Palermo weather in April

In April, Palermo sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 61 mm of rain across 9.6 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 43% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Palermo's 7th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Palermo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 61 mm; 9.6 wet days
Daylight: 13 hours; 5:37 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover: 48%; 7th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.92 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.2; out of 10

Air quality: Moderate; PM2.5 10.6 µg/m³ · 2018

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

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical April day in Palermo reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 3°C warmer than March and about 4°C cooler than May.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	9
2	17	9
3	17	9
4	17	9
5	17	9
6	17	10
7	17	10
8	17	10
9	18	10
10	18	10
11	18	10
12	18	10
13	18	10
14	18	10
15	18	10
16	18	10
17	18	10
18	19	11
19	19	11
20	19	11
21	19	11
22	19	11
23	19	11
24	19	11
25	20	12
26	20	12
27	20	12
28	20	12
29	20	12
30	20	12

Palermo weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	13° / 7°	65	10.3	9.7	3.7
Feb	13° / 7°	68	10.3	10.5	3.7
Mar	16° / 8°	64	10.5	11.7	4.9
Apr	18° / 10°	61	9.6	13	6.2
May	23° / 14°	37	6.2	14	7.7
Jun	27° / 18°	16	3.6	14.6	7.9
Jul	30° / 21°	6	1.6	14.4	6.8
Aug	30° / 22°	20	3.4	13.5	6.2
Sep	27° / 19°	61	8.8	12.3	7.0
Oct	23° / 15°	81	9.8	11	7.1
Nov	18° / 12°	64	10.3	9.9	5.9
Dec	14° / 8°	67	11.3	9.4	4.2

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 43% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 37%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	61	61	61	62	62	62	62	63	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	63	64	63	63	62	62	62	61	61	61	62	62	63	64	64
Cloudier (%)	39	39	39	38	38	38	38	37	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	36	37	37	38	38	38	39	39	39	38	38	37	36	36

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	63	37
9	64	36
10	64	36
11	64	36
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	63	37
17	64	36
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	61	39
24	61	39
25	61	39
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	63	37
29	64	36
30	64	36

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Palermo gets around 61 mm of rain over 9.6 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 32% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	30	30	29

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	33
3	33
4	33
5	32
6	32
7	32
8	32
9	32
10	32
11	32
12	32
13	32
14	32
15	32
16	32
17	32
18	32
19	32
20	32
21	32
22	32
23	32
24	32
25	31
26	31
27	31
28	30
29	30
30	29

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of April feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, April lands in the dry band about 96% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	96	96	96	95	95	94	93	92	92	91	90	89	88	87
Comfortable (%)	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	7	8	8	9	10	11	12	13

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	94	6
23	93	7
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	91	9
27	90	10
28	89	11
29	88	12
30	87	13

Wind in April

Winds average 9 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	9	calm
9	9	calm
10	9	calm
11	9	calm
12	9	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
21	9	calm
22	9	calm
23	9	calm
24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	8	calm
29	8	calm
30	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:00 AM to 5:18 AM, and sunset from 6:22 PM to 6:50 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:00	5:59	5:57	5:55	5:54	5:52	5:51	5:49	5:48	5:46	5:45	5:43	5:42	5:40	5:39	5:37	5:36	5:34	5:33	5:31	5:30	5:29	5:27	5:26	5:25	5:23	5:22	5:21	5:19	5:18
Sunset (PM)	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:50

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	6:00	6:22
2	12.4	5:59	6:23
3	12.5	5:57	6:24
4	12.5	5:55	6:25
5	12.5	5:54	6:26
6	12.6	5:52	6:27
7	12.6	5:51	6:28
8	12.7	5:49	6:29
9	12.7	5:48	6:30
10	12.7	5:46	6:31
11	12.8	5:45	6:32
12	12.8	5:43	6:33
13	12.9	5:42	6:34
14	12.9	5:40	6:34
15	12.9	5:39	6:35
16	13.0	5:37	6:36
17	13.0	5:36	6:37
18	13.1	5:34	6:38
19	13.1	5:33	6:39
20	13.1	5:31	6:40
21	13.2	5:30	6:41
22	13.2	5:29	6:42
23	13.3	5:27	6:43
24	13.3	5:26	6:44
25	13.3	5:25	6:45
26	13.4	5:23	6:46
27	13.4	5:22	6:47
28	13.5	5:21	6:48
29	13.5	5:19	6:49
30	13.5	5:18	6:50

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.92 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.05 kWh/m² to a high of 7.55 kWh/m² in July across the year — April's 5.92 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.4	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.6	Bright
6	5.6	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.8	Bright
11	5.8	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.9	Bright
14	5.9	Bright
15	6.0	Bright
16	6.0	Bright
17	6.0	Intense
18	6.0	Intense
19	6.1	Intense
20	6.1	Intense
21	6.1	Intense
22	6.1	Intense
23	6.2	Intense
24	6.2	Intense
25	6.2	Intense
26	6.3	Intense
27	6.3	Intense
28	6.3	Intense
29	6.3	Intense
30	6.4	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Palermo?

Our two travel scores rate April for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.2

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

2.3

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Palermo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Palermo in April

From April's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In April, Palermo sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Palermo in April

The nearest coast averages about 16°C in April — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	15	14	15	16	19	22	26	27	25	23	20	17
Comfort	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	15	Cool
Feb	14	Bracing
Mar	15	Bracing
Apr	16	Cool
May	19	Cool
Jun	22	Refreshing
Jul	26	Warm
Aug	27	Warm
Sep	25	Warm
Oct	23	Refreshing
Nov	20	Cool
Dec	17	Cool

UV index in Palermo in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Palermo 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	4	6	4	5	9	10	8	7	5	3	2
Level	Low	Moderate	High	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	4	Moderate
May	5	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Palermo?

Palermo sits at 38.1°N, 13.4°E, 14 m above sea level, in Italy. The nearest listed city is Monreale, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Palermo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Palermo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 83 m around an average of 25 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,249 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,962 m.

The land around Palermo is covered by artificial surfaces (59%) and water (26%) within 3 km, water (36%), trees (29%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and water (49%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

83 m

artificial surfaces 59%

16 km

1,249 m

water 36%

80 km

1,962 m

water 49%

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← March Palermo year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Monreale 8.0 km · Villabate 8.0 km · Misilmeri 12 km · Bagheria 14 km · Carini 16 km · Partinico 23 km · Termini Imerese 33 km · Alcamo 38 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

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 Palermo (38.1166°, 13.3636°, elevation 14 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	9
2	17	9
3	17	9
4	17	9
5	17	9
6	17	10
7	17	10
8	17	10
9	18	10
10	18	10
11	18	10
12	18	10
13	18	10
14	18	10
15	18	10
16	18	10
17	18	10
18	19	11
19	19	11
20	19	11
21	19	11
22	19	11
23	19	11
24	19	11
25	20	12
26	20	12
27	20	12
28	20	12
29	20	12
30	20	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	63	37
9	64	36
10	64	36
11	64	36
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	63	37
17	64	36
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	61	39
24	61	39
25	61	39
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	63	37
29	64	36
30	64	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	33
3	33
4	33
5	32
6	32
7	32
8	32
9	32
10	32
11	32
12	32
13	32
14	32
15	32
16	32
17	32
18	32
19	32
20	32
21	32
22	32
23	32
24	32
25	31
26	31
27	31
28	30
29	30
30	29

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	94	6
23	93	7
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	91	9
27	90	10
28	89	11
29	88	12
30	87	13

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	9
2	17	9
3	17	9
4	17	9
5	17	9
6	17	10
7	17	10
8	17	10
9	18	10
10	18	10
11	18	10
12	18	10
13	18	10
14	18	10
15	18	10
16	18	10
17	18	10
18	19	11
19	19	11
20	19	11
21	19	11
22	19	11
23	19	11
24	19	11
25	20	12
26	20	12
27	20	12
28	20	12
29	20	12
30	20	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	63	37
9	64	36
10	64	36
11	64	36
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	63	37
17	64	36
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	61	39
24	61	39
25	61	39
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	63	37
29	64	36
30	64	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	33
3	33
4	33
5	32
6	32
7	32
8	32
9	32
10	32
11	32
12	32
13	32
14	32
15	32
16	32
17	32
18	32
19	32
20	32
21	32
22	32
23	32
24	32
25	31
26	31
27	31
28	30
29	30
30	29

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	94	6
23	93	7
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	91	9
27	90	10
28	89	11
29	88	12
30	87	13

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	9
2	17	9
3	17	9
4	17	9
5	17	9
6	17	10
7	17	10
8	17	10
9	18	10
10	18	10
11	18	10
12	18	10
13	18	10
14	18	10
15	18	10
16	18	10
17	18	10
18	19	11
19	19	11
20	19	11
21	19	11
22	19	11
23	19	11
24	19	11
25	20	12
26	20	12
27	20	12
28	20	12
29	20	12
30	20	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	63	37
9	64	36
10	64	36
11	64	36
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	63	37
17	64	36
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	61	39
24	61	39
25	61	39
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	63	37
29	64	36
30	64	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	33
3	33
4	33
5	32
6	32
7	32
8	32
9	32
10	32
11	32
12	32
13	32
14	32
15	32
16	32
17	32
18	32
19	32
20	32
21	32
22	32
23	32
24	32
25	31
26	31
27	31
28	30
29	30
30	29

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	94	6
23	93	7
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	91	9
27	90	10
28	89	11
29	88	12
30	87	13