Messina climate — normals and trends
Messina (Italy) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.4 °C and it receives 759 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 (25.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (11.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Messina averages 0 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 114 rainy days per year.
Messina has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.3 °C (on 25 July 2023) and the coldest 0.4 °C (on 5 March 1949).
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
MessinaSicily
- coords
- 38.19°, 15.55°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.4°C
Average daily high
19.3°C
Average daily low
15.7°C
Annual rainfall
759mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
20.0km/h
Seasonal range
13.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
114 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.6 cm
Average feels-like high
19.1 °C
Average feels-like low
14.6 °C
Average peak gust
35.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
101 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · 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
38.3 °C
25 July 2023
Coldest day
0.4 °C
5 March 1949
Wettest day
98 mm
9 September 2015
Windiest day
65.4 km/h
25 February 1973
Strongest gust
119.9 km/h
25 February 1973
Hottest feels-like
40.2 °C
25 July 2023
Coldest feels-like
-6.4 °C
14 January 1968
Snowiest day
6.2 cm
23 January 1963
Sunniest day
14.0 h
20 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 | 15.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 112 mm | +8 mm |
| Feb | 14.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 62 mm | -26 mm |
| Mar | 15.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 138 mm | +57 mm |
| Apr | 17.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 49 mm | -8 mm |
| May | 20.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 67 mm | +35 mm |
| Jun | 26.8 °C | +3.0 °C | 4 mm | -13 mm |
| Jul | 28.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 7 mm | -5 mm |
| Aug | 27.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 28 mm | +9 mm |
| Sep | 26.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 61 mm | +4 mm |
| Oct | 21.2 °C | -0.1 °C | 91 mm | +1 mm |
| Nov | 18.3 °C | +0.8 °C | 129 mm | +32 mm |
| Dec | 15.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 53 mm | -54 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Messina?
Messina has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.4 °C and it receives 759 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Messina?
The hottest day measured in Messina between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2023, reaching 38.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Messina?
The coldest day measured in Messina between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 1949, at 0.4 °C.
Does it snow in Messina?
Almost never: Messina sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Messina warmed?
Yes: Messina warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Messina?
The wettest day measured in Messina between 1940 and 2025 was 9 September 2015, with 98 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Messina?
The windiest day measured in Messina between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1973, with winds reaching 65.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Messina?
The warmest month in Messina is August (25.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Messina?
Messina receives on average 759 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 114 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Messina?
Messina gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Messina?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Messina between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1963, with 6.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Messina?
Yes: Messina has on average 101 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Messina?
In Messina, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.2 °C on 25 July 2023, and the lowest was -6.4 °C on 14 January 1968.
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