Scalea climate by month
What the weather is like
Scalea has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa): dry, sunny summers and mild, wetter winters.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 32° and nights 21°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 13° and lows of 6°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 17°.
About 1,254 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (179 mm, 13 wet days) and July the driest (37 mm, 5 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 9% in July to 37% in December.
The sea reaches about 27° 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, Scalea is 0.8° cooler on a August afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 32° · August
- Coldest nights
- 5° · February
- Wettest month
- December
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 9% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 27° · August
- Longest day
- 14 h 58 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 22 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 | 13° | 14° | 17° | 20° | 24° | 28° | 31° | 32° | 28° | 24° | 19° | 14° |
| Average low | 6° | 5° | 8° | 10° | 14° | 18° | 20° | 21° | 18° | 15° | 11° | 7° |
| Precipitation | 147 mm | 120 mm | 100 mm | 102 mm | 76 mm | 43 mm | 37 mm | 39 mm | 103 mm | 131 mm | 177 mm | 179 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 13.2 | 12.8 | 11.8 | 10.2 | 10 | 6.5 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 10.2 | 10.3 | 13.2 | 13.3 |
| Cloud cover | 36% | 34% | 34% | 33% | 27% | 17% | 9% | 10% | 20% | 28% | 33% | 37% |
| Sea temperature | 15° | 14° | 15° | 16° | 19° | 23° | 26° | 27° | 25° | 22° | 20° | 17° |
| Daylight | 9h 39 | 10h 42 | 11h 54 | 13h 14 | 14h 22 | 14h 58 | 14h 44 | 13h 46 | 12h 29 | 11h 12 | 10h 01 | 9h 22 |
| Saharan dust haze | – | – | – | ● | ● | ● | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Month score | 41 | 47 | 64 | 75 | 76 | 71 | 62 | 59 | 63 | 76 | 68 | 46 |
Dust haze, monthly average 2015–2024: ● occasional, ●● frequent, ●●● very frequent