Venice climate — normals and trends
Venice (Italy) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.1 °C and it receives 1,049 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 (23.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Venice averages 8 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 112 rainy days per year.
Venice has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 17 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.9 °C (on 22 July 2015) and the coldest -12.0 °C (on 23 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
VeniceVeneto
- coords
- 45.44°, 12.33°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.1°C
Average daily high
16.5°C
Average daily low
11.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,049mm
Sunshine / day
9.4h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
15.7km/h
Seasonal range
19.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
8 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
112 d/yr
Annual snowfall
8.0 cm
Average feels-like high
15.9 °C
Average feels-like low
10.2 °C
Average peak gust
25.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
54 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.59 · 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
33.9 °C
22 July 2015
Coldest day
-12.0 °C
23 January 1942
Wettest day
117 mm
16 May 2024
Windiest day
59.1 km/h
4 November 1966
Strongest gust
90.7 km/h
29 October 2018
Hottest feels-like
39.0 °C
22 July 2015
Coldest feels-like
-17.4 °C
23 January 1942
Snowiest day
17.9 cm
5 January 1954
Sunniest day
15.0 h
1 July 1946
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 | 8.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 89 mm | +24 mm |
| Feb | 9.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 70 mm | +4 mm |
| Mar | 13.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 156 mm | +81 mm |
| Apr | 17.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 96 mm | +9 mm |
| May | 20.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 134 mm | +41 mm |
| Jun | 27.9 °C | +4.1 °C | 17 mm | -68 mm |
| Jul | 27.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 103 mm | +36 mm |
| Aug | 27.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 150 mm | +66 mm |
| Sep | 23.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 196 mm | +86 mm |
| Oct | 17.5 °C | -0.2 °C | 87 mm | -30 mm |
| Nov | 12.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 76 mm | -45 mm |
| Dec | 10.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 47 mm | -33 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Venice?
Venice has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.1 °C and it receives 1,049 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Venice?
The hottest day measured in Venice between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 2015, reaching 33.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Venice?
The coldest day measured in Venice between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1942, at -12.0 °C.
Does it snow in Venice?
Yes. Venice gets on average 8.0 cm of snow per year and has around 8 frost days.
Has the climate of Venice warmed?
Yes: Venice warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Venice?
The wettest day measured in Venice between 1940 and 2025 was 16 May 2024, with 117 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Venice?
The windiest day measured in Venice between 1940 and 2025 was 4 November 1966, with winds reaching 59.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Venice?
The warmest month in Venice is July (23.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Venice?
Venice receives on average 1,049 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 112 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Venice?
Venice gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Venice?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Venice between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1954, with 17.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Venice?
Yes: Venice has on average 54 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Venice?
In Venice, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.0 °C on 22 July 2015, and the lowest was -17.4 °C on 23 January 1942.
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