Florence month by month
Plan your visit to Florence by month. Compare weather, crowds, events, and prices across all twelve months with historical climate data.
Florence's measured year divides into two clear bands. Winter months from November through February range from 11°C to 16°C highs, with rain days between 9 and 14. December is the wettest at 14 rain days. The warm season builds through March (16°C) and April (19°C), then jumps sharply in June to 30°C with only 6 rain days. July and August hold at 33°C with 5 and 7 rain days, the driest and hottest stretch of the measured year. September cools to 27°C before October (22°C) begins the slide back. May is the oddity in the pattern. It reaches 23°C but carries 13 rain days, second only to December's 14.
All 12 month guides below follow these shifts in detail. For a summer trip, open June or September first. June marks the sharpest turn of the year, gaining 7 degrees over May while rain days drop from 13 to 6. September still carries 27°C warmth but rain days return to 10. If you're looking at a winter visit, February tends to be the gentlest option at 13°C with 9 rain days, the fewest of any month from November through March.
December at 14 rain days and May at 13 deserve the closest read. December's 12°C high meets the year's highest rain count. May's 13 rain days come paired with 23°C, more wet afternoons than any month from June through October.
July is Florence's most decisive month, hitting 33°C with only 5 rain days, the hottest and driest point in the measured year.
- January
- High
- 11°C
- Low
- 3°C
- Rain
- 96 mm
Florence in January is cold, gray, and genuinely quiet. Daytime temperatures hover around 10.9°C (52°F), dropping to 3°C (37°F) after dark, and the Arno valley traps enough…
- February
- High
- 13°C
- Low
- 4°C
- Rain
- 91 mm
February is Florence's quietest month. The 10 million annual tourists who pack the Galleria degli Uffizi and crowd the Ponte Vecchio thin to a fraction of their summer numbers, and…
- March
- High
- 16°C
- Low
- 5°C
- Rain
- 100 mm
March in Florence is a shoulder-season bet that usually pays off. Daytime highs reach about 15.8°C (60°F), mornings still drop to 5°C (41°F), and the city gets roughly 100mm of…
- April
- High
- 19°C
- Low
- 7°C
- Rain
- 92 mm
April in Florence is the month the city shakes off winter. Daytime temperatures reach about 18.6°C (65°F), the wisteria at Giardino Bardini starts to bloom in thick purple…
- May
- High
- 23°C
- Low
- 12°C
- Rain
- 104 mm
May is likely the single best weather window Florence offers all year. Daytime temperatures hover around 23°C (73°F), warm enough for long walks between the Uffizi and Palazzo…
- June
- High
- 30°C
- Low
- 17°C
- Rain
- 45 mm
The single most important thing to know about Florence in June is that you will share the city with a lot of other people. The Uffizi queue can stretch past 2 hours by mid-morning,…
- July
- High
- 33°C
- Low
- 19°C
- Rain
- 34 mm
July in Florence means heat. Average highs reach 32.8°C (91°F), and on the worst afternoons the Arno valley traps warm air until temperatures push past 37°C (99°F). The stone…
- August
- High
- 33°C
- Low
- 19°C
- Rain
- 60 mm
The single most important thing to know about August in Florence is that the city empties of Florentines and fills with tourists. Around Ferragosto, the national holiday on August…
- September
- High
- 27°C
- Low
- 15°C
- Rain
- 136 mm
September might be Florence's most deceptive month. The temperatures drop to a comfortable 27°C (80°F) after the punishing 33°C (91°F) of July and August, and the light over the…
- October
- High
- 22°C
- Low
- 12°C
- Rain
- 115 mm
October is likely the best month to visit Florence. Daytime highs settle around 22°C (72°F), cool enough to walk for hours between the Duomo and Palazzo Pitti without July's…
- November
- High
- 16°C
- Low
- 7°C
- Rain
- 133 mm
November in Florence is wet. That's the single most important thing to know. The city averages 133mm of rain across about 12 days this month, and the humidity sits around 82%.…
- December
- High
- 12°C
- Low
- 4°C
- Rain
- 119 mm
December in Florence is cold, damp, and dark by 4:30pm. That is the single most important thing to know. The Arno runs high and grey, fog settles in the valleys around Fiesole, and…