Pizzo climate — normals and trends
Pizzo (Italy) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.0 °C and it receives 885 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 (23.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (9.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Pizzo averages 0 frost days, 6 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 120 rainy days per year.
Pizzo has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.5 °C (on 25 July 2025) and the coldest -0.8 °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
PizzoCalabria
- coords
- 38.75°, 16.19°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.0°C
Average daily high
18.4°C
Average daily low
13.8°C
Annual rainfall
885mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
14.5km/h
Seasonal range
14.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
6 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
120 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.4 cm
Average feels-like high
18.5 °C
Average feels-like low
13.2 °C
Average peak gust
32.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
63 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.1 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.36 · 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
37.5 °C
25 July 2025
Coldest day
-0.8 °C
24 January 1942
Wettest day
100 mm
25 October 2021
Windiest day
51.1 km/h
16 December 1962
Strongest gust
115.2 km/h
31 December 1979
Hottest feels-like
40.7 °C
25 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-7.2 °C
14 January 1968
Snowiest day
5.3 cm
16 December 2007
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 | 13.9 °C | +2.4 °C | 134 mm | +12 mm |
| Feb | 13.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 60 mm | -44 mm |
| Mar | 15.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 114 mm | +19 mm |
| Apr | 16.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 40 mm | -31 mm |
| May | 20.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 70 mm | +25 mm |
| Jun | 26.9 °C | +3.5 °C | 2 mm | -18 mm |
| Jul | 28.7 °C | +2.6 °C | 10 mm | -2 mm |
| Aug | 27.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 15 mm | -5 mm |
| Sep | 25.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 35 mm | -21 mm |
| Oct | 19.8 °C | -0.5 °C | 107 mm | +9 mm |
| Nov | 17.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 128 mm | +7 mm |
| Dec | 14.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 37 mm | -87 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Pizzo?
Pizzo has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.0 °C and it receives 885 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pizzo?
The hottest day measured in Pizzo between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2025, reaching 37.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Pizzo?
The coldest day measured in Pizzo between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1942, at -0.8 °C.
Does it snow in Pizzo?
Yes. Pizzo gets on average 1.4 cm of snow per year and has around 0 frost days.
Has the climate of Pizzo warmed?
Yes: Pizzo warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Pizzo?
The wettest day measured in Pizzo between 1940 and 2025 was 25 October 2021, with 100 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Pizzo?
The windiest day measured in Pizzo between 1940 and 2025 was 16 December 1962, with winds reaching 51.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Pizzo?
The warmest month in Pizzo is August (23.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Pizzo?
Pizzo receives on average 885 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 120 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Pizzo?
Pizzo 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 Pizzo?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Pizzo between 1940 and 2025 was 16 December 2007, with 5.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Pizzo?
Yes: Pizzo has on average 63 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pizzo?
In Pizzo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.7 °C on 25 July 2025, and the lowest was -7.2 °C on 14 January 1968.
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