Best time to learn to fly in Italy
How often the weather allows training flights in each month, from weather reports at 13 airfields with flight schools in Italy.
Across 13 airfields, 82% of daylight hours have weather suitable for training flights. The best months are June, July, and August. February is the most difficult month, at 65%.
Share of daylight hours each month with weather suitable for training flights (cloud base at least 3,000 ft, visibility at least 5 statute miles / 8 km, wind no more than 20 knots, no thunderstorms, freezing conditions or snow).
The flying year in Italy
At the typical Italian airfield in our data (13 airfields), the weather allows training flights in 82% of daylight hours. Summer is excellent, at 97% in July and 97% in August, and the season runs from March to September.
The winter months are much weaker, around 69% in January and 65% in February, and the national figure hides a big north–south difference.
North and south
Lazio, around Rome, has the most flyable weather in our data. The Po Valley regions in the north (Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna and Veneto) lose a lot of winter flying to fog and low cloud, which is well known among pilots there.
Planning your training
In the north, plan the flying part of your training for March to October. In central and southern Italy, winter training is far more realistic.
Flying weather by month
| Month | Typical airfield | Most airfields |
|---|---|---|
| January | 69% | 50–82% |
| February | 65% | 62–80% |
| March | 84% | 79–87% |
| April | 88% | 87–91% |
| May | 89% | 88–90% |
| June | 95% | 94–96% |
| July | 97% | 96–97% |
| August | 97% | 96–97% |
| September | 92% | 91–93% |
| October | 76% | 71–86% |
| November | 72% | 57–83% |
| December | 70% | 50–85% |
By region
| Region | Whole year | Best months | Airfields |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lazio | 92% | June, July, and August | 3 |
| Lombardy | 77% | June, July, and August | 2 |
| Emilia-Romagna | 77% | June, July, and August | 3 |
| Veneto | 76% | June, July, and August | 2 |
Airfields with the most flyable weather in Italy
| Airfield | Whole year | Best months |
|---|---|---|
| Roma Fiumicino Airport (LIRF) Lazio | 92% | June, July, and August |
| Ciampino Airport (LIRA) Lazio | 92% | June, July, and August |
| Napoli Airport (LIRN) Campania | 88% | July, August, and September |
| Genova Airport (LIMJ) Liguria | 88% | July, August, and September |
| Trieste Airport (LIPQ) Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 86% | June, July, and August |
| Rome Urbe Airport (LIRU) Lazio | 85% | June, July, and August |
| Treviso Airport (LIPH) Veneto | 82% | June, July, and August |
| Milano Malpensa Airport (LIMC) Lombardy | 80% | June, July, and August |
| Carpi-Miramare Airport (LIPR) Emilia-Romagna | 79% | June, July, and August |
| Forli Airport (LIPK) Emilia-Romagna | 77% | June, July, and August |
How we worked this out
Based on hourly weather reports (METAR) from 2016 to 2025 in the Iowa Environmental Mesonet archive, at the weather station closest to each airfield and no more than 30 km away. Only daylight hours count. For each month we show the typical (median) airfield, with the middle half of airfields as the range.
Cite this data: BookFlightSchools, “Best time to learn to fly in Italy: flying weather by month”, 2016–2025. https://bookflightschools.com/flight-schools/italy/weather