Veneto · Italy
Venice in August
In August, Venice averages a daytime high of 30 °C and a night-time low of 19 °C, with about 68 mm of rain over the month. It falls outside Venice's most comfortable months, April to June.
- Average high
- 30 °C
- Average low
- 19 °C
- Rain in the month
- 68 mm
- Daylight on 15 Aug
- 14 h
- Comfortable month
- No
- Places to stay
- 187
When to go
How August compares with the rest of the year in Venice
August is tied for the warmest month in Venice by average daytime high; across the year the highs run from 7 °C to 30 °C and the lows from 0 °C to 19 °C. By day, August is about the same as July, and September is 5 °C cooler than August.
August brings 68 mm of rain, less than the monthly average of 68 mm (821 mm a year); it is the 7th wettest month.
On 15 August the sun is up for about 14 h, against 8 h 40 min at the shortest and 15 h 40 min at the longest point of the year (calculated from the latitude, sunrise to sunset).
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Comfortable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7 °C | 0 °C | 49 mm | |
| February | 10 °C | 2 °C | 51 mm | |
| March | 14 °C | 5 °C | 50 mm | |
| April | 19 °C | 9 °C | 67 mm | Yes |
| May | 23 °C | 13 °C | 71 mm | Yes |
| June | 27 °C | 17 °C | 78 mm | Yes |
| July | 30 °C | 19 °C | 61 mm | |
| August | 30 °C | 19 °C | 68 mm | |
| September | 25 °C | 15 °C | 81 mm | |
| October | 19 °C | 10 °C | 87 mm | |
| November | 13 °C | 6 °C | 88 mm | |
| December | 8 °C | 1 °C | 70 mm |
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
When to go
Is August a good time to visit Venice?
Not by the measure used here: the average high of 30 °C is above 29 °C. The comfortable months in Venice are April to June; the nearest are June, before, and April, after.
The measure is about weather for a city stay only; it says nothing about events, school holidays or prices.
Public holidays in Italy in August
Nationwide public holidays; shops and offices may close on these dates.
When to go
Destinations near Venice that are comfortable in August
Within 300 km, nearest first, by the same measure.
Where to stay
Where to stay in Venice
This guide lists 187 places to stay in Venice: 2 chain properties with their details and own websites, and 185 hotels recorded in Wikidata. By straight-line distance from the centre: under 1 km, 132; 1–3 km, 33; 3–10 km, 21; 10 km or more, 1.
Sources: climate from CRU TS v4.10 (Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia; Open Database License), 1991–2020 averages; day length calculated from the latitude; public holidays from the OpenHolidays API (ODbL); places to stay from each operator's own public pages and Wikidata. How this guide is made.