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Florence in August

Hot and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Florence is hot: highs near 90°F, lows near 66°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 1 hour 17 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Florence is hot: highs near 32°C, lows near 19°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 1 hour 17 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
90°F32°Caverage
Low
66°F19°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 20% of days
Daylight
13h 55mon average

Is August a good time to visit Florence?

A good month, just outside Florence's best months, which run in two parts: May to June, or September to October.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 90°F in August, against 52°F to 90°F through the year.Highs near 32°C in August, against 11°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

20% of days in August, against 19% to 44% through the year.

Cloud cover

31% cover in August, against 26% to 66% through the year.

Daylight

13h 55m in August, against 8h 58m to 15h 24m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July89°32°low 65°low 18°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. August90°32°low 66°low 19°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. September80°27°low 59°low 15°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Florence sits, in August

Europe/Rome
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:18 AMsets 8:21 PM
Above the sea
50 mlow-lying
Latitude
43.8°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Montalcino81 km south

The land around Florence, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Italy in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Florence

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Florence. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (50 m) against the climate model's (197 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (50 m) against the climate model's (197 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.