When to go

Calabria in April

Across the 45 Calabria towns we hold, April averages 16 degrees by day and 8 at night, with about 11 days of rain. The sea off the 17 coastal towns sits around 17 degrees. Measured 2020–2024.

Where to go in April

Picked by a rule, not by mood: the weather in the comfortable band, our own editorial verdict on the town, a festival that month, and a sea worth swimming in. The reason is printed under each one.

Riace
Province: Reggio di Calabria · 300 m
Averages 17 degrees with about 8 rain days. We list it as best in Apr–Oct.
Badolato
Province: Catanzaro · 240 m
Averages 17 degrees with about 9 rain days. We list it as best in Apr–Oct.
Corigliano-Rossano
Province: Cosenza · 219 m
Averages 18 degrees with about 8 rain days.
Isola di Capo Rizzuto
Province: Crotone · 90 m
Averages 17 degrees with about 8 rain days.
Soverato
Province: Catanzaro · 10 m
Averages 19 degrees with about 8 rain days.
Villapiana
Province: Cosenza · 206 m
Averages 18 degrees with about 8 rain days.
Rocca Imperiale
Province: Cosenza · 210 m
Averages 19 degrees with about 9 rain days.
Roseto Capo Spulico
Province: Cosenza · 217 m
Averages 18 degrees with about 9 rain days.
Trebisacce
Province: Cosenza · 73 m
Averages 18 degrees with about 9 rain days.
Cirò
Province: Crotone · 351 m
We list it as best in Apr–Oct.

Somewhere else, or some other month

Next door in April: Basilicata.

Calabria through the year: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.

Or the whole country: Italy in April, and every town in Calabria.

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