breeze
Apr17light breeze
May15light breeze
Jun14light breeze
Jul14light breeze
Aug14light breeze
Sep16light breeze
Oct18light breeze
Nov21breezy
Dec21breezy

Hazard calendar for Civitavecchia

In seasonPeak

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

Civitavecchia's rainy season runs September–February, 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 Civitavecchia

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

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

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 7 · 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
Jan3.4poor
Feb3.4poor
Mar4.2fair
Apr5.1fair
May6.9good
Jun8.4ideal
Jul9.2ideal
Aug8.8ideal
Sep7.6ideal
Oct6.5good
Nov4.9fair
Dec3.8fair

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

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 5 · 8.2

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 Civitavecchia, 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 25°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 12°C), pack a warm layer, rain gear and a windbreaker.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Civitavecchia sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 23°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes.

Sea temperature near Civitavecchia

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 15 km away) is warmest in August at about 25°C and coldest in February near 14°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 2 to Oct 29 — about 4.9 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan15Bracing
Feb14Bracing
Mar14Bracing
Apr15Cool
May18Cool
Jun22Refreshing
Jul24Warm
Aug25Warm
Sep23Refreshing
Oct21Refreshing
Nov19Cool
Dec16Cool

UV index (midday) in Civitavecchia 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 Civitavecchia peaks around July 14 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 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateVery highHighModerateLowJul 14UV 9Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May7High
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep5High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Civitavecchia

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
Mar4.50
Apr4.50
May72.5
Jun8.55
Jul8.55.5
Aug7.54
Sep5.50
Oct30
Nov00
Dec00
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Civitavecchia 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. Civitavecchia banks about 2,486 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)
Jan26
Feb19
Mar61
Apr119
May229
Jun332
Jul424
Aug442
Sep350
Oct267
Nov152
Dec64

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.

Civitavecchia receives about 4.5 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.7 and 7.3 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Mar 20 to Sep 19. The brightest month is June, averaging about 7.2 kWh/m² (intense).

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

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 307.3 kWhDec 201.7 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.9Dim
Feb3.0Moderate
Mar4.3Bright
Apr5.6Bright
May6.6Intense
Jun7.2Intense
Jul7.2Intense
Aug6.3Intense
Sep4.7Bright
Oct3.2Moderate
Nov2.1Moderate
Dec1.7Dim

Where is Civitavecchia?

Civitavecchia sits at 42.1°N, 11.8°E, 10 m above sea level, in Italy. The nearest listed city is Cerveteri, 27 km away.

Topography around Civitavecchia

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Civitavecchia has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 178 m around an average of 37 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 636 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,119 m.

The land around Civitavecchia is covered by water (38%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, water (54%) within 16 km, and water (37%) and trees (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
178 m
16 km
636 m
80 km
1,119 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Cerveteri 27 km · Ladispoli 28 km · Viterbo 44 km · Fiumicino 51 km · Lido di Ostia 56 km · Acilia-Castel Fusano-Ostia Antica 57 km · Vatican City 58 km · Casal Palocco 60 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 Civitavecchia (42.0932°, 11.7967°, elevation 10 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).