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Milan in August

Hot and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Milan is hot: highs near 86°F, lows near 66°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 22 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Milan is hot: highs near 30°C, lows near 19°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 22 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
86°F30°Caverage
Low
66°F19°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 37% of days
Daylight
14h 02mon average

Is August a good time to visit Milan?

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

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 86°F in August, against 48°F to 87°F through the year.Highs near 30°C in August, against 9°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

37% of days in August, against 24% to 45% through the year.

Cloud cover

35% cover in August, against 32% to 56% through the year.

Daylight

14h 02m in August, against 8h 46m to 15h 37m 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. July87°31°low 65°low 18°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. August86°30°low 66°low 19°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. September77°25°low 58°low 14°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Milan sits, in August

Europe/Rome
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:23 AMsets 8:33 PM
Above the sea
120 mlow-lying
Latitude
45.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Lake Como59 km north

The land around Milan, 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 Milan

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Milan. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.