Somma-Vesuvius complex · Campania · ItalySummit weather, forecast and climate

Mount Somma

Volcano1,132 m

Elevation1,132 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation0.3 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul21°average high

40.82° N, 14.43° EElevation 1,132 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Mount Somma in brief

Mount Somma rises to 1,132 m in the Somma-Vesuvius complex, Campania, Italy.

At the summit, August is the mildest month with average highs of 21°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.

The nearest town in the atlas is Massa di Somma, 5.0 km to the NW at 166 m.

iiForecast

Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.

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iiiSummit climate

Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted

Climate normals for Mount Somma by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	5°	5°	7°	9°	14°	18°	21°	21°	17°	14°	10°	6°
Average low	2°	1°	3°	5°	9°	14°	16°	17°	13°	11°	7°	3°
Precipitation	139 mm	114 mm	121 mm	126 mm	64 mm	51 mm	32 mm	35 mm	132 mm	160 mm	219 mm	174 mm
Cloud cover	41%	37%	37%	34%	27%	18%	8%	10%	23%	32%	38%	40%
Daylight	9h 34	10h 39	11h 54	13h 17	14h 27	15h 05	14h 50	13h 50	12h 30	11h 10	9h 56	9h 16
Month score	20	24	22	23	60	85	91	90	62	44	22	21

Average height of the 0 °C level from the summit normals (6.5 °C per km); snow months have a summit mean at or below +1 °C

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Freezing level	1,700 m	1,600 m	1,900 m	2,250 m	2,900 m	3,550 m	4,000 m	4,100 m	3,450 m	3,000 m	2,350 m	1,850 m
Summit	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C

ivTerrain

vNeighbours

Mountain	Elevation	Prominence	Distance	July summit high
Monte Sant'Angelo a Tre Pizzi	1,444 m	–	20 km S	20°
Monte di Mezzo, Campania	1,425 m	–	21 km S	20°
Monte Caliello	1,359 m	–	21 km S	20°
Mount Vesuvius	1,281 m	1,232 m	0.3 km E	21°
Monte Faito	1,131 m	–	21 km S	20°
Colle Umberto	886 m	–	1.5 km NW	23°
Cognoli d'Ottaviano	879 m	–	1.9 km NE	22°
Monte Litto	700 m	–	25 km NE	25°