Agrigento climate — normals and trends
Agrigento (Italy) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.7 °C and it receives 503 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is August (25.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (11.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Agrigento averages 0 frost days, 14 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 72 rainy days per year.
Agrigento has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.3 °C (on 18 July 2023) and the coldest 0.2 °C (on 1 February 1962).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
AgrigentoSicily
- coords
- 37.31°, 13.58°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.7°C
Average daily high
20.6°C
Average daily low
14.8°C
Annual rainfall
503mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
21.2km/h
Seasonal range
14.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
14 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
72 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
20.2 °C
Average feels-like low
13.8 °C
Average peak gust
35.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
82 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.49 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
37.3 °C
18 July 2023
Coldest day
0.2 °C
1 February 1962
Wettest day
88 mm
27 August 1975
Windiest day
62.2 km/h
24 November 1991
Strongest gust
110.9 km/h
24 November 1991
Hottest feels-like
40.1 °C
25 July 2023
Coldest feels-like
-5.5 °C
19 January 1940
Snowiest day
0.8 cm
3 February 1956
Sunniest day
14.0 h
13 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 85 mm | +14 mm |
| Feb | 15.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 106 mm | +47 mm |
| Mar | 17.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 61 mm | +15 mm |
| Apr | 18.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 20 mm | -14 mm |
| May | 23.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 49 mm | +33 mm |
| Jun | 28.5 °C | +3.0 °C | 1 mm | -4 mm |
| Jul | 30.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 29.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 4 mm | -3 mm |
| Sep | 27.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 50 mm | +18 mm |
| Oct | 22.5 °C | -0.1 °C | 74 mm | 0 mm |
| Nov | 18.6 °C | +0.1 °C | 77 mm | -4 mm |
| Dec | 16.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 109 mm | +32 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Agrigento?
Agrigento has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.7 °C and it receives 503 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Agrigento?
The hottest day measured in Agrigento between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 2023, reaching 37.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Agrigento?
The coldest day measured in Agrigento between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1962, at 0.2 °C.
Does it snow in Agrigento?
Almost never: Agrigento sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Agrigento warmed?
Yes: Agrigento warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Agrigento?
The wettest day measured in Agrigento between 1940 and 2025 was 27 August 1975, with 88 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Agrigento?
The windiest day measured in Agrigento between 1940 and 2025 was 24 November 1991, with winds reaching 62.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Agrigento?
The warmest month in Agrigento is August (25.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Agrigento?
Agrigento receives on average 503 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 72 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Agrigento?
Agrigento gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Agrigento?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Agrigento between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1956, with 0.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Agrigento?
Yes: Agrigento has on average 82 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Agrigento?
In Agrigento, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.1 °C on 25 July 2023, and the lowest was -5.5 °C on 19 January 1940.
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