Climate and average weather in Scicli

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

Best: early May to mid October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Scicli typically varies from 11°C to 27°C, and is rarely below 8°C or above 29°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 Scicli for warm-weather activities is from early May to mid October.

Hottest
Aug
27°
Coldest
Feb
11°
Wettest
Dec
70 mm
Driest
Jul
3 mm
Rain / yr
441 mm
66 wet days
Daylight
9.5–14.5 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
106 m
36.8°N
Clearest
Jul
7% cloud

Scicli is chief town of the homonym municipality.

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

Scicli 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 early May to mid October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Scicli, 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 17 to September 25, with daily high temperatures above 24°C. The hottest month of the year in Scicli is August, with an average high of 27°C and low of 24°C.

The cool season lasts 4.2 months, from December 5 to April 10, with daily high temperatures below 16°C. The coldest month of the year in Scicli is February, with an average low of 11°C and high of 14°C.

Days typically run about 3°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan1411
Feb1411
Mar1512
Apr1714
May2017
Jun2421
Jul2623
Aug2724
Sep2522
Oct2219
Nov1916
Dec1513

Average hourly temperature in Scicli

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 27°C, and coldest before dawn in February, near 11°C.

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

Scicli 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° / 11°698.59.84.3
Feb14° / 11°547.710.64.3
Mar15° / 12°426.911.75.0
Apr17° / 14°234.712.96.3
May20° / 17°122.713.97.9
Jun24° / 21°81.414.59.1
Jul26° / 23°30.714.39.1
Aug27° / 24°71.713.48.7
Sep25° / 22°345.412.28.1
Oct22° / 19°547117.4
Nov19° / 16°689.4106.3
Dec15° / 13°709.49.55.0

Chance of rain

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

Scicli gets about 441 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 6.6 months, from around Sep 16 to Apr 4, peaking in January at about 33% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 7.

December is the wettest month by volume, with 70 mm over about 9 wet days; July is the driest, with 3 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetJan 25 · 33%Jul 7 · 2%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan289
Feb288
Mar237
Apr165
May93
Jun41
Jul21
Aug62
Sep185
Oct237
Nov319
Dec299

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Scicli collects about 441 mm of rain across 66 wet days — roughly 37 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. December is the wettest month with 70 mm, while July is the driest at just 3 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 47% of the year’s total.

0255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec695442231283734546870
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan699
Feb548
Mar427
Apr235
May123
Jun81
Jul31
Aug72
Sep345
Oct547
Nov689
Dec709

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Scicli, 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 2 and lasts for 4.8 months, ending around September 23. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 100% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around September 24 and lasts for 7.2 months, ending around May 1. The cloudiest month is November, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 34% 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 · 100%Nov 27 · 63%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan6733
Feb6931
Mar7228
Apr7426
May8020
Jun919
Jul1000
Aug973
Sep8317
Oct7129
Nov6634
Dec6634

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 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)
Jan9.87:185:03
Feb10.66:585:34
Mar11.76:206:02
Apr12.95:336:30
May13.94:596:56
Jun14.54:467:17
Jul14.34:587:16
Aug13.45:236:48
Sep12.25:496:02
Oct11.06:155:17
Nov10.06:464:46
Dec9.57:134:42

Sunny days

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

Scicli averages about 20 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 13 and 30 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.7 months, from around May 5 to Sep 23. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 30 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is January, down near 14 sunny days — about 52% fewer than the July peak.

05101520253035JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJul 2130 daysJan 2313 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan14Mixed
Feb15Bright
Mar17Bright
Apr18Bright
May21Bright
Jun25Brilliant
Jul30Brilliant
Aug29Brilliant
Sep22Bright
Oct17Bright
Nov15Mixed
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 Scicli, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 5.2 months, from around May 27 to November 1. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 100% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around November 2 to May 26, 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 2 · 100%Aug 1 · 0%oppressivecomfortablehumiddrymuggycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan982000
Feb982000
Mar982000
Apr7822000
May26551810
Jun21850292
Jul02186515
Aug0075537
Sep18284617
Oct102639241
Nov49341520
Dec909100

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 Scicli is typically light breeze, near 16 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Nov 2 to May 3. The windiest month is January, averaging about 19 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 4 to Nov 1, with August the calmest month at about 11 km/h.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezebreezyJan 31 · 20 km/hAug 16 · 10 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan19light breeze
Feb20light breeze
Mar18light breeze
Apr17light breeze
May15light breeze
Jun12light breeze
Jul11calm
Aug11calm
Sep13light breeze
Oct15light breeze
Nov17light breeze
Dec19light breeze

Best time to visit Scicli

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around early October, Scicli 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 Scicli for general outdoor tourist activities is from early May to mid October, with a peak score in the last week of June.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJun 25 · 9.3

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
Jan4.3fair
Feb4.3fair
Mar5.0fair
Apr6.3good
May7.9ideal
Jun9.1ideal
Jul9.1ideal
Aug8.7ideal
Sep8.1ideal
Oct7.4good
Nov6.3good
Dec5.0fair

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

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 31 · 9.0

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 Scicli, 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 27°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around February (highs near 14°C), pack a warm layer.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Scicli sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

Sea temperature near Scicli

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 20 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 2 to Nov 18 — about 5.6 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan16Cool
Feb15Cool
Mar15Cool
Apr16Cool
May18Cool
Jun22Refreshing
Jul25Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep25Warm
Oct23Refreshing
Nov20Refreshing
Dec17Cool

UV index (midday) in Scicli 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 Scicli peaks around July 14 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 14UV 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 Scicli

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
Feb30
Mar5.50
Apr5.50
May60
Jun8.55.5
Jul8.55.5
Aug7.54.5
Sep6.53
Oct50
Nov10
Dec00

Air quality in Scicli 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 Scicli 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

Scicli 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. Scicli banks about 3,029 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)
Jan76
Feb62
Mar100
Apr154
May258
Jun364
Jul460
Aug485
Sep404
Oct330
Nov214
Dec123

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.

Scicli 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 6.1 months, from around Mar 18 to Sep 18. The brightest month is June, averaging about 7.5 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.3 kWh/m² — roughly 70% less than the June peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 287.6 kWhDec 162.2 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.6Moderate
Feb3.5Moderate
Mar4.8Bright
Apr6.0Intense
May6.9Intense
Jun7.5Intense
Jul7.5Intense
Aug6.6Intense
Sep5.1Bright
Oct3.7Moderate
Nov2.6Moderate
Dec2.2Moderate

Where is Scicli?

Scicli sits at 36.8°N, 14.7°E, 106 m above sea level, in Italy. The nearest listed city is Modica, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Scicli

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Scicli has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 283 m around an average of 184 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 639 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 987 m.

The land around Scicli is covered by grassland (54%) within 3 km, water (29%), grassland (28%) and cropland (26%) within 16 km, and water (54%) within 80 km.

3 km
283 m
16 km
639 m
80 km
987 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Modica 9.0 km · Pozzallo 14 km · Ragusa 15 km · Comiso 20 km · Rosolini 22 km · Vittoria 24 km · Noto 35 km · Pachino 36 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 Scicli (36.7901°, 14.7028°, elevation 106 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).