Climate and average weather in Montecatini-Terme

In Montecatini-Terme, the summers are warm, showery, and mostly clear and the winters are cold, snowy, and partly cloudy.

Best: late May to early October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Montecatini-Terme typically varies from 1°C to 26°C, and is rarely below -4°C or above 31°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 Montecatini-Terme for warm-weather activities is from late May to early October.

Hottest
Aug
26°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Nov
157 mm
Driest
Aug
47 mm
Rain / yr
1177 mm
136 wet days
Daylight
8.7–15.3 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
29 m
43.9°N
Clearest
Jul
35% cloud

Montecatini-Terme is chief town of the homonym municipality.

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

Montecatini-Terme 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 early October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 3.4 months, from June 6 to September 15, with daily high temperatures above 22°C. The hottest month of the year in Montecatini-Terme is August, with an average high of 26°C and low of 17°C.

The cool season lasts 3.6 months, from November 18 to March 8, with daily high temperatures below 11°C. The coldest month of the year in Montecatini-Terme is January, with an average low of 1°C and high of 7°C.

Days typically run about 8°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 9°C) in August.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan71
Feb81
Mar124
Apr157
May1911
Jun2314
Jul2617
Aug2617
Sep2213
Oct1710
Nov115
Dec82

How hot and cold Montecatini-Terme really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -2°C (around January 26), with roughly 79 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in January.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan77-11
Feb88-11
Mar121224
Apr151567
May19191111
Jun23231414
Jul26261617
Aug26261717
Sep22221313
Oct1717910
Nov111145
Dec8802

Average hourly temperature in Montecatini-Terme

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 January, near C.

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

Montecatini-Terme 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 / 9010.22.49.10.8
Feb / 93102.610.21.4
Mar12° / 9611.11.511.63.0
Apr15° / 11013.80.513.24.1
May19° / 11°9213.2014.55.8
Jun23° / 14°7310.8015.26.9
Jul26° / 17°519.7014.97.2
Aug26° / 17°479.1013.87.2
Sep22° / 13°9610.5012.36.7
Oct17° / 10°14612.5010.85.1
Nov11° / 15713.10.99.52.6
Dec / 12711.528.81.1

Chance of rain

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

Montecatini-Terme gets about 1177 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 2.6 months, from around Mar 28 to Jun 14, peaking in April at about 48% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 12.

November is the wettest month by volume, with 157 mm over about 13 wet days; August is the driest, with 47 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetApr 24 · 48%Aug 12 · 28%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3310
Feb3610
Mar3611
Apr4614
May4313
Jun3611
Jul3110
Aug309
Sep3611
Oct4013
Nov4313
Dec3712

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Montecatini-Terme collects about 1177 mm of rain across 136 wet days — roughly 98 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. November is the wettest month with 157 mm, while August is the driest at just 47 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 37% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125150175200JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec9093961109273514796146157127
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan90102
Feb93103
Mar96112
Apr110141
May92130
Jun73110
Jul51100
Aug4790
Sep96110
Oct146130
Nov157131
Dec127122

Snow in Montecatini-Terme

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Montecatini-Terme averages about 10 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 12 to Apr 17 — about 5.2 months.

February is snowiest, with roughly 3 days of snow and an estimated 12 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 47 cm of snow.

0246JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonFeb 25
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan29
Feb312
Mar25
Apr13
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov15
Dec213

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Montecatini-Terme, 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 20 and lasts for 4.3 months, ending around September 28. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 82% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around September 29 and lasts for 7.7 months, ending around May 19. The cloudiest month is November, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 63% 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 20 · 84%Nov 13 · 36%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan4357
Feb4753
Mar5050
Apr4852
May5248
Jun6733
Jul8218
Aug8020
Sep6634
Oct4753
Nov3763
Dec4357

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 15, brings about 15 h 18 min of light; the shortest, around December 15, 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)
Jan9.17:544:58
Feb10.27:265:37
Mar11.66:386:15
Apr13.25:416:53
May14.54:577:29
Jun15.24:397:55
Jul14.94:537:52
Aug13.85:267:16
Sep12.36:026:20
Oct10.86:395:25
Nov9.57:204:44
Dec8.87:514:35

Sunny days

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

Montecatini-Terme averages about 12 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 7 and 19 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.5 months, from around Jun 10 to Sep 23. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 19 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is May, down near 9 sunny days — about 53% fewer than the July peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJul 1719 daysMay 37 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan10Mixed
Feb10Mixed
Mar11Mixed
Apr9Mixed
May9Mixed
Jun14Mixed
Jul19Bright
Aug19Bright
Sep13Mixed
Oct10Mixed
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 Montecatini-Terme, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.4 months, from around June 9 to September 21. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 59% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 22 to June 8, and April 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 21 · 100%Aug 1 · 33%muggycomfortablehumiddrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May821610
Jun3241215
Jul12314413
Aug10314613
Sep4436182
Oct791730
Nov99100
Dec100000

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 Montecatini-Terme is steady company: average speeds sit near 6 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmMar 6 · 7 km/hAug 3 · 5 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan7calm
Feb7calm
Mar7calm
Apr6calm
May6calm
Jun5calm
Jul5calm
Aug5calm
Sep6calm
Oct6calm
Nov6calm
Dec7calm

Best time to visit Montecatini-Terme

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late September, Montecatini-Terme 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 Montecatini-Terme for general outdoor tourist activities is from late May to early October, with a peak score in the last week of June.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJun 27 · 7.4

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
Jan0.8poor
Feb1.4poor
Mar3.0poor
Apr4.2fair
May5.7good
Jun6.9good
Jul7.3good
Aug7.2good
Sep6.7good
Oct5.1fair
Nov2.6poor
Dec1.1poor

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

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 8 · 7.1

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 Montecatini-Terme, 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, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 7°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Montecatini-Terme sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 17°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Montecatini-Terme

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 52 km away) is warmest in August at about 25°C and coldest in February near 13°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 1 to Oct 20 — about 4.7 months when the water holds above 20°C.

10°15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan14Bracing
Feb13Bracing
Mar14Bracing
Apr15Cool
May18Cool
Jun22Refreshing
Jul25Warm
Aug25Warm
Sep23Refreshing
Oct20Refreshing
Nov18Cool
Dec16Cool

UV index (midday) in Montecatini-Terme 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 Montecatini-Terme peaks around July 13 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 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 13UV 9Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr7High
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Montecatini-Terme

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 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
Apr73
May72.5
Jun8.55
Jul8.55
Aug73.5
Sep5.50
Oct20
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Montecatini-Terme 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 Montecatini-Terme is worst in March — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 1918 µg/m³Sep 1113 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb15Moderate
Mar18Moderate
Apr17Moderate
May16Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayReliably frost-free (≥90%)

Montecatini-Terme is mild enough that a frost-free day stays more likely than not even in midwinter. Nights are reliably above freezing from about March 16 to November 18 (248 days); outside that window a hard frost is an occasional risk.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecreliably frost-freeMar 1690%Nov 1890%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan6031
Feb6128
Mar8817
Apr990
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov9213
Dec6931

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. Montecatini-Terme banks about 1,466 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

05001,0001,500JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr28
May153
Jun261
Jul346
Aug350
Sep225
Oct100
Nov4
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.

Montecatini-Terme receives about 4.0 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.3 and 6.8 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Mar 20 to Sep 19. The brightest month is July, averaging about 6.7 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 1.4 kWh/m² — roughly 80% less than the July peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 26.8 kWhDec 211.3 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.6Dim
Feb2.5Moderate
Mar3.8Moderate
Apr5.0Bright
May6.0Bright
Jun6.6Intense
Jul6.8Intense
Aug5.8Bright
Sep4.3Bright
Oct2.7Moderate
Nov1.7Dim
Dec1.3Dim

Where is Montecatini-Terme?

Montecatini-Terme sits at 43.9°N, 10.8°E, 29 m above sea level, in Italy. The nearest listed city is Pistoia, 13 km away.

Topography around Montecatini-Terme

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Montecatini-Terme has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 430 m around an average of 66 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,201 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,129 m.

The land around Montecatini-Terme is covered by trees (52%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, trees (67%) within 16 km, and trees (62%) within 80 km.

3 km
430 m
16 km
1,201 m
80 km
2,129 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
Nearby: Pistoia 13 km · Capannori 17 km · Fornacelle 22 km · San Miniato Basso 22 km · Montemurlo 22 km · Lucca 22 km · Empoli 23 km · San Miniato 23 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 Montecatini-Terme (43.8815°, 10.7723°, elevation 29 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).