Fewer crowds
November is quietest.
November, at 16% of the busiest month (August). Low season, under 35% of the peak: November to March.
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What matters most?
Weather 50% · Crowds 30% · Cost 20%
Start with June.
#1 of 12 · Balanced · 7.4/10
Overnight stays are 68% of the busiest month.
Based on Liguria regional averages.
- Afternoon high
- 80°F
- Sea temperature
- 72°F
- Crowds
- Busy
About 5 rain days in a typical June, with about 16 hours of daylight.
Check what is open. The off-season flag comes from visitor patterns. Confirm accommodation, services and transport for your dates.
Price context. Historical regional hotel-price season: well above usual. There is no room-rate baseline in euros.
Historical averages, not forecasts or live prices.
A regional guide. Figures cover Liguria, including Cinque Terre, Genoa and Portofino. Conditions vary within the region.
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June at a glance
Balanced match #1 · 7.4/10
Overnight stays are 68% of the busiest month.
About 5 rain days in a typical June, with about 16 hours of daylight.
Check what is open. The off-season flag comes from visitor patterns. Confirm accommodation, services and transport for your dates.
Read the June guide- Afternoon high
- 80°F
- Night low
- 64°F
- Sea temperature
- 72°F
- Rain days
- 5
- Daylight
- 15h 30m
- Crowds
- Busy
All 12 months, on the same measures. Tap a heading to sort or a month to open its guide.Select a month to open its guide. Scroll the table for more detail.
| Rank | Month | Overall | Weather | Crowds | Cost | High | Low | Sea | Rain days | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | June | 7.4 | 9.1/10 Excellent | Busy | Pricey | 80°F | 64°F | 72°F | 5 | 15h 30m |
| #2 | July | 7.3 | 9.9/10 Excellent | Peak | Pricey | 84°F | 68°F | 77°F | 4 | 15h 13m |
| #3 | September | 7.2 | 9.0/10 Excellent | Busy | Pricey | 78°F | 63°F | 75°F | 6 | 12h 35m |
| #4 | October | 7.0 | 6.6/10 Good | Moderate | Pricey | 69°F | 56°F | 70°F | 10 | 11h 05m |
| #5 | August | 6.9 | 9.7/10 Excellent | Peak | Pricey | 85°F | 68°F | 78°F | 5 | 14h 05m |
| #6 | May | 6.9 | 7.2/10 Very good | Moderate | Pricey | 71°F | 56°F | 64°F | 8 | 14h 44m |
| #7 | April | 6.7 | 6.0/10 Good | Moderate | Moderate | 66°F | 50°F | 60°F | 6 | 13h 25m |
| #8 | March | 6.2 | 4.2/10 Fair | Low | Moderate | 60°F | 45°F | 57°F | 7 | 11h 50m |
| #9 | November | 5.7 | 3.7/10 Fair | Low | Moderate | 60°F | 48°F | 65°F | 10 | 9h 40m |
| #10 | December | 4.8 | 2.8/10 Poor | Low | Moderate | 55°F | 42°F | 61°F | 8 | 8h 53m |
| #11 | February | 4.5 | 2.5/10 Poor | Low | Moderate | 55°F | 41°F | 57°F | 8 | 10h 26m |
| #12 | January | 4.1 | 2.1/10 Poor | Low | Moderate | 53°F | 40°F | 58°F | 8 | 9h 12m |
Overall follows your priorities. Crowds compare each month with this place's own year. Highs, lows and rain days are historical averages for 2011–2025.
A little perspective
The shape of the year.
Afternoon highNight low
Top balanced match · June
June
- High
- 80°F
- Low
- 64°F
- Rain
- 5 days
- Crowds
- Busy
Some weather measures are unavailable. Gaps in the chart mean no data.
Off season can mean fewer services. Confirm what is open for your dates.
Liguria regional averages · Historical patterns, not a forecast. Gaps mean no data. Crowds compare months within this region.
The busiest month records 6.1 times the overnight stays of the quietest.
Very-good-or-better weather scores: May to September. Poor weather scores: December to February.
Peak-season months: July to August. Low-season months: November to March.
The two busiest months account for 35% of annual overnight stays.
Events that move crowds and prices Ferragosto (15 August) and Italy's peak holiday weeks, typically 1–17 August 2027: Italians' own peak holiday: beaches packed and roads jammed; city shops and restaurants close around the 15th. Official site.
Hotel prices here run +18% against their yearly average in August and −7% in November, on the regional price index.
Before you go
Pack a little context.
Good weather
May, outside the busy season.
Very good or better May to September. July has the highest displayed weather score (9.9/10). Highest weather score outside the busy season: May.
Lower prices
January to March.
These are three lower-price months on the historical regional hotel index; there is no euro room-rate baseline.
School holidays
Summer break meets the busy season.
If your dates follow US school breaks: June falls in busy season; July and August fall in peak season. Spring break spans low season in March and moderate season in April.
Local families travel too: at least 30% of people in Italy live where schools are out on a typical day June to August and December. Italy's school calendar for September isn't fully published yet. (School holidays: OpenHolidays, ODbL, and official calendars.)
About these answers
These are historical seasonal patterns. Crowds compare a month with this place's own busiest month; they do not measure queues at individual sights. Weather answers use the displayed weather scores. These seasonal facts stay the same when you change your priorities; your Overall recommendation updates above. Prices retain the scope stated beside them. Full methodology.
Choose your season
The year, season by season.
Winter
Dec–Feb
Low season throughout.
53–55°FAfternoon highs
Spring
Mar–May
A quieter start, a busier finish.
March falls in low season; April and May fall in moderate season.
60–71°FAfternoon highs
Summer
Jun–Aug
A busy season for visitors.
June falls in busy season; July and August fall in peak season.
80–85°FAfternoon highs
Autumn
Sep–Nov
A busier start, a quieter finish.
September falls in busy season; October falls in moderate season; November falls in low season.
60–78°FAfternoon highs
Ranges span monthly average afternoon highs, not daily extremes. Conditions and seasonal openings vary within Liguria & the Cinque Terre.
How we know
The default Balanced Overall weighs weather 50%, crowds 30% and cost 20%. Your priority choice updates the Overall, month ranks and recommendation. While your weather weight is at least 40%, Overall cannot exceed weather by more than 2. Close scores can describe different trip experiences. How the scores work.
| Statistical region | ITC3 · Liguria |
| Region type | Beach (Eurostat NUTS3 typologies weighted by population: urban 82%, coastal 100%, mountain 100%; median ground height 503 m) |
| Population used | 1.5 million (1 January 2025) |
| Crowd reference years | 2024–2025 average |
| How our weather was checked | Official climate averages for Genova Sestri from the national weather service, every month: afternoon highs typically within 1°F (0.7°C), night lows within 2°F (1.0°C). |
| Climate index | HCI:Beach, observed climatology over 15 years (2011–2025) |
| Hotel occupancy (annual) | 46% |
| Accommodation mix | 58% hotels, 18% camping |
| Hotel rates | ISTAT, NIC consumer price index for accommodation services (ECOICOP 112), by region |
| Country price level (restaurants & hotels, EU27 = 100) | 107 |
| Daylight latitude | 44.27° N |
Crowds: Eurostat nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments by month and NUTS 2 region, per 1,000 inhabitants, divided by days in the month. "Season here" is the month's figure as a share of this region's busiest month. "Visitors" ranks overnight visitors per resident against all Europe's regions that month. Weather: Holiday Climate Index (Scott et al. 2016; Rutty et al. 2020) computed from ERA5 reanalysis with daily highs, night lows and rain days corrected from open national weather-service station records and population-weighted to the region. Prices are regional where the page says so (ISTAT, NIC consumer price index for accommodation services (ECOICOP 112), by region), otherwise national. Hand-written notes are marked and nothing depends on them. Full method · this region's data.