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Best time to visit Padua

Italy · Europe

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

The year in Padua

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  1. Padua in January: ok
  2. Padua in February: ok
  3. Padua in March: good
  4. Padua in April: good
  5. Padua in May: good
  6. Padua in June: sweet spot
  7. Padua in July: good, busy
  8. Padua in August: good, busy
  9. Padua in September: good, busy
  10. Padua in October: good
  11. Padua in November: ok
  12. Padua in December: ok
  • Sweet spot
  • Good
  • OK
  • Avoid
  • Busy
Go in Jun — 28C max, 5 rainy days. Jul is the next best.

Things to do in Padua

  • Scrovegni Chapel The Chapel is in the north of the city center, not far from the bus and train stations.
  • Saint Anthony's cathedral Saint Anthony's Basilica is the best-known tourist site in Padova - millions of pilgrims…
  • Palazzo della Ragione The large building located between Piazza della Frutta and Piazza delle Erbe.
  • Botanic Garden The world's oldest still operating botanic garden, operated by the University of Padua…
  • Chiesa Eremitani The church with an unusual wooden ceiling was badly damaged in WWII…
  • Palazzo del Bo' Building in Padua, Italy
  • Eremitani Civic Museum The museum is divided into an archeological section and a picture gallery…

Tours and tickets in Padua

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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Padua), 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.

MonthMax °CRain days HumiditySun h/day VerdictWhy
Jan 8° 5d 80% 5.8h ok 8C max, 5 rainy days
Feb 11° 5d 79% 6.6h ok 11C max, 5 rainy days
Mar 15° 7d 73% 8.7h good 15C max, 7 rainy days
Apr 19° 8d 69% 10.4h good 19C max, 8 rainy days
May 22° 13d 72% 10.7h good 22C max, 13 rainy days
Jun 28° 5d 68% 13.2h sweet spot 28C max, 5 rainy days
Jul 30° 4d 65% 13.1h goodbusy busier than usual
Aug 31° 5d 65% 12.2h goodbusy busier than usual
Sep 25° 7d 71% 10.2h goodbusy busier than usual
Oct 20° 7d 79% 7.8h good 20C max, 7 rainy days
Nov 13° 9d 82% 6.0h ok 13C max, 9 rainy days
Dec 9° 7d 85% 4.8h ok 9C max, 7 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 July to September; quietest from December to February.

Then and now

Padua's June days now average 28.4°C, 4.4°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 11 of 12 months are clearly warmer.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
1981–906.3°8.1°12.4°16.3°20.9°24.0°27.6°27.1°23.6°18.4°11.4°7.4°
2017–267.8°11.0°14.9°18.7°22.4°28.4°30.3°30.5°25.2°20.0°13.2°8.6°
Change+1.5°+2.9°+2.4°+2.4°+1.4°+4.4°+2.7°+3.5°+1.6°+1.5°+1.8°+1.2°

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 Venezia (VE) (VCE), then drive. The flights under Where to book are to Venezia (VE).

Venezia (VE) (VCE) the drive is not measured yet
Treviso (TV) (TSF) 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 Padua 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 Padua

  • 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.

Discovering the city on foot is very easy. The historic center is not very big, so you can go around in the narrow streets. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Padua, 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.

Sources (105)

Padua in pictures

Palazzo del Podesta in Padua (2)
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Tournasol7, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Palazzo del Capitanio in Padua (2)
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Tournasol7, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Parco Regionale dei Colli Euganei 2
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kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Duomo (Padua) Facade
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Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Exterior of Palazzo della Ragione (Padua)
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Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What Padua is like

Padua (Italian: Padova, Venetian: Pàdova) is a city in north eastern Italy, and the capital of the province of the same name. It is located centrally in the Veneto region, between Venice on one side and Vicenza and Verona on the other. More on Wikivoyage

Worth seeing
The Padua Card allows you to visit most churches and all museums as well as use the public transport for €16. More on Wikivoyage
Worth doing
A pleasant local tradition is the spritz or aperitif in one of the central piazzas (Piazza delle Erbe, Piazza della Frutta or Piazza dei Signori), starting between 7 and 8 in the evening. More on Wikivoyage
Getting in
Padua is a central railway node in the Veneto area. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Padua, 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 Padua

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Kind of place

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

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