Ravenna climate — normals and trends
Ravenna (Italy) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.0 °C and it receives 742 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 (24.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Ravenna averages 6 frost days, 14 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 104 rainy days per year.
Ravenna has warmed by +1.9 °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 12 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.8 °C (on 11 July 1968) and the coldest -13.5 °C (on 15 February 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
RavennaEmilia-Romagna
- coords
- 44.41°, 12.20°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.0°C
Average daily high
17.7°C
Average daily low
12.4°C
Annual rainfall
742mm
Sunshine / day
9.5h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
18.0km/h
Seasonal range
19.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
6 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
14 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
104 d/yr
Annual snowfall
9.0 cm
Average feels-like high
17.1 °C
Average feels-like low
10.9 °C
Average peak gust
29.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
68 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.58 · 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
36.8 °C
11 July 1968
Coldest day
-13.5 °C
15 February 1940
Wettest day
142 mm
28 July 2025
Windiest day
64.0 km/h
13 November 2017
Strongest gust
115.2 km/h
13 November 2017
Hottest feels-like
40.3 °C
17 July 2023
Coldest feels-like
-19.7 °C
15 February 1940
Snowiest day
21.1 cm
24 January 1940
Sunniest day
14.9 h
30 June 2006
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 | 9.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 56 mm | -0 mm |
| Feb | 9.2 °C | +0.1 °C | 78 mm | +22 mm |
| Mar | 13.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 91 mm | +35 mm |
| Apr | 17.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 65 mm | +5 mm |
| May | 21.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 67 mm | +8 mm |
| Jun | 28.2 °C | +2.9 °C | 74 mm | +22 mm |
| Jul | 28.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 176 mm | +126 mm |
| Aug | 27.8 °C | +0.2 °C | 80 mm | +18 mm |
| Sep | 24.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 62 mm | -8 mm |
| Oct | 18.9 °C | +0.1 °C | 73 mm | -3 mm |
| Nov | 13.4 °C | 0.0 °C | 73 mm | -7 mm |
| Dec | 10.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 34 mm | -34 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ravenna?
Ravenna has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.0 °C and it receives 742 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ravenna?
The hottest day measured in Ravenna between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 1968, reaching 36.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ravenna?
The coldest day measured in Ravenna between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1940, at -13.5 °C.
Does it snow in Ravenna?
Yes. Ravenna gets on average 9.0 cm of snow per year and has around 6 frost days.
Has the climate of Ravenna warmed?
Yes: Ravenna warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ravenna?
The wettest day measured in Ravenna between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 2025, with 142 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ravenna?
The windiest day measured in Ravenna between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 2017, with winds reaching 64.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ravenna?
The warmest month in Ravenna is July (24.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Ravenna?
Ravenna receives on average 742 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 104 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ravenna?
Ravenna gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ravenna?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ravenna between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1940, with 21.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ravenna?
Yes: Ravenna has on average 68 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ravenna?
In Ravenna, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.3 °C on 17 July 2023, and the lowest was -19.7 °C on 15 February 1940.
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