Best time to visit Italy

Italy does not have a single best season. Its 13 destinations peak across 6 different months, which means an itinerary that moves around the country will be in the right season for some of it and the wrong one for the rest — worth building the route around.

Averaged across every destination listed, Italy is at its best in May, scoring 84 out of 100, with June close behind at 81. January is the weakest month nationally at 54. The workable window is wide — 5 months sit within eight points of the best — so a trip covering several of these places has room to move.

There is real variation inside Italy: 25 °C annually in Catania against 18 °C in Trieste. Rainfall is broadly similar throughout, from 80 wet days a year in Cagliari to 131 in Trieste.