Melilli climate by month
What the weather is like
Melilli has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa): dry, sunny summers and mild, wetter winters.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 31° and nights 21°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 14° and lows of 6°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 16°.
About 674 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (124 mm, 15 wet days) and July the driest (5 mm, 2 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 3% in July to 31% in December.
The sea reaches about 26° in August. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Compared with Rome, the capital, Melilli is 1.4° cooler on a August afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 31° · August
- Coldest nights
- 6° · February
- Wettest month
- December
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 3% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 26° · August
- Longest day
- 14 h 42 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 37 min
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthClimate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 14° | 14° | 16° | 19° | 23° | 28° | 31° | 31° | 28° | 24° | 19° | 16° |
| Average low | 6° | 6° | 7° | 9° | 13° | 17° | 20° | 21° | 19° | 15° | 11° | 7° |
| Precipitation | 102 mm | 51 mm | 50 mm | 35 mm | 20 mm | 9 mm | 5 mm | 11 mm | 67 mm | 94 mm | 106 mm | 124 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 13 | 11.7 | 10.9 | 8.7 | 5 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 11.4 | 12.1 | 13.8 | 15.1 |
| Cloud cover | 30% | 27% | 27% | 25% | 21% | 11% | 3% | 5% | 16% | 27% | 30% | 31% |
| Sea temperature | 15° | 15° | 15° | 16° | 18° | 22° | 25° | 26° | 25° | 23° | 20° | 17° |
| Daylight | 9h 53 | 10h 50 | 11h 55 | 13h 08 | 14h 09 | 14h 42 | 14h 29 | 13h 37 | 12h 27 | 11h 17 | 10h 12 | 9h 37 |
| Saharan dust haze | – | – | ● | ●● | ●● | ●● | ● | – | ● | ● | – | – |
| Month score | 50 | 54 | 65 | 79 | 88 | 82 | 71 | 65 | 62 | 71 | 67 | 53 |
Dust haze, monthly average 2015–2024: ● occasional, ●● frequent, ●●● very frequent