Climate and average weather in Pozzuoli

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

Best: late May to late September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Pozzuoli typically varies from 10°C to 26°C, and is rarely below 6°C or above 28°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while February is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Pozzuoli for warm-weather activities is from late May to late September.

Hottest
Aug
26°
Coldest
Feb
10°
Wettest
Nov
165 mm
Driest
Jul
10 mm
Rain / yr
905 mm
96 wet days
Daylight
9.1–14.9 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
28 m
40.8°N
Clearest
Jul
15% cloud

Pozzuoli is chief town of the homonym municipality.

Air quality
Good
PM2.5 9.6 µg/m³ · 2019

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

Pozzuoli 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 late September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Pozzuoli, 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 15 to September 24, with daily high temperatures above 23°C. The hottest month of the year in Pozzuoli is August, with an average high of 26°C and low of 24°C.

The cool season lasts 4.2 months, from December 4 to April 10, with daily high temperatures below 15°C. The coldest month of the year in Pozzuoli is February, with an average low of 10°C and high of 13°C.

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

10°15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan1310
Feb1310
Mar1411
Apr1613
May1917
Jun2321
Jul2524
Aug2624
Sep2421
Oct2118
Nov1715
Dec1412

Average hourly temperature in Pozzuoli

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 February, near 10°C.

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

Pozzuoli 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° / 10°105119.43.5
Feb13° / 10°8910.410.43.4
Mar14° / 11°819.411.74.2
Apr16° / 13°63813.15.3
May19° / 17°365.414.27.1
Jun23° / 21°18314.98.6
Jul25° / 24°101.814.69.0
Aug26° / 24°172.413.68.6
Sep24° / 21°777.812.37.7
Oct21° / 18°1109.810.96.7
Nov17° / 15°16513.69.75.2
Dec14° / 12°13313.19.14.0

Chance of rain

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

Pozzuoli gets about 905 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 7.2 months, from around Sep 14 to Apr 21, peaking in November at about 46% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 2.

November is the wettest month by volume, with 165 mm over about 14 wet days; July is the driest, with 10 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetNov 18 · 46%Jul 2 · 4%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3611
Feb3710
Mar309
Apr268
May185
Jun103
Jul62
Aug92
Sep268
Oct3210
Nov4414
Dec4213

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Pozzuoli collects about 905 mm of rain across 96 wet days — roughly 75 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. November is the wettest month with 165 mm, while July is the driest at just 10 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 45% of the year’s total.

0255075100125150175200JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec1058981633618101777110165133
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan10511
Feb8910
Mar819
Apr638
May365
Jun183
Jul102
Aug172
Sep778
Oct11010
Nov16514
Dec13313

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Pozzuoli, 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 10 and lasts for 4.8 months, ending around October 1. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 97% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 2 and lasts for 7.2 months, ending around May 9. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 46% 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 · 97%Dec 18 · 53%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5743
Feb5941
Mar6337
Apr6535
May7327
Jun8713
Jul973
Aug937
Sep7723
Oct6535
Nov5545
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 10, brings about 14 h 54 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 9 h 06 min — a swing of roughly 5 h 48 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.47:324:54
Feb10.47:075:30
Mar11.76:236:03
Apr13.15:316:36
May14.24:527:08
Jun14.94:367:31
Jul14.64:497:29
Aug13.65:186:57
Sep12.35:506:06
Oct10.96:225:15
Nov9.76:584:39
Dec9.17:274:32

Sunny days

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

Pozzuoli 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 4.5 months, from around May 13 to Sep 26. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 27 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is November, down near 11 sunny days — about 58% fewer than the July peak.

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJul 1927 daysNov 2411 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan12Mixed
Feb12Mixed
Mar14Mixed
Apr14Mixed
May17Bright
Jun21Bright
Jul28Brilliant
Aug26Brilliant
Sep19Bright
Oct15Mixed
Nov11Mixed
Dec12Mixed

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

The more humid part of the year lasts 5.2 months, from around May 17 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 16, 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 15 · 100%Aug 14 · 2%oppressivehumidcomfortablemuggydrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan9820000
Feb10000000
Mar9730000
Apr74242000
May244130500
Jun4143236140
Jul151536413
Aug131231476
Sep8183032120
Oct2631321010
Nov62299000
Dec9370000

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 Pozzuoli is typically light breeze, near 15 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.8 months, from around Oct 20 to Apr 15. The windiest month is December, averaging about 19 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 16 to Oct 19, with August the calmest month at about 11 km/h.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezebreezyDec 23 · 19 km/hAug 13 · 11 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan18light breeze
Feb18light breeze
Mar16light breeze
Apr14light breeze
May12light breeze
Jun11calm
Jul11calm
Aug11calm
Sep13light breeze
Oct14light breeze
Nov18light breeze
Dec19light breeze

Hazard calendar for Pozzuoli

In seasonPeak

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

Pozzuoli's rainy season runs September–March, 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 Pozzuoli

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

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

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 1 · 9.2

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
Jan3.5fair
Feb3.4poor
Mar4.2fair
Apr5.3fair
May7.1good
Jun8.6ideal
Jul9.0ideal
Aug8.6ideal
Sep7.7ideal
Oct6.7good
Nov5.2fair
Dec4.0fair

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

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 8 · 8.4

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 Pozzuoli, 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 and sun protection. In the cold season around February (highs near 13°C), pack a warm layer and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Pozzuoli sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 24°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes.

Sea temperature near Pozzuoli

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 19 km away) is warmest in August at about 26°C and coldest in February near 14°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 27 to Nov 5 — about 5.4 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan15Bracing
Feb14Bracing
Mar14Bracing
Apr16Cool
May19Cool
Jun22Refreshing
Jul25Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep24Warm
Oct22Refreshing
Nov19Cool
Dec17Cool

UV index (midday) in Pozzuoli 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 Pozzuoli peaks around July 16 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateVery highHighModerateLowJul 16UV 9Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Pozzuoli

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
Feb0.50
Mar50
Apr40
May7.53
Jun8.55
Jul8.55.5
Aug7.54.5
Sep60
Oct30
Nov00
Dec00
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Pozzuoli 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. Pozzuoli banks about 2,755 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)
Jan47
Feb35
Mar76
Apr136
May249
Jun355
Jul448
Aug467
Sep376
Oct294
Nov180
Dec91

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.

Pozzuoli 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 21 to Sep 20. The brightest month is June, averaging about 7.1 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 1.8 kWh/m² — roughly 75% less than the June peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 297.3 kWhDec 201.7 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.0Moderate
Feb2.9Moderate
Mar4.3Bright
Apr5.5Bright
May6.5Intense
Jun7.1Intense
Jul7.1Intense
Aug6.3Intense
Sep4.7Bright
Oct3.3Moderate
Nov2.2Moderate
Dec1.8Dim

Where is Pozzuoli?

Pozzuoli sits at 40.8°N, 14.1°E, 28 m above sea level, in Italy. The nearest listed city is Monterusciello, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Pozzuoli

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pozzuoli has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 330 m around an average of 74 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 464 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,032 m.

The land around Pozzuoli is covered by trees (41%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, water (56%) within 16 km, and water (50%) and trees (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
330 m
16 km
464 m
80 km
2,032 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Monterusciello 3.0 km · Bacoli 6.0 km · Quarto 6.0 km · Pianura 7.0 km · Bagnoli 7.0 km · Soccavo 8.0 km · Fuorigrotta 9.0 km · Posillipo 9.0 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 Pozzuoli (40.8439°, 14.0952°, elevation 28 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).