Pantelleria climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Pantelleria?

Pantelleria has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.6 °C and it receives 468 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Pantelleria between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2023, reaching 32.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Pantelleria?

The coldest day measured in Pantelleria between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1942, at 3.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Pantelleria?

Almost never: Pantelleria sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Pantelleria warmed?

Yes: Pantelleria warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Pantelleria?

The wettest day measured in Pantelleria between 1940 and 2025 was 3 November 2018, with 152 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Pantelleria?

The windiest day measured in Pantelleria between 1940 and 2025 was 24 November 1991, with winds reaching 81.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Pantelleria?

The warmest month in Pantelleria is August (25.5 °C on average); the coldest is February (13.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Pantelleria?

Pantelleria receives on average 468 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 75 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Pantelleria?

Pantelleria gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Pantelleria (Italy) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.6 °C and it receives 468 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 (25.5 °C on average) and the coldest is February (13.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Pantelleria averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 75 rainy days per year.

Pantelleria has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 32.1 °C (on 24 July 2023) and the coldest 3.8 °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

PantelleriaSicily

coords: 36.83°, 11.95°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsaHot-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthAugustColdest monthFebruaryWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

18.6°C

Average daily high

19.3°C

Average daily low

17.9°C

Annual rainfall

468mm

Sunshine / day

10.9h

Mean relative humidity

77%

Average peak wind

31.1km/h

Seasonal range

12.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

0 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

75 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

19.0 °C

Average feels-like low

15.5 °C

Average peak gust

41.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

135 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.1 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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

32.1 °C

24 July 2023

Coldest day

3.8 °C

1 January 1942

Wettest day

152 mm

3 November 2018

Windiest day

81.1 km/h

24 November 1991

Strongest gust

136.1 km/h

24 November 1991

Hottest feels-like

38.5 °C

22 July 2023

Coldest feels-like

-4.8 °C

3 February 1956

Sunniest day

14.0 h

26 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	29.2 °C25 July 2025	11.6 °C13 January 2025	19.9 °C	490 mm	0
2024	29.4 °C16 August 2024	11.1 °C24 December 2024	19.8 °C	389 mm	0
2023	32.1 °C24 July 2023	9.2 °C7 February 2023	19.7 °C	416 mm	5
2022	30.4 °C18 August 2022	10.2 °C25 January 2022	19.9 °C	265 mm	1
2021	29.5 °C11 August 2021	8.8 °C15 February 2021	19.3 °C	400 mm	0
2020	30.5 °C1 August 2020	10.4 °C26 March 2020	19.3 °C	398 mm	1
2019	29.2 °C8 August 2019	7.2 °C23 February 2019	19.1 °C	481 mm	0
2018	27.9 °C14 August 2018	10.4 °C22 March 2018	19.2 °C	683 mm	0
2017	29.0 °C5 August 2017	8.6 °C17 January 2017	19.0 °C	363 mm	0
2016	27.5 °C13 July 2016	9.0 °C17 January 2016	19.3 °C	414 mm	0
2015	29.4 °C31 July 2015	7.7 °C1 January 2015	19.1 °C	430 mm	0
2014	27.7 °C21 September 2014	5.4 °C31 December 2014	19.2 °C	336 mm	0
2013	28.8 °C7 August 2013	8.2 °C25 February 2013	18.8 °C	499 mm	0
2012	28.4 °C14 July 2012	7.9 °C13 February 2012	19.0 °C	472 mm	0
2011	28.8 °C26 August 2011	8.2 °C26 February 2011	18.7 °C	477 mm	0
2010	28.1 °C20 August 2010	8.2 °C17 December 2010	18.6 °C	436 mm	0
2009	28.2 °C25 August 2009	7.4 °C14 February 2009	18.8 °C	531 mm	0
2008	29.0 °C10 September 2008	8.0 °C18 February 2008	18.9 °C	359 mm	0
2007	28.7 °C25 August 2007	9.9 °C22 March 2007	18.9 °C	500 mm	0
2006	28.1 °C29 July 2006	7.8 °C7 February 2006	18.9 °C	579 mm	0
2005	27.9 °C1 August 2005	7.2 °C26 January 2005	18.3 °C	491 mm	0
2004	28.1 °C10 August 2004	9.5 °C2 March 2004	18.6 °C	418 mm	0
2003	30.5 °C30 June 2003	7.9 °C6 February 2003	19.2 °C	679 mm	2
2002	29.0 °C5 August 2002	8.9 °C4 January 2002	18.7 °C	314 mm	0
2001	27.8 °C29 August 2001	9.1 °C2 February 2001	18.9 °C	284 mm	0
2000	29.9 °C26 August 2000	10.1 °C24 January 2000	18.9 °C	391 mm	0
1999	28.9 °C28 August 1999	6.0 °C1 February 1999	18.8 °C	375 mm	0
1998	28.1 °C2 July 1998	9.8 °C26 March 1998	18.5 °C	406 mm	0
1997	27.8 °C10 August 1997	10.5 °C2 April 1997	18.9 °C	507 mm	0
1996	27.8 °C16 August 1996	7.7 °C27 December 1996	18.4 °C	649 mm	0
1995	28.5 °C10 August 1995	7.3 °C14 January 1995	18.5 °C	522 mm	0
1994	30.0 °C15 August 1994	9.9 °C6 February 1994	19.1 °C	392 mm	1
1993	27.4 °C3 August 1993	7.7 °C25 February 1993	18.5 °C	434 mm	0
1992	28.5 °C4 August 1992	8.0 °C29 December 1992	18.5 °C	359 mm	0
1991	29.3 °C30 September 1991	9.2 °C10 December 1991	18.2 °C	547 mm	0
1990	28.0 °C22 August 1990	10.8 °C6 December 1990	19.1 °C	400 mm	0
1989	27.8 °C17 August 1989	10.3 °C15 February 1989	18.7 °C	365 mm	0
1988	28.5 °C2 September 1988	7.6 °C16 December 1988	18.8 °C	392 mm	0
1987	29.1 °C26 September 1987	7.8 °C8 March 1987	18.6 °C	353 mm	0
1986	28.2 °C14 August 1986	6.6 °C25 December 1986	18.5 °C	471 mm	0
1985	27.9 °C30 July 1985	8.1 °C9 January 1985	18.6 °C	383 mm	0
1984	27.8 °C25 July 1984	8.6 °C13 February 1984	18.1 °C	390 mm	0
1983	29.3 °C29 July 1983	7.3 °C21 January 1983	18.4 °C	399 mm	0
1982	28.6 °C1 August 1982	8.8 °C24 December 1982	18.7 °C	784 mm	0
1981	26.4 °C6 August 1981	4.7 °C8 January 1981	18.0 °C	281 mm	0
1980	26.3 °C23 August 1980	9.2 °C15 March 1980	17.8 °C	380 mm	0
1979	28.7 °C5 August 1979	7.5 °C17 January 1979	18.3 °C	446 mm	0
1978	28.1 °C6 August 1978	8.7 °C6 January 1978	17.9 °C	469 mm	0
1977	27.8 °C19 September 1977	10.2 °C1 March 1977	18.5 °C	321 mm	0
1976	26.6 °C16 August 1976	7.9 °C28 January 1976	17.9 °C	857 mm	0
1975	27.2 °C17 July 1975	8.1 °C27 February 1975	18.2 °C	434 mm	0
1974	27.1 °C4 August 1974	9.8 °C6 March 1974	18.0 °C	462 mm	0
1973	27.7 °C21 July 1973	6.8 °C1 March 1973	18.2 °C	672 mm	0
1972	27.4 °C13 August 1972	9.1 °C26 January 1972	18.0 °C	648 mm	0
1971	29.4 °C15 August 1971	7.1 °C10 December 1971	18.2 °C	661 mm	0
1970	27.4 °C8 August 1970	9.0 °C27 February 1970	18.5 °C	357 mm	0
1969	27.4 °C16 August 1969	8.4 °C11 February 1969	18.3 °C	642 mm	0
1968	27.7 °C9 July 1968	7.3 °C12 January 1968	18.6 °C	494 mm	0
1967	28.7 °C26 July 1967	8.3 °C7 January 1967	18.6 °C	416 mm	0
1966	27.3 °C16 August 1966	7.1 °C17 March 1966	18.5 °C	445 mm	0
1965	28.4 °C1 August 1965	7.0 °C10 February 1965	18.4 °C	593 mm	0
1964	27.0 °C23 July 1964	9.5 °C8 February 1964	18.6 °C	514 mm	0
1963	28.9 °C4 August 1963	4.8 °C24 January 1963	18.4 °C	480 mm	0
1962	31.0 °C12 July 1962	5.4 °C31 January 1962	18.4 °C	492 mm	1
1961	27.4 °C11 August 1961	8.8 °C18 December 1961	18.7 °C	409 mm	0
1960	27.4 °C18 August 1960	8.3 °C14 January 1960	18.6 °C	418 mm	0
1959	27.0 °C31 July 1959	9.2 °C28 January 1959	18.3 °C	442 mm	0
1958	27.7 °C2 August 1958	8.2 °C28 February 1958	18.3 °C	596 mm	0
1957	28.4 °C11 August 1957	9.4 °C3 March 1957	18.1 °C	653 mm	0
1956	28.2 °C21 July 1956	4.3 °C8 February 1956	17.6 °C	625 mm	0
1955	28.1 °C26 July 1955	10.1 °C9 March 1955	18.7 °C	535 mm	0
1954	26.8 °C7 September 1954	8.7 °C3 February 1954	17.9 °C	538 mm	0
1953	27.3 °C16 July 1953	7.7 °C14 January 1953	18.4 °C	690 mm	0
1952	29.1 °C21 August 1952	8.4 °C20 January 1952	18.9 °C	348 mm	0
1951	27.4 °C8 August 1951	10.0 °C7 February 1951	18.4 °C	408 mm	0
1950	28.2 °C1 September 1950	9.9 °C19 January 1950	18.9 °C	472 mm	0
1949	27.1 °C3 August 1949	5.9 °C4 March 1949	18.6 °C	381 mm	0
1948	27.5 °C9 August 1948	8.6 °C21 January 1948	18.5 °C	634 mm	0
1947	28.6 °C23 August 1947	9.6 °C18 December 1947	19.1 °C	386 mm	0
1946	29.2 °C7 September 1946	8.9 °C23 February 1946	19.0 °C	479 mm	0
1945	31.6 °C13 August 1945	5.5 °C30 January 1945	18.7 °C	330 mm	3
1944	27.1 °C24 August 1944	6.6 °C12 February 1944	18.0 °C	544 mm	0
1943	27.9 °C20 August 1943	10.2 °C31 December 1943	18.7 °C	384 mm	0
1942	26.3 °C14 August 1942	3.8 °C1 January 1942	18.0 °C	389 mm	0
1941	28.6 °C4 August 1941	6.4 °C30 December 1941	17.4 °C	432 mm	0
1940	27.0 °C10 August 1940	5.8 °C19 January 1940	17.5 °C	429 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

20.6 °C

+1.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

0 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

490 mm

+22 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	15.8 °C	+1.6 °C	71 mm	+4 mm
Feb	15.2 °C	+1.2 °C	88 mm	+33 mm
Mar	16.5 °C	+1.9 °C	36 mm	-5 mm
Apr	17.0 °C	+1.0 °C	13 mm	-14 mm
May	19.9 °C	+1.2 °C	13 mm	+1 mm
Jun	24.5 °C	+2.4 °C	2 mm	-3 mm
Jul	26.7 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Aug	26.3 °C	+0.1 °C	2 mm	-3 mm
Sep	25.7 °C	+1.0 °C	42 mm	+5 mm
Oct	22.7 °C	+0.7 °C	46 mm	-22 mm
Nov	19.5 °C	+0.8 °C	54 mm	-16 mm
Dec	16.9 °C	+1.2 °C	123 mm	+46 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

29.2 °C

25 Jul 2025

Coldest day

11.6 °C

13 Jan 2025

Wettest day

39.5 mm

17 Jan 2025

Windiest day

66.1 km/h

17 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

86.4 km/h

17 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

35.3 °C

23 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

5.5 °C

18 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

27 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Pantelleria?

Pantelleria has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.6 °C and it receives 468 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pantelleria?

The hottest day measured in Pantelleria between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2023, reaching 32.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Pantelleria?

The coldest day measured in Pantelleria between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1942, at 3.8 °C.

Does it snow in Pantelleria?

Almost never: Pantelleria sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Pantelleria warmed?

Yes: Pantelleria warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Pantelleria?

The wettest day measured in Pantelleria between 1940 and 2025 was 3 November 2018, with 152 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Pantelleria?

The windiest day measured in Pantelleria between 1940 and 2025 was 24 November 1991, with winds reaching 81.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Pantelleria?

The warmest month in Pantelleria is August (25.5 °C on average); the coldest is February (13.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Pantelleria?

Pantelleria receives on average 468 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 75 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Pantelleria?

Pantelleria gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Pantelleria?

Yes: Pantelleria has on average 135 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pantelleria?

In Pantelleria, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.5 °C on 22 July 2023, and the lowest was -4.8 °C on 3 February 1956.

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