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Italy
in February.

Is February a good time?

Temperature unit

No scored region rates very good or better for weather this month.

National overnight stays are 24% of the August peak.

Regional afternoon highs
45–59°F
Very good weather
0 / 21 regions

Check seasonal openings: 5 regions have an off-season warning this month.

Find your February base

Based on 21 statistical regions. Typical conditions, not a forecast for individual towns.

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The Roman Forum and ColosseumDestination view, not month-specific.

One month. 21 possibilities.

Choose your February base.

The useful differences, side by side. Open a region for its full month guide.

What matters most?

Weather 50% · Crowds 30% · Cost 20%

Trip focus

21 of 21 regions · Best weather first

Overall scores use the Balanced mix. Choose a different priority to order the regions by that mix.

Illustration of Roman Forum and Colosseum with umbrella pinesCityRome & LazioRome · Tivoli · OstiaRead the February guide ↗ Overall6.7/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather6.4/10Good57°F afternoons Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearLower price seasonhistorical regional seasonal index; national price level Illustration of Representative olive-growing slopes around Assisi, facing the Umbrian valleyCountrysideUmbriaPerugia · Assisi · OrvietoRead the February guide ↗ Overall7.2/10#7 month here · Balanced Weather5.9/10Good54°F afternoons · 9 rain days Visitor seasonLow seasonvs its own yearLower price seasonhistorical regional seasonal index; national price level Illustration of Langhe vineyard hillsCountrysidePiedmontTurin · LangheRead the February guide ↗ Overall7.0/10#9 month here · Balanced Weather5.9/10Good51°F afternoons · 8 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical regional seasonal index; national price level Illustration of Piazza Duomo in ParmaCityBologna & Emilia-RomagnaBologna · Rimini · ParmaRead the February guide ↗ Overall6.9/10#8 month here · Balanced Weather5.9/10Good53°F afternoons · 8 rain days Visitor seasonLow seasonvs its own yearLower price seasonhistorical regional seasonal index; national price level Illustration of Val d’Orcia-style rolling hills, farmhouse and cypress laneCountrysideTuscanyFlorence · Siena · Pisa · Chianti · LuccaRead the February guide ↗ Overall7.3/10#7 month here · Balanced Weather5.8/10Good55°F afternoons · 10 rain days Visitor seasonLow seasonvs its own yearLower price seasonhistorical regional seasonal index; national price level Illustration of Lake Como from the Bellagio shoreCityMilan, Lake Como & LombardyMilan · Lake Como · BergamoRead the February guide ↗ Overall6.8/10#7 month here · Balanced Weather5.8/10Good51°F afternoons · 6 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearLower price seasonhistorical regional seasonal index; national price level Illustration of Northern Lake Garda from the Trentino shoreMountainsTrentinoTrento · Lake Garda (north)Read the February guide ↗ Overall5.9/10#12 month here · Balanced Weather5.5/10Good50°F afternoons · 6 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Val Gardena Dolomite meadow landscapeMountainsSouth Tyrol & the DolomitesBolzano · Val Gardena · MeranoRead the February guide ↗ Overall5.9/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather5.4/10Good47°F afternoons · 5 rain days Visitor seasonBusy seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Representative early-summer Val Ferret meadow and granite massif scenery near CourmayeurMountainsAosta ValleyCourmayeur · CerviniaRead the February guide ↗ Overall5.4/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather5.1/10Good45°F afternoons · 5 rain days Visitor seasonBusy seasonvs its own yearHigher price seasonhistorical regional seasonal index; national price level Illustration of Mount Etna upper volcanic landscapeBeachSicilyPalermo · Taormina · Syracuse · Mount EtnaRead the February guide ↗ Overall6.7/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather4.7/10Fair59°F afternoons · 7 rain days Visitor seasonLow seasonvs its own yearLower price seasonhistorical regional seasonal index; national price level Illustration of Costa Smeralda granite shorelineBeachSardiniaCosta Smeralda · Cagliari · AlgheroRead the February guide ↗ Overall5.1/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather4.5/10Fair59°F afternoons · 7 rain days Visitor seasonOff seasonmany places closedLower price seasonhistorical regional seasonal index; national price level Illustration of Alberobello trulli quarterBeachPugliaBari · Lecce · Alberobello · Polignano a MareRead the February guide ↗ Overall4.9/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather4.2/10Fair58°F afternoons · 7 rain days Visitor seasonOff seasonmany places closedLower price seasonhistorical regional seasonal index; national price level Illustration of Tropea cliff and beachBeachCalabriaTropeaRead the February guide ↗ Overall4.6/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather3.7/10Fair58°F afternoons · 8 rain days Visitor seasonOff seasonmany places closedLower price seasonhistorical regional seasonal index; national price level Illustration of Positano coastal townBeachAmalfi Coast & NaplesAmalfi Coast · Naples · Capri · Pompeii · Sorrento · PositanoRead the February guide ↗ Overall5.1/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather3.1/10Fair57°F afternoons · 8 rain days Visitor seasonLow seasonvs its own yearLower price seasonhistorical regional seasonal index; national price level Illustration of Campo Imperatore plateauBeachAbruzzoRead the February guide ↗ Overall5.0/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather3.0/10Fair54°F afternoons · 6 rain days Visitor seasonLow seasonvs its own yearLower price seasonhistorical regional seasonal index; national price level Illustration of Urbino Renaissance skylineBeachMarcheUrbino · AnconaRead the February guide ↗ Overall4.7/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather3.0/10Fair54°F afternoons · 8 rain days Visitor seasonOff seasonmany places closedLower price seasonhistorical regional seasonal index; national price level Illustration of Matera Sassi panoramaBeachBasilicataMateraRead the February guide ↗ Overall4.6/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather2.6/10Poor54°F afternoons · 7 rain days Visitor seasonOff seasonmany places closedNear usual price seasonhistorical regional seasonal index; national price level Illustration of Portofino harbourBeachLiguria & the Cinque TerreCinque Terre · Genoa · PortofinoRead the February guide ↗ Overall4.5/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather2.5/10Poor55°F afternoons · 8 rain days Visitor seasonLow seasonvs its own yearLower price seasonhistorical regional seasonal index; national price level Illustration of Molise agricultural hillsBeachMoliseRead the February guide ↗ Overall4.1/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather2.1/10Poor52°F afternoons · 7 rain days Visitor seasonLow seasonvs its own yearLower price seasonhistorical regional seasonal index; national price level Illustration of Grand Canal toward Santa Maria della Salute from an Accademia-style viewpointBeachVenice & the VenetoVenice · Verona · Cortina d'Ampezzo · Lake Garda (east)Read the February guide ↗ Overall4.0/10#10 month here · Balanced Weather2.0/10Poor52°F afternoons · 6 rain days Visitor seasonLow seasonvs its own yearLower price seasonhistorical regional seasonal index; national price level Illustration of Trieste City Hall across Piazza UnitàBeachFriuli Venezia GiuliaTriesteRead the February guide ↗ Overall3.5/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather1.5/10Poor51°F afternoons · 7 rain days Visitor seasonLow seasonvs its own yearLower price seasonhistorical regional seasonal index; national price level

Cost words compare a published regional accommodation level with Italy's typical level, or describe a region's price season against its own year. The Cost score still uses Italy's price level on the Europe scale; where regional money levels are unavailable, a cheaper season does not establish which region has the cheapest rooms.

What goes into the scores?

Overall combines weather, crowds and cost. It is not a weather rating. By default, the list ranks weather first and shows Balanced Overall scores (50% weather, 30% crowds, 20% cost). Other priorities order it by your Overall mix. Missing cost is excluded and the available parts are reweighted.

Visitor season compares each region with its own year. A higher crowd score does not establish which place has fewer people in absolute terms. Regions cover whole statistical areas; open a guide for its geographic scope. Read the scoring method.

Weather across the country

February weather & packing.

Regional averages vary; check a forecast closer to your trip.

Typical afternoons
45–59°F
Typical nights
27–45°F
Rain days
5–10 days

Ranges span available regional monthly averages, not daily extremes. A dash means a measurement is unavailable or withheld; individual guides explain the gaps.

What to bring.

Sicily: afternoons around 59°F (15°C): light layers; nights around 45°F (7°C): a warm coat. Aosta Valley: afternoons around 45°F (7°C): a warm coat.

Weather, region by region Afternoons, nights, rain & weather
Available regional monthly averages. Very good weather means a displayed score of at least 7.0/10.
RegionAfternoonNightRain daysWeather
Rome & Lazio57°F41°F—good
Umbria54°F37°F9good
Piedmont51°F34°F8good
Bologna & Emilia-Romagna53°F36°F8good
Tuscany55°F39°F10good
Milan, Lake Como & Lombardy51°F35°F6good
Trentino50°F31°F6good
South Tyrol & the Dolomites47°F27°F5good
Aosta Valley45°F—5good
Sicily59°F45°F7fair
Sardinia59°F44°F7fair
Puglia58°F44°F7fair
Calabria58°F43°F8fair
Amalfi Coast & Naples57°F43°F8fair
Abruzzo54°F—6fair
Marche54°F—8fair
Basilicata54°F37°F7poor
Liguria & the Cinque Terre55°F41°F8poor
Molise52°F37°F7poor
Venice & the Veneto52°F36°F6poor
Friuli Venezia Giulia51°F—7poor

Before you go

Check the trip details.

The visitor season

Low season, nationally.

February records 24% of August's overnight stays. This measures overnight demand, not queues or day-trippers.

Hotel prices

Well below usual.

−10% on Italy's historical national hotel-price index, versus its usual month in 2024–2025. This describes a price season, not a live room quote.

The national index cannot tell you which region has the cheapest rooms.

Thinking about the coast?

Check the water, too.

Among beach-focused regions, the warmest measured seas this month are Sicily (59°F), Amalfi Coast & Naples (58°F), Calabria (58°F). Sea temperature is one part of a beach trip; open a region for weather and seasonal closures.

Events & holiday dates Check the year against your trip

Holidays: 8% of people in Italy live where schools are out on a typical February 2027 day. (School holidays: OpenHolidays, ODbL, and the official calendars.)

Same country. A different chapter.

Dates still up in the air?

Italy through the year ↗

February is fixed, but the destination isn't? Find somewhere else in Europe ↗

How we know Sources, scope & limitations

Each row is a statistical region (NUTS 2); open it for the full month, the sources and what moving your dates would change. National lines are built from the regions: season is Italy's total tourist nights this month against its busiest month (Eurostat, primarily 2024–2025; earlier published years where needed); weather counts regions whose displayed Weather score is at least 7.0/10 (very good or better) rather than averaging across the country; visitors ranks overnight visitors per resident against all Europe's regions (for a region) or the other countries (for Italy) that month.

A regional accommodation level is shown only where publishable money data exists; elsewhere the cost words describe a regional season against its own year, and the score starts from the national price level. Separately, Italy's 2024 restaurants-and-hotels level is above EU average (107 where the EU average is 100). Full method.