Giarre climate — normals and trends
Giarre (Italy) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.3 °C and it receives 968 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 (24.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (9.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Giarre averages 0 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 117 rainy days per year.
Giarre has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.5 °C (on 23 July 2023) and the coldest -0.3 °C (on 1 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
GiarreSicily
- coords
- 37.72°, 15.18°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.3°C
Average daily high
18.0°C
Average daily low
14.8°C
Annual rainfall
968mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
15.4km/h
Seasonal range
14.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
117 d/yr
Annual snowfall
2.1 cm
Average feels-like high
18.4 °C
Average feels-like low
14.0 °C
Average peak gust
26.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
85 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.2 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · 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
35.5 °C
23 July 2023
Coldest day
-0.3 °C
1 January 1942
Wettest day
172 mm
17 October 1951
Windiest day
57.1 km/h
31 December 1972
Strongest gust
92.5 km/h
5 March 2009
Hottest feels-like
39.2 °C
23 July 2023
Coldest feels-like
-6.8 °C
1 January 1942
Snowiest day
7.3 cm
23 January 1963
Sunniest day
14.0 h
20 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 177 mm | +59 mm |
| Feb | 12.2 °C | +0.5 °C | 165 mm | +71 mm |
| Mar | 13.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 183 mm | +84 mm |
| Apr | 15.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 35 mm | -32 mm |
| May | 19.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 92 mm | +54 mm |
| Jun | 25.4 °C | +2.6 °C | 11 mm | -8 mm |
| Jul | 27.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 3 mm | -9 mm |
| Aug | 26.4 °C | +0.3 °C | 35 mm | +9 mm |
| Sep | 24.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 31 mm | -58 mm |
| Oct | 20.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 104 mm | -50 mm |
| Nov | 17.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 47 mm | -83 mm |
| Dec | 14.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 108 mm | -14 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Giarre?
Giarre has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.3 °C and it receives 968 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Giarre?
The hottest day measured in Giarre between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 2023, reaching 35.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Giarre?
The coldest day measured in Giarre between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1942, at -0.3 °C.
Does it snow in Giarre?
Yes. Giarre gets on average 2.1 cm of snow per year and has around 0 frost days.
Has the climate of Giarre warmed?
Yes: Giarre warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Giarre?
The wettest day measured in Giarre between 1940 and 2025 was 17 October 1951, with 172 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Giarre?
The windiest day measured in Giarre between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1972, with winds reaching 57.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Giarre?
The warmest month in Giarre is August (24.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Giarre?
Giarre receives on average 968 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 117 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Giarre?
Giarre gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Giarre?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Giarre between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1963, with 7.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Giarre?
Yes: Giarre has on average 85 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Giarre?
In Giarre, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.2 °C on 23 July 2023, and the lowest was -6.8 °C on 1 January 1942.
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