Climate and average weather in Noto

In Noto, the summers are hot, fairly dry, and clear and the winters are cool and mostly clear.

Best: late April to early July

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Noto typically varies from 7°C to 31°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 Noto for warm-weather activities are from late April to early July and early September to late October.

Hottest
Aug
31°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Oct
77 mm
Driest
Jul
10 mm
Rain / yr
592 mm
81 wet days
Daylight
9.5–14.5 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
152 m
36.9°N
Clearest
Jul
11% cloud

Noto is chief town of the homonym municipality.

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

Noto 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 early July.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 3.2 months, from June 11 to September 16, with daily high temperatures above 27°C. The hottest month of the year in Noto is August, with an average high of 31°C and low of 22°C.

The cool season lasts 4.0 months, from November 27 to March 29, with daily high temperatures below 17°C. The coldest month of the year in Noto is January, with an average low of 7°C and high of 14°C.

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

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan147
Feb147
Mar168
Apr1911
May2314
Jun2719
Jul3021
Aug3122
Sep2719
Oct2316
Nov1912
Dec158

Average hourly temperature in Noto

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 31°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near C.

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

Noto 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
Jan14° / 749.19.84.1
Feb14° / 638.210.64.3
Mar16° / 577.911.75.3
Apr19° / 11°417.512.96.6
May23° / 14°264.713.98.0
Jun27° / 19°182.614.57.9
Jul30° / 21°101.714.36.4
Aug31° / 22°193.213.46.1
Sep27° / 19°628.212.37.1
Oct23° / 16°779.9117.0
Nov19° / 12°759.1106.2
Dec15° / 718.69.54.9

Chance of rain

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

Noto gets about 592 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 7.6 months, from around Sep 9 to Apr 28, peaking in January at about 34% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 15.

October is the wettest month by volume, with 77 mm over about 10 wet days; July is the driest, with 10 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJan 22 · 34%Jul 15 · 5%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan309
Feb298
Mar278
Apr248
May165
Jun93
Jul62
Aug113
Sep268
Oct3210
Nov309
Dec279

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Noto collects about 592 mm of rain across 81 wet days — roughly 49 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. October is the wettest month with 77 mm, while July is the driest at just 10 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 38% of the year’s total.

0255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec746357412618101962777571
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan749
Feb638
Mar578
Apr418
May265
Jun183
Jul102
Aug193
Sep628
Oct7710
Nov759
Dec719

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Noto, 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 4 and lasts for 4.5 months, ending around September 18. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 99% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around September 19 and lasts for 7.5 months, ending around May 3. The cloudiest month is November, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 39% 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 23 · 99%Jan 24 · 59%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan6238
Feb6436
Mar6535
Apr6733
May7525
Jun8812
Jul991
Aug955
Sep7624
Oct6337
Nov6139
Dec6337

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 9, brings about 14 h 30 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 9 h 30 min — a swing of roughly 5 hours.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.87:175:01
Feb10.66:565:32
Mar11.76:186:01
Apr12.95:326:28
May13.94:576:55
Jun14.54:457:15
Jul14.34:567:14
Aug13.45:216:47
Sep12.35:476:01
Oct11.06:145:16
Nov10.06:454:45
Dec9.57:114:40

Sunny days

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

Noto averages about 18 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 12 and 29 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.2 months, from around May 12 to Sep 16. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 28 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is October, down near 13 sunny days — about 55% fewer than the July peak.

05101520253035JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJul 1929 daysOct 2212 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan14Mixed
Feb13Mixed
Mar14Mixed
Apr15Bright
May18Bright
Jun23Brilliant
Jul29Brilliant
Aug27Brilliant
Sep18Bright
Oct13Mixed
Nov13Mixed
Dec15Mixed

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

The more humid part of the year lasts 4.5 months, from around June 14 to October 29. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 80% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 30 to June 13, 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 17 · 100%Aug 30 · 18%muggyhumidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan991000
Feb1000000
Mar1000000
Apr937000
May6928300
Jun30422340
Jul112843171
Aug51640363
Sep51943303
Oct20363680
Nov6428700
Dec964000

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 Noto is typically calm, near 10 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Nov 4 to May 6. The windiest month is February, averaging about 12 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 7 to Nov 3, with August the calmest month at about 7 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeFeb 27 · 12 km/hAug 9 · 7 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan12calm
Feb12light breeze
Mar12calm
Apr11calm
May9calm
Jun8calm
Jul7calm
Aug7calm
Sep8calm
Oct9calm
Nov11calm
Dec12calm

Best time to visit Noto

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late June, Noto 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 Noto for general outdoor tourist activities run from late April to early July and again from early September to late October, with a peak score in the last week of May.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationMay 29 · 8.4

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
Jan4.1fair
Feb4.3fair
Mar5.3fair
Apr6.6good
May8.0ideal
Jun7.8ideal
Jul6.4good
Aug6.1good
Sep7.1good
Oct7.0good
Nov6.2good
Dec4.9fair

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 Noto for hot-weather activities is from late May to mid September, with a peak score in the last week of June.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJun 30 · 9.1

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 Noto, 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 31°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 14°C), pack a warm layer and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Noto sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Noto

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 26°C and coldest in February near 15°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 1 to Nov 13 — about 5.5 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan15Cool
Feb15Bracing
Mar15Cool
Apr16Cool
May18Cool
Jun22Refreshing
Jul25Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep25Warm
Oct23Refreshing
Nov20Cool
Dec17Cool

UV index (midday) in Noto 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 Noto peaks around July 15 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighHighVery highHighModerateJul 15UV 10Jan 1UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb4Moderate
Mar6High
Apr5Moderate
May5High
Jun9Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep7Very high
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low

Average hourly UV index in Noto

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
Apr5.50
May60
Jun8.55.5
Jul8.56
Aug7.55
Sep6.53
Oct50
Nov10
Dec00

Air quality in Noto 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 Noto 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 2216 µg/m³Dec 1011 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Moderate
Feb15Moderate
Mar16Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul12Good
Aug13Moderate
Sep11Good
Oct12Moderate
Nov11Good
Dec11Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Noto 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
Jan990
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. Noto banks about 2,712 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

01,0002,0003,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan3
Feb7
Mar57
Apr134
May262
Jun389
Jul492
Aug502
Sep385
Oct283
Nov151
Dec47

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.

Noto receives about 4.9 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.2 and 7.6 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Mar 19 to Sep 17. The brightest month is June, averaging about 7.4 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.2 kWh/m² — roughly 70% less than the June peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 287.6 kWhDec 162.2 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.5Moderate
Feb3.4Moderate
Mar4.8Bright
Apr5.9Bright
May6.8Intense
Jun7.4Intense
Jul7.4Intense
Aug6.5Intense
Sep5.0Bright
Oct3.6Moderate
Nov2.6Moderate
Dec2.2Moderate

Where is Noto?

Noto sits at 36.9°N, 15.1°E, 152 m above sea level, in Italy. The nearest listed city is Avola, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Noto

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Noto has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 320 m around an average of 129 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 653 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 988 m.

The land around Noto is covered by grassland (51%) and trees (30%) within 3 km, grassland (35%), water (24%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and water (53%) within 80 km.

3 km
320 m
16 km
653 m
80 km
988 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Avola 6.0 km · Rosolini 13 km · Pachino 20 km · Floridia 22 km · Pozzallo 27 km · Modica 28 km · Siracusa 28 km · Ragusa 31 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 Noto (36.8924°, 15.0698°, elevation 152 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).