Europe
Italy
About 60.4M people live in Italy, on 301,230 km² in 20 regions; the capital is Rome. The highest summit is Central Pillar of Frêney (4,810 m).
Best timeApr–May · Oct
Best weather in OctoberCagliari 82
October: highs17° – 25°
Rain this month, on average102mm
Mean of its 13 most visited places. Best: Apr–May · Oct.
Italy at a glance
The atlas follows 60,566 places here month by month, with 4,763 mountains and 12,429 monuments; across the most visited of them, the best months are April, May and October.
Rome now21°CPartly cloudy · 15:31Sunrise · sunset07:30 · 18:20RomeNext holiday1 NovemberAll Saints' Day · National Unity DayEarthquakes0in the last 7 days (M2.5+)Events333 concerts · 30 matches in 14 daysTravel adviceUS 2UK 1Exercise increased caution
60,566places in 20 regions4,763summits, highest Central Pillar of Frêney12,429monuments6,636museums610lakes907beaches131ski areas121festivals13,336huts, viewpoints, campsites…
Italy's population
Every five years from 1950; from 2030 the projection.
+27%46.4M in 1950 → 59.1M in 2025 → 51.9M in 2050Italy · In numbers
GDP per person (PPP)$62,8002025 · 30/181 among countries · World: $25,700
Life expectancy84.02024 · 11/212 among countries · World: 73.5
Living in towns and cities70 %2025 · 92/212 among countries · World: 58 %
Using the internet89 %2024 · 62/179 among countries · World: 71 %
Children per woman1.182024 · 196/212 among countries · World: 2.19
Forest cover32 %2024 · 107/206 among countries
The latest year each series has; the line is the whole series since 1960.
When to go to Italy
The places with the best weather in each month, scored from their climate.
For the beach in August
Places and regions of Italy
The most visited places with their score this month, then every region with what the atlas follows there.
76OctoberRome
Apr–May · Oct
23° / 12°101 mm
74OctoberMilan
Apr · Sep–Oct
19° / 10°104 mm
77OctoberNaples
Apr–May · Oct
23° / 14°113 mm
75OctoberPalermo
Apr–Jun
25° / 16°89 mm
72OctoberGenoa
Apr · Jun · Sep
21° / 15°175 mm
73OctoberFlorence
Apr–May · Oct
21° / 12°121 mm
75OctoberBologna
Apr–May · Oct
20° / 11°71 mm
77OctoberBari
Apr–May · Oct
22° / 13°57 mm
20 regions
Veneto7,723 places · 319 summits · Verona
Piedmont7,467 places · 915 summits · Turin
Lombardy7,253 places · 863 summits · Milan
Emilia-Romagna6,353 places · 102 summits · Bologna
Tuscany4,801 places · 157 summits · Florence
Campania3,249 places · 82 summits · Naples
Lazio2,985 places · 100 summits · Rome
Calabria2,895 places · 30 summits · Crotone
Abruzzo2,128 places · 88 summits · Pescara
Sicily2,085 places · 67 summits · Palermo
The Marches2,012 places · 82 summits · Ancona
Trentino-Alto Adige1,983 places · 1,253 summits · Trento
Liguria1,916 places · 183 summits · Genoa
Friuli Venezia Giulia1,859 places · 110 summits · Trieste
Umbria1,707 places · 31 summits · Terni
Sardinia1,235 places · 88 summits · Cagliari
Apulia922 places · 10 summits · Bari
Basilicate696 places · 25 summits · Potenza
Molise678 places · 4 summits · Campobasso
Aosta Valley619 places · 249 summits · Aosta
Italy from above
Every place scored for the month you pick: comfortable temperatures, dry days and clear skies.
OctoberMonth scores for Italy
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Nature in Italy
Summit4,806 m
Mont Blanc
Summit4,677 m
rocher de la Tournette
Summit4,554 m
Signalkuppe
Lake
Lake Garda
Lake
Lake Como
Lake
Lake TrasimenoWildlife in October
The birds and mammals seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.
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Outdoors in Italy
Hiking routes, ski areas and everything to do outdoors, counted.
Culture in Italy
12,429 monuments and 6,636 museums; the best known first.
Leaning Tower of PisaBuilt 1173 · Romanesque
Florence CathedralBuilt 1296 · Renaissance
St Mark's BasilicaBuilt 828 · Romanesque
Basilica di Santa Maria MaggioreBuilt 401 · Renaissance
Basilica of Saint Paul outside the WallsBuilt 386 · Early Christian
Santa Maria delle Grazie, MilanBuilt 1401 · Italian Gothic
Museum
Galleria degli UffiziBuilt 1560
Museum
Palazzo PittiBuilt 1458What's on in Italy
Coming matches
23OctTorino FC – AC MonzaSerie A · Turin · 20:45
24OctCagliari Calcio – Bologna FC 1909Serie A · Cagliari · 15:00
24OctComo 1907 – US Sassuolo CalcioSerie A · Como · 15:00
24OctSSC Napoli – AS RomaSerie A · Naples · 18:00
24OctSS Lazio – Parma Calcio 1913Serie A · Rome · 20:45
Concerts and shows
30OctRobynLingotto Fiere · Nichelino
12NovFuture PalaceLegend Club · Bresso
12JunAnnalisaStadio Giuseppe Meazza · Pero
The ground and the sky in Italy
Earthquakes since 1950 and in the last month; eclipses, meteors and the moon as seen from the capital.
Last 30 days1magnitude 2.5 or moreSince 1950170magnitude 5+, of them 17 of 6+StrongestM6.9Calitri 3 km ↙ · 1980Deadliest80,000deaths · 1908The moon tonightWaxing gibbous85% · RomeNext eclipse21 Feb 2027Penumbral lunar eclipseOrionids~18 an hour21 October · RomeNorthern lightsKp 9+only in the strongest storms here
Getting to Italy
25 large airports, 3,292 railway stations, 536 ferry ports; the ones closest to the most visited places.
Ciampino–G. B. Pastine International AirportCIA · Rome
13 kmMilano Linate AirportLIN · Milan
7.1 kmNaples International AirportNAP · Naples
4.2 kmFalcone–Borsellino AirportPMO · Palermo
25 kmGenoa Cristoforo Colombo AirportGOA · Genoa
8.3 kmFlorence Airport, PeretolaFLR · Florence
4.8 kmRoma TerminiRome
1.2 kmMilano CadornaMilan
1.2 kmNapoli Piazza GaribaldiNaples
0.2 kmPalermo CentralePalermo
0.9 kmGenova BrignoleGenoa
0.3 kmFirenze Santa Maria NovellaFlorence
0.2 kmPorta di Massa→ Palermo, Scalo di Procida
1.2 kmPalermo (Liberty Lines)→ Ustica (Liberty Lines)
1.1 kmFerry Terminal - Porto di Bari→ Dubrovnik, Durrës - Bari
1.4 kmTrieste - Molo Audace→ Grado - Molo Torpediniere
0.8 kmAncona→ Κέρκυρα, Νότιου Λιμένα Πατρών
1.2 kmToremar→ Calata Carrara, Molo 9
2 kmPractical information
Plugs, money, phone numbers and the side of the road: the things to know before you land.
PlugsCFL230 V
Emergency112Calling code +39
TrafficOn the rightside of the road
CurrencyEuroEUR
LanguagesItalian
Local time15:31Rome
Tipping
Bills often include a cover charge (coperto) or service; a tip is not expected, but rounding up or a few euros for good service is appreciated.