Italy
Cinque Terre in July
☀️ SummerPleasant, a little humid and mostly dry.
🎒 Pack: sunglasses & hat
Why July scores 9.2What goes into the score
How it works- Weather comfort9.1
- ✓Comfortable temperatures (25.4°C highs / 23.7°C lows)
- !Humid (dew point 19.9°C)
- ✓Mostly dry (~38 mm rain)
- Air quality9.5
- ✓Good (within WHO guideline) (PM2.5 ~8 µg/m³)
- Seasonal hazards10.0
- ·No notable seasonal hazards
- Safety baseline7.5
- ·Increased caution
| Jul | May | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 9.2 Excellent | 9.4 Excellent |
| Season | ☀️ Summer | 🌷 Spring |
| High / low | 25° / 24° | 18° / 17° |
| Rain | 38 mm | 74 mm |
| Humidity | dew pt 20° | dew pt 14° |
| PM2.5 | 8 µg/m³ | 9 µg/m³ |
Typical-month data: NASA POWER (MERRA-2 reanalysis) 2015–2024 (modelled, not a forecast).
Holidays & crowdsJuly 2027
No long holidaysNo long public-holiday weekends this month. School holidays aren't counted, so check those if you want to avoid family crowds.
No national public holidays in Italy this month.
National holidays only; regional holidays and school breaks aren't included. Source: holidays (open-source public-holiday calendar).
Explore Cinque TerreEvents, sights, food & souvenirs
Check event dates locallyFive cliffside fishing villages on Italy's Ligurian coast, linked by hiking trails, trains and boats, inside a national park.
No major events on our calendar for July.
Coming up later
Manarola Nativity SceneDate variesUsually lit from 8 December to late January
A large illuminated nativity made by a local resident across the hillside.
Why go: Best seen after dark from the village.
Where: Hillside above Manarola
Lemon FestivalDate variesUsually May
A local festival celebrating lemons with stalls and decorations.
Why go: A small local event.
Where: Monterosso
The five villages
Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola and Riomaggiore, each with colourful houses above the sea.
Sentiero Azzurro
The coastal path linking the villages.
💡 Some sections need a park card and can close after landslides or bad weather; check before hiking.
Via dell'Amore
A cliffside path between Riomaggiore and Manarola, reopened after long repairs.
Monterosso beach
The largest sandy beach in the Cinque Terre.
Train and ferry between villages
Local trains connect all five villages; ferries run in the warmer months.
💡 Trains get very crowded in summer.
Pesto alla genovese
Liguria's basil pesto, often served with trofie pasta.
Monterosso anchovies
Fresh or salted anchovies from local waters.
Focaccia
Ligurian flatbread rich with olive oil.
💡 Bakeries
Farinata
A thin chickpea pancake baked in a wood oven.
Sciacchetrà
A sweet dessert wine made from dried grapes grown on the terraces.
Sciacchetrà
The local dessert wine.
💡 Wine shops in the villages
Cinque Terre DOC white wine
Dry white wine from the terraced vineyards.
💡 Wine shops
Lemon products
Limoncino and lemon goods from local lemons.
💡 Shops in Monterosso
Pesto
Jars of Ligurian basil pesto.
💡 Food shops
Airport transfer Kiwitaxi
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