Climate and average weather in Reggio Calabria

In Reggio Calabria, the summers are humid, hot, dry, and clear and the winters are cool and partly cloudy.

Best: late April to late October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Reggio Calabria typically varies from 8°C to 29°C, and is rarely below 4°C or above 32°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 Reggio Calabria for warm-weather activities is from late April to late October.

Hottest
Aug
29°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Dec
74 mm
Driest
Jul
5 mm
Rain / yr
568 mm
81 wet days
Daylight
9.3–14.7 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
31 m
38.1°N
Clearest
Jul
10% cloud
Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 11.4 µg/m³ · 2019

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

Reggio Calabria 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 October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Reggio Calabria, 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 19, with daily high temperatures above 25°C. The hottest month of the year in Reggio Calabria is August, with an average high of 29°C and low of 22°C.

The cool season lasts 4.1 months, from November 29 to April 2, with daily high temperatures below 16°C. The coldest month of the year in Reggio Calabria is January, with an average low of 8°C and high of 13°C.

Days typically run about 6°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan138
Feb138
Mar159
Apr1711
May2115
Jun2619
Jul2921
Aug2922
Sep2620
Oct2216
Nov1813
Dec149

Average hourly temperature in Reggio Calabria

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 29°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near C.

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

Reggio Calabria 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° / 729.59.73.6
Feb13° / 649.210.53.6
Mar15° / 639.511.74.6
Apr17° / 11°468.3136.0
May21° / 15°244.3147.8
Jun26° / 19°142.514.68.6
Jul29° / 21°51.114.47.8
Aug29° / 22°152.613.57.1
Sep26° / 20°506.312.37.7
Oct22° / 16°718.4117.1
Nov18° / 13°709.29.95.9
Dec14° / 7410.19.44.3

Chance of rain

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

Reggio Calabria gets about 568 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 21 to Apr 28, peaking in January at about 35% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 9.

December is the wettest month by volume, with 74 mm over about 10 wet days; July is the driest, with 5 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJan 30 · 35%Jul 9 · 3%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3110
Feb339
Mar3110
Apr278
May144
Jun83
Jul41
Aug93
Sep206
Oct278
Nov309
Dec3210

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Reggio Calabria collects about 568 mm of rain across 81 wet days — roughly 47 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. December is the wettest month with 74 mm, while July is the driest at just 5 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 38% of the year’s total.

0255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec72646346241451550717074
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan7210
Feb649
Mar6310
Apr468
May244
Jun143
Jul51
Aug153
Sep506
Oct718
Nov709
Dec7410

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Reggio Calabria, 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 4.7 months, ending around September 24. 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 25 and lasts for 7.3 months, ending around May 3. The cloudiest month is January, 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 19 · 100%Jan 22 · 58%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan6139
Feb6238
Mar6535
Apr6733
May7624
Jun8911
Jul991
Aug955
Sep7921
Oct6733
Nov6238
Dec6238

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 22, brings about 14 h 42 min of light; the shortest, around December 21, only 9 h 18 min — a swing of roughly 5 h 24 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.77:184:55
Feb10.56:565:28
Mar11.76:165:58
Apr13.05:286:27
May14.04:526:55
Jun14.64:397:17
Jul14.44:517:15
Aug13.55:176:46
Sep12.35:445:59
Oct11.06:135:12
Nov9.96:464:40
Dec9.47:134:34

Sunny days

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

Reggio Calabria 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 29 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.5 months, from around May 9 to Sep 22. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 29 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is January, down near 12 sunny days — about 59% fewer than the July peak.

05101520253035JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJul 2129 daysJan 2611 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan12Mixed
Feb11Mixed
Mar14Mixed
Apr14Mixed
May18Bright
Jun23Brilliant
Jul29Brilliant
Aug28Brilliant
Sep19Bright
Oct15Mixed
Nov12Mixed
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 Reggio Calabria, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 4.5 months, from around June 9 to October 22. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 90% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 23 to June 8, 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 1 · 100%Aug 8 · 9%muggydrycomfortablehumidcomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan991000
Feb1000000
Mar1000000
Apr964000
May6630400
Jun20403280
Jul31846321
Aug1939464
Sep82245241
Oct26392870
Nov6925600
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 Reggio Calabria is typically calm, near 10 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.5 months, from around Nov 6 to Apr 20. The windiest month is February, averaging about 12 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 21 to Nov 5, with September the calmest month at about 9 km/h.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeFeb 27 · 12 km/hSep 11 · 9 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan11calm
Feb12calm
Mar11calm
Apr11calm
May10calm
Jun10calm
Jul10calm
Aug9calm
Sep9calm
Oct9calm
Nov11calm
Dec12calm

Best time to visit Reggio Calabria

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid October, Reggio Calabria 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 Reggio Calabria for general outdoor tourist activities is from late April to late October, with a peak score in the second week of June.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJun 8 · 8.6

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
Jan3.6fair
Feb3.6fair
Mar4.6fair
Apr6.0good
May7.8ideal
Jun8.6ideal
Jul7.8ideal
Aug7.2good
Sep7.7ideal
Oct7.1good
Nov5.9good
Dec4.3fair

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 Reggio Calabria for hot-weather activities is from early June to mid September, with a peak score in the third week of July.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 21 · 9.4

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 Reggio Calabria, 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 29°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, Reggio Calabria sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

Sea temperature near Reggio Calabria

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 26 km away) 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 12 — about 5.4 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan15Cool
Feb15Bracing
Mar15Bracing
Apr16Cool
May18Cool
Jun22Refreshing
Jul25Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep25Warm
Oct23Refreshing
Nov20Cool
Dec17Cool

UV index (midday) in Reggio Calabria 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 Reggio Calabria 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighHighVery highHighModerateJul 16UV 10Dec 22UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar6High
Apr5Moderate
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep7High
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low

Average hourly UV index in Reggio Calabria

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
Feb2.50
Mar5.50
Apr5.50
May72.5
Jun8.55.5
Jul8.56
Aug85
Sep62.5
Oct4.50
Nov00
Dec00
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Reggio Calabria 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. Reggio Calabria banks about 2,625 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)
Jan9
Feb6
Mar54
Apr126
May251
Jun369
Jul466
Aug481
Sep376
Oct279
Nov153
Dec54

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.

Reggio Calabria receives about 4.8 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.0 and 7.6 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.1 months, from around Mar 19 to Sep 19. The brightest month is July, averaging about 7.4 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.0 kWh/m² — roughly 72% less than the July peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 17.6 kWhDec 182.0 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.3Moderate
Feb3.2Moderate
Mar4.6Bright
Apr5.8Bright
May6.7Intense
Jun7.4Intense
Jul7.4Intense
Aug6.5Intense
Sep5.0Bright
Oct3.6Moderate
Nov2.5Moderate
Dec2.0Moderate

Where is Reggio Calabria?

Reggio Calabria sits at 38.1°N, 15.7°E, 31 m above sea level, in Italy. The nearest listed city is Messina, 13 km away.

Topography around Reggio Calabria

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Reggio Calabria has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 432 m around an average of 106 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,549 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,306 m.

The land around Reggio Calabria is covered by trees (34%), artificial surfaces (31%) and water (20%) within 3 km, trees (41%) and water (37%) within 16 km, and water (61%) and trees (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
432 m
16 km
1,549 m
80 km
3,306 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Messina 13 km · Palmi 32 km · Milazzo 39 km · Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto 39 km · Gioia Tauro 41 km · Taormina 43 km · Siderno 58 km · Giarre 60 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 Reggio Calabria (38.1105°, 15.6613°, elevation 31 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).