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Most of Italy enjoys a Mediterranean climate with hot dry summers and cool wet winters, except the northern mountain areas that have an alpine climate. The following is a brief description of the temperature and precipitation in Italy.

Temperature

The temperature rises gradually as we move from the north to the south. For example Livigno at the top of the Alps, the winter is cold with temperatures around 10 ° F (-12 C) and summers are cool, with temperatures around 55 F (13 C). In Resia rise to 20 F (-7 C) in winter and 64 F (18 C) in summer. Milan has a summer high of 74 F (23 C) and low in winter of 33 F (1 C). Rome in central Italy has 45 F and 76 F, respectively, for winter and summer months the time increased to 51 F and 78 F in Palermo in the south. Temperatures in Italy, therefore, vary considerably between locations north and south.

Precipitation

Since the climate in Italy is predominantly Mediterranean, so a majority of this country is extremely dry in summer and very wet in winter. For example, in Rome, which has an annual rainfall 33 inch (838 mm), 26 inches fell in the winter and only 7 in the summer. In Palermo, with an annual precipitation of 25 inches (625 mm), 22 inch drop Only 3 in winter and summer. Northern cities such as Milan, Bologna and get a whole lot of snow in winter, while in the southern cities of precipitation is generally as rain. Moreover, northern areas are less dry than southern areas.

In general, therefore, Italy's climate is dry and hot in summer and cold and wet in winter with snow in the Alps in the north.