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Italy in October: where is it warmest?

In October, Catania is the warmest place with 24 °C by day, Cortina d’Ampezzo the coolest with 12 °C. 61 of 100 destinations have good holiday weather.

All destinations in October, warmest first

Long-term averages for the month: daytime high, sea, sunshine and rainy days.

Place	Score	Air	Sea	Sun	Rain days
Catania	84	24°	23°	7 h	8
Palermo, Sicily	82	24°	23°	7 h	9
Lampedusa	81	23°	24°	7 h	6
Cagliari, Sardinia	73	23°	22°	6 h	6
Syracuse	73	23°	23°	7 h	8
Cefalù	67	23°	23°	7 h	10
Agrigento	65	23°	22°	7 h	8
Taranto	85	22°	22°	7 h	8
Lecce	82	22°	–	7 h	8
Messina	74	22°	23°	6 h	12
Reggio Calabria	74	22°	23°	6 h	12
Alghero, Sardinia	61	22°	21°	7 h	8
Tropea, Calabria	59	22°	23°	7 h	11
Brindisi	57	22°	21°	7 h	8
Otranto	56	22°	21°	7 h	9
Olbia, Sardinia	55	22°	21°	6 h	7
Matera	83	21°	–	6 h	8
Bari	82	21°	21°	6 h	8
Corleone	79	21°	–	6 h	10
Naples	78	21°	22°	7 h	10
Rome	77	21°	–	7 h	11
Gallipoli	57	21°	22°	7 h	8
Taormina, Sicily	56	21°	23°	6 h	8
Amalfi	55	21°	22°	7 h	10
Castellammare di Stabia	55	21°	22°	7 h	10
Positano	54	21°	22°	7 h	10
Ischia	53	21°	22°	7 h	10
Salerno	53	21°	22°	7 h	10
Monopoli	53	21°	21°	7 h	8
Sorrento	52	21°	22°	6 h	10
Capri	49	21°	22°	7 h	10
Polignano a Mare, Apulia	49	21°	21°	7 h	8
Ostuni	49	21°	21°	7 h	9
Lido di Ostia	49	21°	22°	7 h	11
Civitavecchia	47	21°	21°	7 h	11
Alberobello	82	20°	–	6 h	9
Ravenna	78	20°	–	5 h	8
Ferrara	78	20°	–	5 h	9
Bologna	77	20°	–	5 h	9
Frosinone	76	20°	–	6 h	11
Pisa	75	20°	–	6 h	11
Livorno	75	20°	21°	6 h	11
Pescara	44	20°	20°	6 h	8
Ancona	39	20°	20°	6 h	8
Rimini	35	20°	20°	5 h	9
Padua	78	19°	–	5 h	9
Mantua	78	19°	–	5 h	9
Modena	78	19°	–	5 h	8
Assisi	76	19°	–	5 h	10
Parma	76	19°	–	5 h	9
Siena	75	19°	–	5 h	10
San Gimignano	75	19°	–	5 h	10
Cremona	75	19°	–	5 h	10
Pavia	75	19°	–	5 h	10
Genoa	73	19°	21°	5 h	10
Florence	72	19°	–	5 h	11
Lucca	72	19°	–	6 h	12
Prato	72	19°	–	5 h	11
Riva del Garda, Lake Garda	71	19°	–	5 h	11
Pesaro	35	19°	20°	6 h	8
Sanremo	33	19°	20°	6 h	10
Forte dei Marmi	33	19°	21°	6 h	12
Imperia	33	19°	20°	6 h	10
Portofino	29	19°	21°	5 h	13
Chioggia	29	19°	19°	6 h	10
Savona	29	19°	21°	5 h	11
Monterosso, Cinque Terre	28	19°	21°	5 h	13
La Spezia	28	19°	21°	5 h	13
Verona	78	18°	–	6 h	9
Treviso	78	18°	–	5 h	9
Vicenza	78	18°	–	5 h	9
Venice	77	18°	19°	5 h	9
Sirmione, Lake Garda	76	18°	–	6 h	10
Perugia	75	18°	–	5 h	10
Urbino	75	18°	–	6 h	11
Palmanova	74	18°	–	6 h	11
Trento	74	18°	–	5 h	10
Milan	73	18°	–	5 h	10
Trieste	69	18°	19°	6 h	12
Merano, South Tyrol	66	18°	–	5 h	14
Bolzano	66	18°	–	5 h	14
Carrara	30	18°	21°	6 h	13
Jesolo	26	18°	19°	5 h	11
Lignano Sabbiadoro	26	18°	19°	5 h	11
Caorle	26	18°	19°	5 h	11
Burano	26	18°	19°	5 h	10
Grado	25	18°	20°	5 h	11
Aquileia	25	18°	20°	5 h	11
Brixen	73	17°	–	5 h	10
Bassano del Grappa	72	17°	–	5 h	11
Monza	71	17°	–	5 h	10
Como, Lake Como	70	17°	–	4 h	10
Brescia	70	17°	–	5 h	10
Bergamo	68	17°	–	5 h	10
Udine	67	17°	–	6 h	11
Gorizia	66	17°	–	5 h	11
Turin	67	16°	–	4 h	8
Bruneck	64	14°	–	5 h	10
Sterzing	55	13°	–	4 h	11
Cortina d’Ampezzo	43	12°	–	4 h	13

Italy in October: quick answers

Italy in October: where is it warmest?

The warmest places in October are Catania (24 °C), Palermo, Sicily (24 °C) and Lampedusa (23 °C).

Italy in October: where is the sea warmest?

The sea is warmest at Lampedusa (24 °C), Catania (23 °C) and Palermo, Sicily (23 °C).

Italy in October: where is the weather best?

The best holiday weather in October – warm, sunny and dry – is in Taranto, Catania and Matera.

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Climate averages 1996–2025, not a forecast. Data: Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-Land via Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0), NOAA OISST, WMO 1991–2020 (NOAA NCEI), GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sources & licences