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Best time to visit Florence

Italy · 43.77°N 11.26°E · monthly climate normals, judged against the Warm preset (mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showers)

The best time to visit Florence is May to September, when mean temperatures run from 16 °C61 °F to 23 °C73 °F and rainfall runs 40–96 mm1.6–3.8 in a month.

The rainy season runs October to December and April, and October to November is a true monsoon — 128–152 mm5.0–6.0 in a month, peaking in November at 152 mm6.0 in. August is the hottest month at 23 °C73 °F and January the coldest at 5 °C41 °F.

Figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at 43.77, 11.26 — a climate guide, not a forecast.

Florence weather by month

Pick the weather you like and every month is judged against it — temperature above the month names, rain below.

Weather you like

mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showers

Good time to go for a Warm holiday: May to September.

Open Florence on the interactive map ↗ the same verdict for every place on Earth, any month

▲ Temperature mean , coldest to warmest month
41°JAN963.843°FEB883.547°MAR963.812°53°APR1044.116°61°MAY722.820°67°JUN722.823°73°JUL401.623°73°AUG642.519°66°SEP963.814°57°OCT1285.047°NOV1526.042°DEC1124.4
▼ Rainfall per month, driest to wettest

Reading the chart. Gold is good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour names the reason it doesn't — the temperature bar can be too cold or too hot, the rain bar too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar is a half that fits while the other half fails; a gold month name means both fit.

What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the monthly mean, judged against the preset's band (mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F for Warm). Rain is judged by each month's class within Florence's own year rather than raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month the preset doesn't allow. Monsoon is the heaviest kind of rainy season — 180 mm7.1 in or more (120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate whose wettest month is at least three times its driest — so every monsoon month is rainy season too; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.

MonthRain Mean SeasonWarm verdict
January963.8541showerstoo cold
February883.5643showerstoo cold
March963.8947showerstoo cold
April1044.11253rainytoo cold
May722.81661showersgood
June722.82067showersgood
July401.62373drygood
August642.52373showersgood
September963.81966showersgood
October1285.01457monsoonmonsoon
November1526.0947monsoontoo cold
December1124.4642rainytoo cold

When to go to Florence, by holiday type

Looking forRuleMonths that fit
Warmmean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showersMay to September
Tropicalmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoonno month
Beachmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, dry or showersno month
Coolmean 0–14 °C32–57 °F, anything but the monsoonDecember to April
Snowmean below 0 °C32 °F, any rainno month

Is there a rainy season in Florence?

Yes. The rainy season runs October to December and April, and October to November is a true monsoon — 128–152 mm5.0–6.0 in a month, peaking in November at 152 mm6.0 in. Outside it, July is dry.

August is the hottest month at 23 °C73 °F and January the coldest at 5 °C41 °F. Annual rainfall totals about 1,120 mm44 in.

Where to go instead when Florence doesn't fit

The nearest destinations that do fit the Warm preset in the months Florence doesn't:

Nearby destinations

distances in — tap a unit to switch.

The interactive map colours the whole world by how it fits your picks in any month, and shows this chart for any place you tap.