Climate and average weather in Monreale

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

Best: late April to late July

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Monreale typically varies from 7°C to 30°C, and is rarely below 3°C or above 34°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Monreale for warm-weather activities are from late April to late July and late August to early November.

Hottest
Aug
30°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Oct
81 mm
Driest
Jul
6 mm
Rain / yr
608 mm
96 wet days
Daylight
9.4–14.6 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
310 m
38.1°N
Clearest
Jul
9% cloud

Monreale is chief town of the homonym municipality.

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

Monreale 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 July.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Monreale, 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 11 to September 17, with daily high temperatures above 26°C. The hottest month of the year in Monreale is August, with an average high of 30°C and low of 22°C.

The cool season lasts 3.9 months, from November 27 to March 25, with daily high temperatures below 16°C. The coldest month of the year in Monreale is January, with an average low of 7°C and high of 13°C.

Days typically run about 8°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan137
Feb137
Mar168
Apr1810
May2314
Jun2718
Jul3021
Aug3022
Sep2719
Oct2315
Nov1812
Dec148

Average hourly temperature in Monreale

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 30°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near C.

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

Monreale 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° / 6510.39.73.7
Feb13° / 6810.310.53.7
Mar16° / 6410.511.74.9
Apr18° / 10°619.6136.2
May23° / 14°376.2147.7
Jun27° / 18°163.614.67.9
Jul30° / 21°61.614.46.8
Aug30° / 22°203.413.56.2
Sep27° / 19°618.812.37.0
Oct23° / 15°819.8117.1
Nov18° / 12°6410.39.95.9
Dec14° / 6711.39.44.2

Chance of rain

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

Monreale gets about 608 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 7.8 months, from around Sep 8 to May 3, peaking in March at about 38% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 5.

October is the wettest month by volume, with 81 mm over about 10 wet days; July is the driest, with 6 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetMar 3 · 38%Jul 5 · 5%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3410
Feb3710
Mar3411
Apr3210
May216
Jun114
Jul62
Aug123
Sep299
Oct3110
Nov3410
Dec3611

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Monreale collects about 608 mm of rain across 96 wet days — roughly 51 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. October is the wettest month with 81 mm, while July is the driest at just 6 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 36% of the year’s total.

0255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec65686461371662061816467
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan6510
Feb6810
Mar6411
Apr6110
May376
Jun164
Jul62
Aug203
Sep619
Oct8110
Nov6410
Dec6711

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Monreale, 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 8 and lasts for 4.7 months, ending around September 27. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 98% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around September 28 and lasts for 7.3 months, ending around May 7. The cloudiest month is January, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 47% 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 17 · 99%Jan 25 · 51%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5347
Feb5347
Mar6040
Apr6337
May7228
Jun8713
Jul982
Aug937
Sep7624
Oct6337
Nov5842
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 8, brings about 14 h 36 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 9 h 24 min — a swing of roughly 5 h 12 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.77:275:05
Feb10.57:055:37
Mar11.76:266:07
Apr13.05:386:37
May14.05:017:05
Jun14.64:487:26
Jul14.45:007:25
Aug13.55:266:56
Sep12.35:546:08
Oct11.06:225:22
Nov9.96:554:49
Dec9.47:224:44

Sunny days

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

Monreale averages about 16 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 8 and 29 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.6 months, from around May 6 to Sep 22. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 28 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is December, down near 8 sunny days — about 70% fewer than the July peak.

05101520253035JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJul 1729 daysDec 178 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan9Mixed
Feb9Mixed
Mar12Mixed
Apr13Mixed
May17Bright
Jun23Brilliant
Jul29Brilliant
Aug27Brilliant
Sep18Bright
Oct14Mixed
Nov10Mixed
Dec9Mixed

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

The more humid part of the year lasts 4.6 months, from around June 8 to October 24. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 79% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 25 to June 7, and March 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecMar 31 · 100%Aug 21 · 20%muggyhumiddrycomfortablecomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan1000000
Feb1000000
Mar1000000
Apr955000
May7026500
Jun26442730
Jul73047160
Aug31846322
Sep72545220
Oct24433030
Nov7324300
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 Monreale is typically calm, near 9 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.7 months, from around Nov 5 to Apr 25. The windiest month is December, averaging about 10 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 26 to Nov 4, with August the calmest month at about 7 km/h.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeDec 25 · 10 km/hAug 19 · 7 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan10calm
Feb10calm
Mar10calm
Apr9calm
May8calm
Jun7calm
Jul7calm
Aug7calm
Sep8calm
Oct8calm
Nov9calm
Dec10calm

Best time to visit Monreale

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid July, Monreale 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 times of year to visit Monreale for general outdoor tourist activities run from late April to late July and again from late August to early November, with a peak score in the last week of May.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationMay 31 · 8.1

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
Jan3.7fair
Feb3.7fair
Mar4.9fair
Apr6.2good
May7.7ideal
Jun7.9ideal
Jul6.8good
Aug6.3good
Sep7.0good
Oct7.0good
Nov5.8good
Dec4.2fair

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 Monreale 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 4 · 9.2

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 Monreale, 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 30°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 13°C), pack a warm layer and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Monreale sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Monreale

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 27°C and coldest in February near 14°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 28 to Nov 11 — about 5.5 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan15Cool
Feb14Bracing
Mar15Bracing
Apr16Cool
May19Cool
Jun22Refreshing
Jul26Warm
Aug27Warm
Sep25Warm
Oct23Refreshing
Nov20Cool
Dec17Cool

UV index (midday) in Monreale 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 Monreale peaks around July 16 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 2 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateModerateVery highHighModerateJul 16UV 10Dec 22UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb4Moderate
Mar6High
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun9Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug8Very high
Sep7High
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low

Average hourly UV index in Monreale

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 6 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
Feb30
Mar5.50
Apr40
May6.50
Jun85
Jul8.56
Aug7.54.5
Sep6.52.5
Oct4.50
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Monreale 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 Monreale is worst in April — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodApr 1715 µg/m³Dec 167 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb12Good
Mar14Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun13Moderate
Jul11Good
Aug10Good
Sep11Good
Oct10Good
Nov8Good
Dec7Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Monreale 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
Feb990
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. Monreale banks about 2,659 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)
Jan1
Feb3
Mar55
Apr131
May260
Jun382
Jul481
Aug495
Sep383
Oct283
Nov144
Dec40

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.

Monreale receives about 4.9 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.0 and 7.7 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.1 months, from around Mar 19 to Sep 19. The brightest month is June, averaging about 7.5 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.1 kWh/m² — roughly 72% less than the June peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 307.7 kWhDec 192.0 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.4Moderate
Feb3.3Moderate
Mar4.7Bright
Apr5.9Bright
May6.9Intense
Jun7.5Intense
Jul7.5Intense
Aug6.7Intense
Sep5.1Bright
Oct3.7Moderate
Nov2.6Moderate
Dec2.0Moderate

Where is Monreale?

Monreale sits at 38.1°N, 13.3°E, 310 m above sea level, in Italy. The nearest listed city is Palermo, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Monreale

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Monreale has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 793 m around an average of 329 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,315 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,963 m.

The land around Monreale is covered by trees (62%) within 3 km, grassland (34%) and trees (33%) within 16 km, and water (50%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
793 m
16 km
1,315 m
80 km
1,963 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Palermo 8.0 km · Carini 11 km · Villabate 13 km · Misilmeri 15 km · Partinico 16 km · Bagheria 20 km · Alcamo 31 km · Termini Imerese 37 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 Monreale (38.0812°, 13.2895°, elevation 310 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).