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Taormina in October

Warm and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Taormina is warm: highs near 73°F, lows near 62°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 49 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Taormina is warm: highs near 23°C, lows near 17°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 49 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
73°F23°Caverage
Low
62°F17°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 45% of days
Daylight
11h 06mon average

Is October a good time to visit Taormina?

A good month, just outside Taormina's best months, which run from May to June.

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 October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 73°F in October, against 57°F to 86°F through the year.Highs near 23°C in October, against 14°C to 30°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

45% of days in October, against 6% to 50% through the year.

Cloud cover

41% cover in October, against 7% to 51% through the year.

Daylight

11h 06m in October, against 9h 35m to 14h 44m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. September79°26°low 67°low 19°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. October73°23°low 62°low 17°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. November66°19°low 55°low 13°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Taormina sits, in October

Europe/Rome
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
7:06 AMsets 6:23 PM
Above the sea
220 mlow-lying
Latitude
37.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Bernalda309 km north-east

The land around Taormina, shaded by its typical high in October, 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 October

high · low · wet days
See October on the planning mapThe whole year in Taormina

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 12 km north-east of Taormina. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. 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 (220 m) against the climate model's (109 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 (220 m) against the climate model's (109 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.