Sicily · ItalySummit weather, forecast and climate

Vulcano

Volcano500 m

Elevation500 mabove sea level

Prominence500 mindependent height

Isolation10 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul26°average high

38.40° N, 14.97° EElevation 500 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time

From the valley to the top

Summit500 m
Mid-mountain270 m
Valley · Lipari44 m

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Vulcano in brief

Vulcano rises to 500 m, Sicily, Italy. Its topographic prominence — the height it stands above the lowest contour enclosing a higher summit — is 500 m.

At the summit, August is the mildest month with average highs of 26°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.

The nearest town in the atlas is Lipari, 7.1 km to the N at 44 m.

Facts

Elevation: 500 m · 1,640 ft
Prominence: 500 m
Region: Sicily
Country: Italy
Coordinates: 38.4042, 14.9658
Nearest airport: Reggio Calabria Airport (REG) · 70 km

iiForecast

Weather at three heights

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

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iiiSummit climate

The top of Vulcano by month

Summit temperatures and precipitation

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

Climate normals for Vulcano by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	13°	12°	13°	15°	19°	23°	26°	26°	24°	21°	17°	14°
Average low	10°	10°	11°	13°	16°	20°	23°	24°	21°	18°	15°	12°
Precipitation	109 mm	80 mm	70 mm	54 mm	30 mm	19 mm	16 mm	26 mm	66 mm	87 mm	117 mm	122 mm
Cloud cover	33%	29%	27%	26%	21%	12%	5%	6%	17%	25%	30%	32%
Daylight	9h 47	10h 46	11h 54	13h 11	14h 15	14h 50	14h 36	13h 41	12h 28	11h 15	10h 07	9h 30
Month score	40	47	57	70	92	95	94	87	82	76	63	45

Snow and freezing level

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	2,250 m	2,150 m	2,350 m	2,650 m	3,200 m	3,800 m	4,250 m	4,350 m	3,950 m	3,500 m	2,950 m	2,450 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

Vulcano in 3D

vNeighbours

Peaks nearby

Mountains of Italy

Mountain	Elevation	Prominence	Distance	July summit high
Monte Fossa delle Felci	962 m	962 m	20 km NW	22°
Monte deo Porri	960 m	–	22 km NW	23°
Monte dei Porri	860 m	565 m	22 km NW	23°
Monte Sant Angelo	594 m	–	10 km N	24°
Vulcano (Sicily)	386 m	–	0.3 km W	26°
Monte Pilato	344 m	–	11 km N	25°
Gran Cratere	154 m	–	under 100 m W	27°
Vulcanello	123 m	118 m	2.5 km N	28°