Sestri Levante climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Sestri Levante?

Sestri Levante has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.2 °C and it receives 1,372 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sestri Levante?

The hottest day measured in Sestri Levante between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 2025, reaching 31.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Sestri Levante?

The coldest day measured in Sestri Levante between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1940, at -7.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Sestri Levante?

Yes. Sestri Levante gets on average 9.5 cm of snow per year and has around 2 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Sestri Levante warmed?

Yes: Sestri Levante warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Sestri Levante?

The wettest day measured in Sestri Levante between 1940 and 2025 was 14 October 2016, with 116 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Sestri Levante?

The windiest day measured in Sestri Levante between 1940 and 2025 was 6 November 2000, with winds reaching 57.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Sestri Levante?

The warmest month in Sestri Levante is August (22.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Sestri Levante?

Sestri Levante receives on average 1,372 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 133 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Sestri Levante?

Sestri Levante gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Sestri Levante (Italy) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.2 °C and it receives 1,372 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 (22.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Sestri Levante averages 2 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 133 rainy days per year.

Sestri Levante has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 5 to 0 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 31.7 °C (on 11 August 2025) and the coldest -7.2 °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

Sestri LevanteLiguria

coords: 44.27°, 9.40°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsaHot-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthNovemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

14.2°C

Average daily high

15.8°C

Average daily low

12.6°C

Annual rainfall

1,372mm

Sunshine / day

9.7h

Mean relative humidity

76%

Average peak wind

17.3km/h

Seasonal range

14.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

2 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

0 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

133 d/yr

Annual snowfall

9.5 cm

Average feels-like high

15.2 °C

Average feels-like low

10.7 °C

Average peak gust

30.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

42 d/yr

Solar radiation

14.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.7 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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

31.7 °C

11 August 2025

Coldest day

-7.2 °C

15 February 1940

Wettest day

116 mm

14 October 2016

Windiest day

57.0 km/h

6 November 2000

Strongest gust

99.4 km/h

7 March 1973

Hottest feels-like

36.9 °C

11 August 2024

Coldest feels-like

-13.8 °C

2 February 1956

Snowiest day

15.6 cm

6 January 1986

Sunniest day

15.0 h

12 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	31.7 °C11 August 2025	4.0 °C14 January 2025	15.8 °C	1,592 mm	7	0
2024	30.9 °C10 August 2024	4.3 °C20 January 2024	15.9 °C	1,737 mm	4	0
2023	31.2 °C21 August 2023	1.6 °C9 February 2023	15.9 °C	1,435 mm	2	0
2022	30.0 °C6 August 2022	4.4 °C6 March 2022	16.2 °C	1,063 mm	1	0
2021	29.4 °C14 August 2021	1.2 °C13 February 2021	15.0 °C	1,403 mm	0	0
2020	28.3 °C8 August 2020	4.0 °C26 March 2020	15.3 °C	1,507 mm	0	0
2019	29.6 °C25 July 2019	2.7 °C4 January 2019	15.5 °C	1,632 mm	0	0
2018	30.4 °C3 August 2018	-3.0 °C26 February 2018	15.7 °C	1,297 mm	2	5
2017	28.8 °C1 August 2017	1.6 °C7 January 2017	15.1 °C	1,096 mm	0	0
2016	27.9 °C23 July 2016	2.9 °C18 January 2016	15.2 °C	1,333 mm	0	0
2015	29.4 °C7 August 2015	2.8 °C1 January 2015	15.4 °C	980 mm	0	0
2014	26.7 °C19 July 2014	2.6 °C31 December 2014	15.3 °C	2,000 mm	0	0
2013	28.0 °C7 July 2013	1.0 °C10 February 2013	14.4 °C	1,746 mm	0	0
2012	28.2 °C20 August 2012	-4.2 °C6 February 2012	14.6 °C	1,360 mm	0	11
2011	29.2 °C22 August 2011	2.0 °C23 January 2011	15.0 °C	1,038 mm	0	0
2010	28.1 °C11 July 2010	-0.8 °C18 December 2010	13.9 °C	1,883 mm	0	1
2009	29.6 °C20 August 2009	-1.9 °C20 December 2009	15.0 °C	1,568 mm	0	2
2008	27.9 °C1 July 2008	1.9 °C28 December 2008	14.5 °C	1,599 mm	0	0
2007	27.2 °C25 August 2007	2.6 °C26 January 2007	14.7 °C	942 mm	0	0
2006	28.4 °C24 July 2006	-0.4 °C25 January 2006	14.8 °C	1,057 mm	0	1
2005	28.8 °C29 July 2005	-2.9 °C1 March 2005	13.9 °C	1,076 mm	0	6
2004	26.2 °C26 July 2004	1.8 °C2 March 2004	14.3 °C	1,180 mm	0	0
2003	30.2 °C6 August 2003	1.0 °C18 February 2003	15.0 °C	968 mm	2	0
2002	29.4 °C19 June 2002	2.9 °C10 December 2002	14.6 °C	1,435 mm	0	0
2001	29.0 °C2 August 2001	-0.1 °C14 December 2001	14.4 °C	1,409 mm	0	1
2000	27.4 °C19 August 2000	-0.2 °C26 January 2000	14.7 °C	1,668 mm	0	1
1999	26.2 °C16 July 1999	-0.5 °C31 January 1999	14.4 °C	1,358 mm	0	1
1998	28.4 °C7 August 1998	1.7 °C22 November 1998	14.2 °C	1,105 mm	0	0
1997	26.4 °C11 August 1997	3.9 °C16 December 1997	14.5 °C	1,317 mm	0	0
1996	25.7 °C27 July 1996	-2.8 °C29 December 1996	13.6 °C	1,563 mm	0	4
1995	28.2 °C24 July 1995	1.4 °C5 January 1995	13.9 °C	1,279 mm	0	0
1994	28.1 °C5 August 1994	-0.9 °C17 February 1994	14.7 °C	1,167 mm	0	2
1993	27.6 °C4 July 1993	-1.6 °C3 January 1993	13.8 °C	1,161 mm	0	3
1992	28.1 °C29 July 1992	0.5 °C22 January 1992	14.2 °C	1,424 mm	0	0
1991	27.3 °C9 August 1991	-2.7 °C7 February 1991	13.7 °C	1,002 mm	0	5
1990	29.6 °C2 August 1990	2.8 °C2 December 1990	14.4 °C	1,209 mm	0	0
1989	26.7 °C23 August 1989	3.6 °C28 December 1989	14.2 °C	1,093 mm	0	0
1988	27.6 °C18 August 1988	2.2 °C23 November 1988	14.3 °C	1,214 mm	0	0
1987	26.8 °C21 August 1987	-0.9 °C31 January 1987	13.9 °C	1,554 mm	0	3
1986	27.1 °C3 August 1986	-2.7 °C10 February 1986	14.0 °C	1,094 mm	0	3
1985	27.6 °C14 August 1985	-5.4 °C7 January 1985	13.7 °C	1,264 mm	0	8
1984	26.3 °C4 August 1984	0.5 °C17 February 1984	13.2 °C	1,526 mm	0	0
1983	31.2 °C27 July 1983	0.6 °C17 February 1983	14.2 °C	1,134 mm	1	0
1982	27.3 °C4 September 1982	1.4 °C22 February 1982	14.3 °C	1,467 mm	0	0
1981	29.0 °C4 August 1981	-1.0 °C9 January 1981	13.5 °C	1,204 mm	0	1
1980	26.8 °C2 August 1980	0.1 °C8 December 1980	13.0 °C	1,563 mm	0	0
1979	27.3 °C7 August 1979	-2.0 °C2 January 1979	13.7 °C	1,924 mm	0	3
1978	25.9 °C28 July 1978	2.4 °C10 February 1978	13.4 °C	1,416 mm	0	0
1977	24.4 °C7 August 1977	3.8 °C30 November 1977	13.8 °C	2,149 mm	0	0
1976	26.1 °C24 June 1976	1.5 °C7 March 1976	13.6 °C	1,627 mm	0	0
1975	28.7 °C17 September 1975	3.5 °C17 February 1975	13.9 °C	1,488 mm	0	0
1974	26.8 °C17 August 1974	4.2 °C5 March 1974	13.8 °C	1,312 mm	0	0
1973	28.2 °C13 August 1973	-0.9 °C3 December 1973	14.0 °C	1,238 mm	0	1
1972	27.3 °C12 August 1972	2.8 °C27 January 1972	13.6 °C	1,802 mm	0	0
1971	27.4 °C17 August 1971	-3.3 °C6 March 1971	14.0 °C	1,603 mm	0	4
1970	26.4 °C13 July 1970	1.5 °C17 February 1970	14.0 °C	1,459 mm	0	0
1969	27.9 °C22 July 1969	1.1 °C17 February 1969	13.8 °C	1,484 mm	0	0
1968	27.7 °C1 July 1968	-1.2 °C12 January 1968	13.8 °C	1,819 mm	0	3
1967	27.5 °C20 July 1967	0.1 °C8 January 1967	14.2 °C	1,391 mm	0	0
1966	26.8 °C13 August 1966	-1.7 °C19 January 1966	13.8 °C	1,874 mm	0	4
1965	27.0 °C7 August 1965	-0.1 °C10 February 1965	13.6 °C	1,675 mm	0	1
1964	27.3 °C20 July 1964	1.8 °C17 January 1964	14.2 °C	1,391 mm	0	0
1963	27.9 °C21 July 1963	-5.6 °C22 January 1963	13.3 °C	1,667 mm	0	20
1962	26.4 °C26 July 1962	-1.2 °C24 December 1962	13.7 °C	1,249 mm	0	2
1961	27.6 °C29 August 1961	-1.6 °C17 December 1961	14.6 °C	1,415 mm	0	1
1960	25.3 °C28 August 1960	-1.0 °C8 February 1960	13.8 °C	2,058 mm	0	4
1959	26.6 °C7 July 1959	3.0 °C13 January 1959	14.4 °C	1,431 mm	0	0
1958	28.3 °C1 August 1958	0.1 °C20 February 1958	13.9 °C	1,386 mm	0	0
1957	26.6 °C30 June 1957	0.9 °C18 January 1957	13.8 °C	1,347 mm	0	0
1956	27.5 °C8 August 1956	-5.4 °C15 February 1956	12.8 °C	1,321 mm	0	18
1955	26.4 °C22 August 1955	0.7 °C7 March 1955	14.1 °C	1,149 mm	0	0
1954	25.4 °C18 June 1954	-1.5 °C31 January 1954	13.4 °C	1,386 mm	0	9
1953	26.2 °C12 August 1953	1.6 °C9 February 1953	14.2 °C	1,018 mm	0	0
1952	30.6 °C4 July 1952	2.4 °C28 January 1952	14.0 °C	1,380 mm	1	0
1951	25.8 °C6 September 1951	3.5 °C3 March 1951	14.0 °C	1,933 mm	0	0
1950	28.1 °C20 July 1950	-1.4 °C24 January 1950	14.5 °C	1,127 mm	0	3
1949	27.9 °C5 September 1949	-0.6 °C3 February 1949	14.3 °C	1,098 mm	0	1
1948	26.3 °C28 July 1948	0.0 °C24 February 1948	14.1 °C	1,439 mm	0	0
1947	29.0 °C1 August 1947	-3.6 °C6 January 1947	14.5 °C	1,359 mm	0	9
1946	27.5 °C30 July 1946	-0.4 °C17 January 1946	14.1 °C	1,017 mm	0	3
1945	29.4 °C21 July 1945	-2.5 °C29 January 1945	14.4 °C	913 mm	0	8
1944	30.0 °C23 August 1944	0.3 °C23 December 1944	13.5 °C	1,018 mm	1	0
1943	29.5 °C19 August 1943	1.8 °C10 January 1943	14.5 °C	1,011 mm	0	0
1942	27.3 °C27 August 1942	-6.4 °C23 January 1942	13.5 °C	929 mm	0	12
1941	26.7 °C19 August 1941	-2.2 °C18 January 1941	12.8 °C	1,136 mm	0	5
1940	26.3 °C28 July 1940	-7.2 °C15 February 1940	12.6 °C	811 mm	0	27

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

17.5 °C

+1.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

7 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-2

Annual rainfall

1592 mm

+220 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	10.7 °C	+1.8 °C	274 mm	+139 mm
Feb	11.0 °C	+1.6 °C	111 mm	-11 mm
Mar	12.8 °C	+1.6 °C	216 mm	+93 mm
Apr	15.3 °C	+1.7 °C	131 mm	+21 mm
May	18.0 °C	+0.8 °C	126 mm	+40 mm
Jun	25.1 °C	+4.3 °C	11 mm	-50 mm
Jul	25.2 °C	+1.7 °C	37 mm	+0 mm
Aug	25.9 °C	+2.1 °C	138 mm	+76 mm
Sep	21.6 °C	+0.6 °C	118 mm	+11 mm
Oct	18.1 °C	+0.8 °C	146 mm	-37 mm
Nov	13.8 °C	+0.8 °C	157 mm	-37 mm
Dec	12.2 °C	+2.1 °C	128 mm	-27 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

31.7 °C

11 Aug 2025

Coldest day

4.0 °C

14 Jan 2025

Wettest day

64.2 mm

5 May 2025

Windiest day

39.4 km/h

28 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

69.1 km/h

28 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.2 °C

11 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

-3.0 °C

14 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

15.0 h

11 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Sestri Levante?

Sestri Levante has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.2 °C and it receives 1,372 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sestri Levante?

The hottest day measured in Sestri Levante between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 2025, reaching 31.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Sestri Levante?

The coldest day measured in Sestri Levante between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1940, at -7.2 °C.

Does it snow in Sestri Levante?

Yes. Sestri Levante gets on average 9.5 cm of snow per year and has around 2 frost days.

Has the climate of Sestri Levante warmed?

Yes: Sestri Levante warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Sestri Levante?

The wettest day measured in Sestri Levante between 1940 and 2025 was 14 October 2016, with 116 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Sestri Levante?

The windiest day measured in Sestri Levante between 1940 and 2025 was 6 November 2000, with winds reaching 57.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Sestri Levante?

The warmest month in Sestri Levante is August (22.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Sestri Levante?

Sestri Levante receives on average 1,372 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 133 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Sestri Levante?

Sestri Levante gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sestri Levante?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sestri Levante between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1986, with 15.6 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Sestri Levante?

Yes: Sestri Levante has on average 42 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sestri Levante?

In Sestri Levante, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.9 °C on 11 August 2024, and the lowest was -13.8 °C on 2 February 1956.

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