Florence climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Florence?

Florence has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.3 °C and it receives 923 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Florence?

The hottest day measured in Florence between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 1958, reaching 38.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Florence?

The coldest day measured in Florence between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1942, at -20.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Florence?

Yes. Florence gets on average 15.7 cm of snow per year and has around 36 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Florence warmed?

Yes: Florence warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Florence?

The wettest day measured in Florence between 1940 and 2025 was 4 November 1966, with 151 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Florence?

The windiest day measured in Florence between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 2015, with winds reaching 43.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Florence?

The warmest month in Florence is July (23.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Florence?

Florence receives on average 923 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 117 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Florence?

Florence gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Florence (Italy) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.3 °C and it receives 923 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 July (23.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Florence averages 36 frost days, 25 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 117 rainy days per year.

Florence has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 51 to 21 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.0 °C (on 1 August 1958) and the coldest -20.4 °C (on 24 January 1942).

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

FlorenceTuscany

coords: 43.78°, 11.25°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsaHot-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthNovemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

13.3°C

Average daily high

17.8°C

Average daily low

8.9°C

Annual rainfall

923mm

Sunshine / day

9.4h

Mean relative humidity

74%

Average peak wind

12.5km/h

Seasonal range

18.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

36 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

25 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

117 d/yr

Annual snowfall

15.7 cm

Average feels-like high

16.8 °C

Average feels-like low

7.4 °C

Average peak gust

31.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

9 d/yr

Solar radiation

14.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.7 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

38.0 °C

1 August 1958

Coldest day

-20.4 °C

24 January 1942

Wettest day

151 mm

4 November 1966

Windiest day

43.1 km/h

5 March 2015

Strongest gust

108.4 km/h

5 March 2015

Hottest feels-like

41.4 °C

11 August 2024

Coldest feels-like

-25.3 °C

15 February 1956

Snowiest day

15.3 cm

1 February 2012

Sunniest day

14.9 h

29 June 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	36.1 °C10 August 2025	-3.0 °C15 January 2025	14.5 °C	1,010 mm	42	11
2024	36.7 °C11 August 2024	-3.5 °C23 November 2024	14.8 °C	1,110 mm	57	11
2023	37.1 °C24 August 2023	-3.9 °C10 February 2023	15.2 °C	1,048 mm	51	15
2022	35.5 °C6 August 2022	-3.7 °C9 March 2022	14.9 °C	920 mm	44	23
2021	35.2 °C14 August 2021	-4.8 °C15 February 2021	14.0 °C	869 mm	31	28
2020	34.4 °C1 August 2020	-2.8 °C27 February 2020	14.4 °C	920 mm	34	15
2019	36.7 °C25 July 2019	-5.9 °C4 January 2019	14.5 °C	1,077 mm	43	28
2018	35.2 °C31 July 2018	-12.0 °C28 February 2018	14.7 °C	957 mm	39	21
2017	35.6 °C1 August 2017	-6.1 °C7 January 2017	14.0 °C	820 mm	35	32
2016	32.9 °C11 July 2016	-4.5 °C20 January 2016	14.3 °C	971 mm	35	22
2015	34.8 °C22 July 2015	-3.5 °C8 February 2015	14.4 °C	775 mm	40	20
2014	32.3 °C11 June 2014	-2.5 °C29 December 2014	14.5 °C	1,126 mm	11	8
2013	34.9 °C28 July 2013	-3.3 °C10 February 2013	13.8 °C	1,086 mm	37	30
2012	34.5 °C20 August 2012	-6.6 °C14 February 2012	13.8 °C	857 mm	43	45
2011	36.1 °C22 August 2011	-4.5 °C24 January 2011	14.2 °C	522 mm	27	26
2010	34.5 °C16 July 2010	-7.5 °C18 December 2010	13.1 °C	1,275 mm	21	32
2009	35.7 °C20 August 2009	-4.8 °C5 January 2009	14.1 °C	898 mm	42	27
2008	32.3 °C30 July 2008	-4.3 °C18 February 2008	13.7 °C	1,012 mm	28	20
2007	33.5 °C18 July 2007	-4.6 °C30 December 2007	13.8 °C	653 mm	22	18
2006	34.6 °C21 July 2006	-5.0 °C26 January 2006	13.8 °C	605 mm	37	29
2005	35.1 °C29 July 2005	-9.0 °C2 March 2005	12.9 °C	793 mm	21	66
2004	32.4 °C22 July 2004	-8.6 °C30 January 2004	13.5 °C	929 mm	20	27
2003	36.0 °C5 August 2003	-7.5 °C13 January 2003	14.3 °C	636 mm	72	41
2002	33.7 °C23 June 2002	-6.8 °C2 January 2002	13.9 °C	945 mm	15	23
2001	33.3 °C2 August 2001	-9.1 °C27 February 2001	13.5 °C	974 mm	18	29
2000	34.7 °C26 August 2000	-6.4 °C27 January 2000	14.1 °C	992 mm	21	24
1999	33.1 °C9 August 1999	-6.3 °C14 February 1999	13.8 °C	989 mm	17	48
1998	34.1 °C12 August 1998	-5.5 °C26 December 1998	13.5 °C	846 mm	32	29
1997	31.3 °C14 August 1997	-1.5 °C18 April 1997	13.7 °C	897 mm	9	12
1996	31.5 °C12 June 1996	-16.7 °C30 December 1996	12.9 °C	1,041 mm	5	39
1995	33.8 °C23 July 1995	-4.5 °C17 January 1995	12.9 °C	842 mm	16	32
1994	33.3 °C10 August 1994	-3.4 °C17 December 1994	13.9 °C	670 mm	36	21
1993	33.7 °C4 August 1993	-5.7 °C24 February 1993	13.1 °C	800 mm	25	46
1992	33.8 °C7 August 1992	-5.4 °C19 February 1992	13.2 °C	1,006 mm	24	28
1991	31.7 °C7 July 1991	-12.8 °C7 February 1991	12.3 °C	881 mm	10	55
1990	31.8 °C22 July 1990	-4.7 °C21 December 1990	13.1 °C	813 mm	12	47
1989	30.9 °C24 July 1989	-4.6 °C4 January 1989	12.7 °C	819 mm	5	50
1988	33.7 °C15 August 1988	-5.5 °C18 December 1988	13.3 °C	753 mm	26	47
1987	33.4 °C24 July 1987	-8.6 °C9 January 1987	12.8 °C	863 mm	21	46
1986	31.8 °C18 August 1986	-5.4 °C28 December 1986	12.8 °C	939 mm	10	44
1985	32.6 °C23 August 1985	-19.4 °C11 January 1985	12.9 °C	732 mm	27	38
1984	32.4 °C4 August 1984	-6.1 °C12 January 1984	12.2 °C	1,215 mm	7	30
1983	35.4 °C27 July 1983	-5.9 °C5 February 1983	12.9 °C	838 mm	22	42
1982	34.2 °C16 July 1982	-5.5 °C23 February 1982	13.3 °C	979 mm	12	40
1981	33.4 °C3 August 1981	-7.8 °C10 January 1981	12.6 °C	1,032 mm	9	60
1980	32.7 °C2 August 1980	-10.3 °C1 January 1980	11.9 °C	1,048 mm	8	39
1979	32.0 °C7 August 1979	-9.3 °C8 January 1979	13.0 °C	1,252 mm	13	33
1978	32.1 °C7 August 1978	-7.1 °C30 November 1978	12.4 °C	1,127 mm	6	37
1977	31.6 °C12 July 1977	-3.6 °C20 November 1977	13.1 °C	1,015 mm	7	20
1976	32.5 °C17 July 1976	-6.7 °C29 January 1976	12.8 °C	1,042 mm	9	24
1975	33.1 °C18 July 1975	-4.9 °C25 November 1975	13.2 °C	852 mm	18	25
1974	36.0 °C16 August 1974	-3.8 °C15 December 1974	13.1 °C	872 mm	21	14
1973	33.4 °C12 August 1973	-6.6 °C4 December 1973	12.9 °C	947 mm	26	43
1972	36.7 °C12 August 1972	-2.8 °C28 November 1972	13.0 °C	1,094 mm	14	10
1971	33.8 °C16 August 1971	-5.1 °C2 March 1971	12.9 °C	899 mm	37	42
1970	35.4 °C6 August 1970	-10.5 °C26 December 1970	13.2 °C	919 mm	33	37
1969	32.5 °C20 July 1969	-8.4 °C7 February 1969	12.8 °C	1,049 mm	18	48
1968	34.9 °C10 July 1968	-9.4 °C14 January 1968	12.8 °C	1,142 mm	9	32
1967	35.1 °C25 July 1967	-11.2 °C16 December 1967	13.3 °C	837 mm	26	46
1966	35.0 °C15 August 1966	-15.6 °C20 January 1966	12.9 °C	1,307 mm	6	42
1965	35.3 °C6 August 1965	-4.3 °C17 February 1965	12.6 °C	1,352 mm	14	38
1964	33.7 °C20 July 1964	-5.5 °C23 February 1964	13.0 °C	942 mm	17	48
1963	33.0 °C3 August 1963	-14.4 °C30 January 1963	12.2 °C	1,145 mm	11	62
1962	35.3 °C25 July 1962	-5.4 °C16 March 1962	13.1 °C	828 mm	54	53
1961	35.4 °C10 August 1961	-4.9 °C20 January 1961	14.0 °C	964 mm	35	35
1960	34.6 °C28 August 1960	-8.4 °C19 January 1960	13.3 °C	1,452 mm	12	24
1959	33.2 °C11 July 1959	-3.8 °C11 January 1959	13.6 °C	891 mm	27	27
1958	38.0 °C1 August 1958	-9.1 °C22 March 1958	13.3 °C	1,084 mm	26	41
1957	34.9 °C13 August 1957	-9.3 °C20 January 1957	13.0 °C	923 mm	18	37
1956	36.6 °C10 August 1956	-20.2 °C15 February 1956	12.3 °C	738 mm	28	55
1955	33.8 °C18 July 1955	-4.5 °C27 November 1955	13.6 °C	992 mm	17	21
1954	32.4 °C3 August 1954	-8.5 °C29 January 1954	12.7 °C	769 mm	14	50
1953	33.5 °C14 August 1953	-5.8 °C18 February 1953	13.3 °C	721 mm	26	42
1952	37.2 °C6 July 1952	-5.2 °C29 January 1952	13.6 °C	1,020 mm	45	53
1951	33.4 °C31 July 1951	-2.9 °C13 December 1951	13.2 °C	1,059 mm	17	23
1950	35.9 °C5 July 1950	-5.8 °C31 January 1950	13.6 °C	776 mm	43	27
1949	35.2 °C9 August 1949	-4.4 °C24 January 1949	13.2 °C	774 mm	30	42
1948	29.5 °C25 August 1948	-6.2 °C24 February 1948	12.4 °C	934 mm	0	43
1947	36.1 °C1 August 1947	-8.8 °C31 January 1947	13.2 °C	873 mm	32	54
1946	33.5 °C14 August 1946	-5.3 °C31 December 1946	12.9 °C	836 mm	31	59
1945	36.2 °C22 July 1945	-14.3 °C23 January 1945	13.2 °C	481 mm	41	59
1944	36.0 °C23 August 1944	-4.2 °C2 January 1944	12.4 °C	800 mm	25	65
1943	36.8 °C20 August 1943	-7.7 °C5 January 1943	13.5 °C	783 mm	36	38
1942	32.8 °C4 September 1942	-20.4 °C24 January 1942	12.1 °C	664 mm	30	64
1941	34.2 °C26 July 1941	-8.0 °C14 January 1941	11.9 °C	834 mm	25	61
1940	34.4 °C25 July 1940	-16.4 °C19 January 1940	11.4 °C	635 mm	19	91

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

19.2 °C

+1.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

42 d/yr

+17

Frost days (< 0 °C)

11 d/yr

-25

Annual rainfall

1010 mm

+87 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	9.7 °C	+1.9 °C	100 mm	+23 mm
Feb	10.7 °C	+1.2 °C	112 mm	+29 mm
Mar	13.9 °C	+1.0 °C	156 mm	+74 mm
Apr	17.8 °C	+1.4 °C	96 mm	+10 mm
May	21.0 °C	+0.3 °C	70 mm	-2 mm
Jun	30.2 °C	+5.2 °C	9 mm	-40 mm
Jul	28.9 °C	+0.4 °C	62 mm	+33 mm
Aug	29.6 °C	+1.1 °C	72 mm	+32 mm
Sep	23.8 °C	-0.4 °C	74 mm	-7 mm
Oct	18.9 °C	+0.3 °C	105 mm	+1 mm
Nov	13.9 °C	+1.2 °C	103 mm	-18 mm
Dec	11.3 °C	+2.6 °C	52 mm	-47 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.1 °C

10 Aug 2025

Coldest day

-3.0 °C

15 Jan 2025

Wettest day

41.9 mm

14 Mar 2025

Windiest day

31.0 km/h

13 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

70.9 km/h

14 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.2 °C

9 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

-6.9 °C

15 Jan 2025

Snowiest day

0.9 cm

14 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

14.9 h

29 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Florence?

Florence has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.3 °C and it receives 923 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Florence?

The hottest day measured in Florence between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 1958, reaching 38.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Florence?

The coldest day measured in Florence between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1942, at -20.4 °C.

Does it snow in Florence?

Yes. Florence gets on average 15.7 cm of snow per year and has around 36 frost days.

Has the climate of Florence warmed?

Yes: Florence warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Florence?

The wettest day measured in Florence between 1940 and 2025 was 4 November 1966, with 151 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Florence?

The windiest day measured in Florence between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 2015, with winds reaching 43.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Florence?

The warmest month in Florence is July (23.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Florence?

Florence receives on average 923 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 117 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Florence?

Florence gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Florence?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Florence between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 2012, with 15.3 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Florence?

Yes: Florence has on average 9 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Florence?

In Florence, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.4 °C on 11 August 2024, and the lowest was -25.3 °C on 15 February 1956.

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