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Italy
Porto Venere · Photo: Aconcagua ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Capital
- Rome
- Currency
- EUR
- Euro
- Local time
- Central European Summer TimeUTC+02:00
- Calling code
- +39
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type C, F and L
Facts
Italy in figures
- Capital
- Rome
- Currency
- Euro EURToday's indicative rate: EUR 1 ≈ USD 1.12Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Languages
- Official: ItalianOfficial in part of the country: French and VenetianSpoken: Italian, German, French, Sardinian, Catalan and Corsican
- Time zones
- Central European Summer TimeUTC+02:00
- Calling code
- +39
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type C, F and L230 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 112general emergency113police115fire118ambulanceAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Population
- 58,915,656 (2025, World Bank)
- Area
- 301,230 km²
- Internet domain
- .it
When to go
Climate across Italy
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
| City | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rome | 11° | 12° | 15° | 19° | 23° | 28° | 32° | 32° | 27° | 22° | 16° | 12° |
| Venice | 7° | 9° | 12° | 17° | 21° | 26° | 29° | 29° | 24° | 19° | 13° | 9° |
| Milan | 6° | 9° | 14° | 18° | 22° | 27° | 29° | 29° | 24° | 18° | 12° | 7° |
| Florence | 5° | 7° | 11° | 15° | 20° | 26° | 30° | 29° | 23° | 17° | 11° | 7° |
| Naples | 11° | 11° | 14° | 18° | 22° | 28° | 31° | 31° | 26° | 22° | 16° | 12° |
| Turin | 5° | 7° | 11° | 15° | 20° | 24° | 27° | 27° | 22° | 17° | 10° | 6° |
| Genoa | 7° | 8° | 12° | 16° | 20° | 25° | 28° | 28° | 24° | 18° | 12° | 8° |
| Palermo | 13° | 13° | 15° | 18° | 22° | 27° | 31° | 31° | 27° | 23° | 18° | 14° |
| Bologna | 7° | 9° | 14° | 18° | 24° | 29° | 33° | 32° | 26° | 20° | 13° | 8° |
| Pisa | 10° | 11° | 14° | 18° | 22° | 28° | 31° | 31° | 26° | 21° | 15° | 11° |
| Cities good for going, of 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 28 | 29 | 22 | 23 | 28 | 25 | 6 | 0 |
Mean daily highs, modelled for an area about 50 km across: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. A cell's swatch says what the month is like (key above).
On the map
Where Italy is
The dashed box is the extent of the country's main landmass, from Natural Earth; outlying islands fall outside it. The dots are the cities with pages of their own.
Land borders
Cities
Cities in Italy
- RomeCapitalGuideLazio2,318,895
- MilanLombardy1,371,498
- NaplesCampania909,048
- TurinPiedmont847,287
- PalermoSicily648,260
- GenoaLiguria580,097
- BolognaEmilia-Romagna394,843
- FlorenceTuscany367,150
- BariApulia316,491
- CataniaSicily311,584
- TriesteFriuli Venezia Giulia204,338
- ParmaEmilia-Romagna198,292
- Reggio CalabriaCalabria182,455
- CagliariSardinia149,257
- RiminiEmilia-Romagna148,688
- FoggiaApulia137,032
- SalernoCampania125,797
- PerugiaUmbria120,137
- PescaraAbruzzo119,554
- ForlìEmilia-Romagna116,696
- PisaTuscany109,960
- BolzanoTrentino-Alto Adige107,436
- BrindisiApulia87,141
- TrevisoVeneto85,760
- Lamezia TermeCalabria70,501
- TrapaniSicily67,531
- CrotoneCalabria64,603
- OlbiaSardinia60,345
- VeniceGuideVeneto51,298
Smaller places with an airport · 7
Airports
Airports in Italy
Large airports
- CIACiampino–G. B. Pastine International AirportRome
- FCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportRome
- BGYIl Caravaggio International AirportMilan
- MXPMilan Malpensa International AirportMilan
- NAPNaples International AirportNaples
- TRNTurin AirportTurin
- PMOFalcone–Borsellino AirportPalermo
- GOAGenoa Cristoforo Colombo AirportGenoa
- BLQBologna Guglielmo Marconi AirportBologna
- FLRFlorence Airport, PeretolaFlorence
- BRIBari Karol Wojtyła International AirportBari
- CTACatania-Fontanarossa AirportCatania
- TRSTrieste AirportTrieste
- CAGCagliari Elmas AirportCagliari
- RMIFederico Fellini International AirportRimini
- PEGPerugia San Francesco d'Assisi – Umbria International AirportPerugia
- PSRAbruzzo AirportPescara
- PSAPisa International AirportPisa
- BDSBrindisi AirportBrindisi
- TSFTreviso AirportTreviso
- SUFLamezia Terme Sant'Eufemia International AirportLamezia Terme
- OLBOlbia Costa Smeralda AirportOlbia
- VCEVenice Marco Polo AirportVenice
- LINMilano Linate AirportSegrate
- VRNVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo AirportVillafranca di Verona
Photographs
Italy in pictures
RomePhoto: Bert Kaufmann from Roermond, Netherlands · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
VeniceSt Mark's Basilica · Photo: Nino Barbieri · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
MilanPhoto: Steffen Schmitz · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
FlorenceFlorence Cathedral · Photo: Petar Milošević · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
NaplesPhoto: Wolfgang Moroder · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
TurinMuseo Egizio · Photo: Georgius LXXXIX · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
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