Best time to visit Lucca

Italy · Europe

All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.

The year in Lucca

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Go in Jun — 28C max, 4 rainy days. Jul is the next best.

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Things to do in Lucca

Torre Guinigi This is a tower with trees atop it, a very dramatic sight, with good views of the city.
Duomo di San Martino Romanesque cathedral dating to 14th century.
Piazza dell'Anfiteatro A former Roman amphitheatre, but the remains of the amphitheatre are gone.
Saint Michael's Church Basilica in Lucca, Tuscany, Italy
Saint Frediano's Church Church in Lucca, Italy
Palazzo Pfanner Preserved rooms formerly inhabited by the Pfanner family, as well as a pleasant garden.
Torre delle Ore Ancient clock tower with original clock still working.

Tours and tickets in Lucca

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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Lucca), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.

Month by month

No fare history for this route yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only — the price column will fill in as the scanner collects.

Month	Max °C	Rain days	Humidity	Sun h/day	Verdict	Why
Jan	11°	10d	81%	6.4h	ok	11C max, 10 rainy days
Feb	13°	8d	80%	7.3h	ok	13C max, 8 rainy days
Mar	16°	8d	74%	9.0h	good	16C max, 8 rainy days
Apr	19°	9d	73%	10.8h	okbusy	busier than usual
May	22°	12d	76%	11.6h	goodbusy	busier than usual
Jun	28°	4d	72%	13.5h	sweet spot busy	busier than usual
Jul	30°	2d	70%	14.0h	goodbusy	busier than usual
Aug	31°	4d	68%	12.4h	goodbusy	busier than usual
Sep	26°	8d	74%	10.6h	goodbusy	busier than usual
Oct	21°	10d	80%	8.3h	good	21C max, 10 rainy days
Nov	16°	12d	82%	6.7h	ok	16C max, 12 rainy days
Dec	12°	12d	85%	5.6h	ok	12C max, 12 rainy days

Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.

Weather read at the centre: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.

How busy it gets

Busiest from April to September; quietest from November to March.

Then and now

Lucca's June days now average 27.9°C, 4.5°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 12 of 12 months are clearly warmer.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1981–90	9.4°	10.3°	13.2°	16.1°	20.1°	23.4°	27.4°	27.0°	23.8°	19.6°	13.7°	10.6°
2017–26	11.2°	13.3°	15.7°	19.0°	22.2°	27.9°	30.4°	31.2°	26.2°	21.4°	15.7°	12.1°
Change	+1.8°	+3.1°	+2.5°	+2.9°	+2.1°	+4.5°	+3.1°	+4.3°	+2.4°	+1.8°	+2.0°	+1.6°

The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.

Getting there

Fly into Pisa (PI) (PSA), then drive. The flights under Where to book are to Pisa (PI).

Pisa (PI) (PSA)	the drive is not measured yet
Firenze (FI) (FLR)	the drive is not measured yet

The drive from each airport is the road's, from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT: typical, not a schedule.

How far Lucca is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.

Before you go

Type C and F and L plugs at 230 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Euro. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Everything for Italy: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

Being there

On arrival

Paying — By law, shops, cafés and bars must take a card payment of any amount, and refusing one is fined. Carry a little cash for tips.
UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
Tipping — Not customary; restaurants outside Rome often add a cover charge (coperto). Leaving the change in cafés and taxis is common.

Getting around Lucca

Apps — Rides: FreeNow, itTaxi, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: WhatsApp. In Rome these apps book licensed taxis; Uber also offers the dearer Uber Black.

On foot: the old city is compact. By bike: hardly necessary for the old city, but helpful if you've edge of town accommodation. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Lucca, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Help

Emergency — police 112 · ambulance 118 · fire 115.
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.

Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 7 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.

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Lucca in pictures

Duomo di Lucca vom Torre Guinigi 2009 07 — i

H005, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

01 Lucca seen from Torre Guinigi — i

Myrabella, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Lucca Piazza San Francesco — i

Ingo Mehling, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Lucca Cathedral Backside — i

Ingo Mehling, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Lucca Settembre 1999 12 — i

Infrogmation, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What Lucca is like

Lucca is a city of some 90,000 people (2017) in Lucca province of Tuscany. Its long history goes back to Etruscan and Ancient Roman times, and the city retains pieces of ancient architecture. Lucca remained an independent city state until the end of the 18th century. More on Wikivoyage

Worth seeing: City Walls. You can walk or cycle on top of the ancient city walls. The entire perimeter is approximately 4 km. More on Wikivoyage
Worth doing: Walking or cycling the full 4 km circuit on top of the city walls is the thing most visitors do first, and it doubles as an orientation to the layout of the old town. More on Wikivoyage
Getting in: Rail and road links provide easy access from nearby Pisa and Florence. Pisa Galileo Galilei International Airport (PSA IATA) is 2 km south of Pisa. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Lucca, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.

Around Lucca

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Kind of place

Lucca is in Italy, Europe. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.

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