Perugia climate — normals and trends
Perugia (Italy) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.0 °C and it receives 838 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 (3.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Perugia averages 41 frost days, 30 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 117 rainy days per year.
Perugia has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 55 to 27 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.7 °C (on 4 August 2017) and the coldest -20.6 °C (on 20 January 1940).
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
PerugiaUmbria
- coords
- 43.11°, 12.39°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.0°C
Average daily high
17.9°C
Average daily low
8.5°C
Annual rainfall
838mm
Sunshine / day
9.6h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
12.8km/h
Seasonal range
19.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
41 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
30 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
117 d/yr
Annual snowfall
18.5 cm
Average feels-like high
16.6 °C
Average feels-like low
6.8 °C
Average peak gust
34.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
8 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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
38.7 °C
4 August 2017
Coldest day
-20.6 °C
20 January 1940
Wettest day
58 mm
30 July 2010
Windiest day
38.1 km/h
28 March 2024
Strongest gust
105.5 km/h
29 October 2018
Hottest feels-like
40.4 °C
11 August 2024
Coldest feels-like
-25.4 °C
20 January 1940
Snowiest day
20.1 cm
31 December 1943
Sunniest day
14.6 h
29 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 43 mm | -21 mm |
| Feb | 11.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 53 mm | -19 mm |
| Mar | 14.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 136 mm | +59 mm |
| Apr | 18.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 85 mm | +5 mm |
| May | 21.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 60 mm | -12 mm |
| Jun | 31.6 °C | +6.2 °C | 9 mm | -42 mm |
| Jul | 30.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 54 mm | +23 mm |
| Aug | 30.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 75 mm | +32 mm |
| Sep | 25.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 90 mm | +17 mm |
| Oct | 19.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 47 mm | -41 mm |
| Nov | 13.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 116 mm | +13 mm |
| Dec | 10.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 24 mm | -61 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Perugia?
Perugia has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.0 °C and it receives 838 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Perugia?
The hottest day measured in Perugia between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 2017, reaching 38.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Perugia?
The coldest day measured in Perugia between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1940, at -20.6 °C.
Does it snow in Perugia?
Yes. Perugia gets on average 18.5 cm of snow per year and has around 41 frost days.
Has the climate of Perugia warmed?
Yes: Perugia warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Perugia?
The wettest day measured in Perugia between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2010, with 58 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Perugia?
The windiest day measured in Perugia between 1940 and 2025 was 28 March 2024, with winds reaching 38.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Perugia?
The warmest month in Perugia is July (23.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Perugia?
Perugia receives on average 838 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 117 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Perugia?
Perugia gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Perugia?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Perugia between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1943, with 20.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Perugia?
Yes: Perugia has on average 8 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Perugia?
In Perugia, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.4 °C on 11 August 2024, and the lowest was -25.4 °C on 20 January 1940.
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