October–November
Wk 42–44
The quietest stretch among this region's best weather weeks: crowd level around 24 out of 100, weather comfort near 67.
- Crowd level
- 17–28
- Comfort
- 61–73
Italy · Toskana
Tuscany: from city republics to grand duchy
Florence, Pisa and Siena won their independence as city republics in the Middle Ages, before Cosimo I de' Medici created the Grand Duchy of Tuscany in the 16th century. The Tuscan vernacular of Florence became an essential root of standard Italian.
Busiest week
AugustCrowd level 100
Wk 32 · 2,137,622 overnight stays
Quietest weeks
JanuaryCrowd level 0
Wk 2–4 · measured against the region's own year, not against other regions
Sweet spot
October–NovemberCrowd level 17–28
Wk 42–44 · quietest while the weather still holds
Warmest month
28 °CComfort 71
August · around 45 mm of rain in the month
Toskana in brief
Tuscany covers some 22,990 square kilometres, making it Italy's fifth-largest region, and is divided into nine provinces and the metropolitan city of Florence. After the dispute over the Matildine estates, city republics such as Florence, Pisa and Siena won their independence, before the region became a grand duchy under Cosimo I de' Medici in the 16th century. Renaissance artists such as Giotto, Brunelleschi, Botticelli and Michelangelo worked in Florence, while San Gimignano, the historic centre of Pienza and the Medici villas are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The Tuscan vernacular of Florence became an essential root of standard Italian; the region is home to Dante Alighieri, Petrarch and Boccaccio.
When is Toskana busy, when is it quiet?
Click a week. The panel on the right explains why it is busy or quiet.
Weather profile
Weather comfort is an absolute scale (0 = poor, 100 = ideal) and a second axis next to the season-relative crowd level.
JanuaryØ 1
FebruaryØ 2
MarchØ 8
AprilØ 27
MayØ 39
JuneØ 64
JulyØ 87
AugustØ 95
SeptemberØ 56
OctoberØ 28
NovemberØ 8
DecemberØ 5
Colour = season-relative crowd levelBar = weather comfort (Sun & warmth), absolute 0–100
Why this week?
October · Wk 42
Crowd level27/100 · fairly quiet
quietbusy
Weather comfort38/100 · Sun & warmth
-15 % versus the region's annual average.
- Contributing months
- October (100 %)
- Overnight stays/week
- 764,954
- School-holiday pressure (source markets)
- 9 % of source markets on school holidays · +1 % crowding from holidays
- Main source markets
- Italy (57 %) · Germany (17 %) · France (4 %) · 87% of guests modelled
- Region range
- 254,226–2,137,622 (avg 904,052)
- Base years
- 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 (excluding 2020, 2021)
v1: Crowd-Score aus der Eurostat-Basisschicht (Übernachtungen), moduliert vom Schulferien-Druck der Quellmärkte, region-spezifisch gewichtet mit dem Quellland-Mix. Season-relativ zur Region. Event-Schichten folgen.
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The travel year in Toskana, month by month
The year as a table to read and to cite: crowd level for every month, plus weather comfort and temperature from the climate normals.
| Month | Crowd level0–100, season-relative | Weather comfort0–100, profile “mild” | Avg temperature |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 32 | 7 °C |
| February | 2 | 38 | 9 °C |
| March | 8 | 51 | 12 °C |
| April | 27 | 67 | 15 °C |
| May | 39 | 77 | 19 °C |
| June | 64 | 81 | 25 °C |
| July | 87 | 73 | 28 °C |
| August | 95 | 71 | 28 °C |
| September | 56 | 77 | 23 °C |
| October | 28 | 74 | 18 °C |
| November | 8 | 50 | 12 °C |
| December | 5 | 33 | 8 °C |
The crowd level is season-relative: 100 is the annual peak of Toskana itself, not the busiest destination in Europe. The figures say when it is quiet here — not where it is quieter than elsewhere.
Weather comfort 0–100 from the climate normals, profile “mild” – the same profile as the recommendation above, not the selection in the calendar. A “–” means the data for that month is missing.
Index 2.0 · As of 25/08/2026
The windows worth catching
Three windows from the model: first whether the weather suits the region, then how busy it gets.
April
Wk 15–17
A second option, also with usable weather: crowd level around 27, weather comfort near 69.
- Crowd level
- 27–28
- Comfort
- 66–71
August
Wk 31–33
The region's peak: crowd level around 98 out of 100. Only if the dates are fixed.
- Crowd level
- 97–100
- Comfort
- 69–70
Toskana compared with Europe
How full the accommodation is here, measured against Europe – on the only measure on which two travel regions can be compared.
- Bed occupancy in Toskana
- 13.8
- European median
- 23.1
per cent of bed places, annual mean
per cent of bed places, annual mean
Furthest from the median: February, at 0.3× the value. Closest to the median: August, at 0.7× the value.
Mean across 12 months, weighted by their weeks. This occupancy compares travel regions with one another. The crowding in the table above compares Toskana with itself. The two measures are never combined.
Climate through the year
Average temperature with day/night range and precipitation across the twelve months.
- Avg temperature
- Day/night range
- Precipitation
| Month | Avg temperature (°C) | Day avg (°C) | Night avg (°C) | Precipitation (mm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6 | 7 | 4 | 72 |
| Feb | 8 | 9 | 6 | 90 |
| Mar | 9 | 12 | 7 | 83 |
| Apr | 13 | 15 | 10 | 76 |
| May | 17 | 19 | 14 | 92 |
| Jun | 22 | 25 | 19 | 42 |
| Jul | 25 | 28 | 22 | 31 |
| Aug | 25 | 28 | 22 | 45 |
| Sep | 21 | 23 | 18 | 106 |
| Oct | 16 | 18 | 14 | 115 |
| Nov | 11 | 12 | 10 | 130 |
| Dec | 7 | 8 | 6 | 103 |
The band shows mean daytime to nighttime temperature. Precipitation shown as monthly total (mm). Typical monthly value (climate normal), not a forecast.
How sunny?
How much sun a typical day delivers, month by month, expressed as hours of full midday sun.
Sunny
≈ 4.1 h of full midday sun per day, annual average
Jul
Sunniest month
| Month | ≈ h of full midday sun per day |
|---|---|
| Jan | 1.6 |
| Feb | 2.4 |
| Mar | 3.9 |
| Apr | 5.2 |
| May | 5.8 |
| Jun | 6.9 |
| Jul | 6.9 |
| Aug | 6.0 |
| Sep | 4.4 |
| Oct | 2.9 |
| Nov | 1.8 |
| Dec | 1.4 |
Basis: mean daily solar irradiance in kWh/m²/day; 1 kWh/m² is roughly one hour of full midday sun (1,000 W/m²). Not the same as measured sunshine duration. Typical monthly value (climate normal), not a forecast.
Directly reachable from
Destination airports of Toskana and every European departure airport with a direct connection to them.
Destination airports
Select a destination airport to see the direct departure airports.
“Directly reachable” means a direct connection exists according to our sources. We do not show a live timetable. Availability and flight days can vary by season and airline.
Ski areas in Toskana
Mapped ski areas in this region with slope kilometres, lifts and elevation, plus the long-term snow average from our climate data.
- Ski areas
- 5
- Slopes in total
- 53 km
- Lifts
- 27
- Highest point
- 1,889 m
| Ski area | Slopes | Lifts | Elevation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area Sciistica Abetone | 38.97 km | 18 | 1,258–1,889 m631 m vertical drop |
| Area Scistica Zum Zeri | 6.1 km | 3 | 1,345–1,567 m222 m vertical drop |
| Doganaccia | 6.03 km | 4 | 1,433–1,667 m234 m vertical drop |
| Careggine | 1.58 km | 2 | 1,103–1,208 m105 m vertical drop |
| Monte AmiataCross-country only | 1.41 km cross-country | not available | 1,268–1,289 m20 m vertical drop |
Slope, lift and elevation figures come from open mapping and are complete to varying degrees. “Not available” means not mapped, not “does not exist”. Opening hours and season are not included. Snow figures are long-term averages for the whole region, not snow depth on the mountain and not a forecast.
Toskana in detail
Location and shape
Tuscany lies in central Italy and borders Liguria and Emilia-Romagna to the north, the Marche and Umbria to the east, and Lazio to the south; at some 22,990 square kilometres it is Italy's fifth-largest region. Its capital is Florence; the region is divided into nine provinces, Arezzo, Grosseto, Livorno, Lucca, Massa-Carrara, Pisa, Pistoia, Prato and Siena, plus the metropolitan city of Florence. The highest peak is Monte Prado at 2,054 metres; to the north the region is bounded by the Apennines, whose offshoots reach nearly 2,000 metres as the Apuan Alps and over 2,000 metres in the Appennino Tosco-Emiliano, with the region's forests covering 10,000 square kilometres. The main rivers are the Arno in the north and the Ombrone in the south.
Landscapes and islands
The landscapes include the Maremma in the south, the Chianti area between Florence and Siena, the Versilia coast in the northwest, and the Etruscan Riviera between Livorno and Piombino. Other landscapes are the area of Monte Amiata, the Mugello, the Val di Chiana, the Lunigiana and Garfagnana, the Val d'Elsa and Val d'Orcia, the Montagnola Senese, the Crete Senesi, the Colline Metallifere and the Casentino. The Tuscan Archipelago includes Elba, Italy's third-largest island, along with the smaller islands of Giglio, Capraia, Pianosa, Montecristo, Giannutri and Gorgona.
From the Etruscans to the margraves
Tuscany's name derives from the ancient Etruscans, whom the Romans also called Tusci; the area was formerly called Etruria and was their heartland before being gradually subdued by Rome from the 4th to the 1st century BC. From the time of Emperor Augustus the area, as Etruria, formed the seventh of eleven regions in Italy's administrative division; under Emperor Diocletian it was merged with Umbria into the province of Tuscia et Umbria at the end of the 3rd century. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the area came under the influence of the Heruli, the Ostrogoths, the Visigoths, the Byzantine Empire and the Lombard Kingdom; in 754 the southern part passed to the Patrimony of Saint Peter through the Donation of Pepin, while the northern part became the March of Tuscany. After the childless Matilda of Tuscany died in 1115, the dispute over her inheritance, the Matildine estates, let the larger Tuscan cities gradually win their independence; the chief among these city republics were Florence, Pisa, Siena, Arezzo, Pistoia and Lucca.
City republics and grand duchy
Siena defeated Florence in the Battle of Montaperti in 1260, without lasting harm to Florence; Siena lost its independence only in the 16th century, when it passed to the Duchy, later Grand Duchy, of Tuscany, while Lucca stayed independent well past the Napoleonic period. The Grand Duchy of Tuscany took this form in the 16th century under Cosimo I de' Medici; in 1737, on the death of Gian Gastone de' Medici, it passed to the Habsburgs and, with interruptions during the revolutionary and Napoleonic periods, remained Habsburg until it was absorbed into the Kingdom of Italy in 1861.
Cities and World Heritage
Renaissance artists such as Giotto, Filippo Brunelleschi, Sandro Botticelli and Michelangelo worked in Florence; the city's buildings include the cathedral, the Ponte Vecchio, the Uffizi and numerous Renaissance palaces. Pisa was an important port in the Middle Ages; its ensemble of cathedral, Leaning Tower, baptistery and historic cemetery forms the Piazza del Duomo. Siena has a historic centre with well-preserved medieval buildings in the Gothic style, including its cathedral and Old Town Hall, along with the annual Palio horse race. San Gimignano, with its high-medieval tower houses, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as is the historic centre of Pienza, a model of Renaissance town planning that has grown little since the time of Pius II, and the Medici villas of the 15th and 17th centuries in Florence and northern Tuscany.
Landscape, economy and language
Montecristo, the most remote island of the Tuscan Archipelago, is a rock rising steeply from the sea to a highest point of 645 metres and, since 1971, Italy's most strictly protected nature reserve, closed to private visitors; Monte Amiata is an extinct volcano 1,738 metres high in southern Tuscany, whose eastern part forms the Oasi Monte Amiata reserve, and the Maremma holds the large Parco dell'Uccellina nature reserve, with an exceptionally rare flora and fauna. Carrara is the source of white marble, quarried there and in neighbouring Massa, and Livorno is Tuscany's second-largest city after Florence, shaped by industry, trade, harbour facilities and commerce. The Chianina cattle breed, the largest in the world, originated in Tuscany, whose wines include Chianti, Sassicaia, Brunello di Montalcino and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. The medieval vernacular of Florence and Tuscany is a key root of standard Italian; the region is home to the poets Dante Alighieri, Francesco Petrarch and Giovanni Boccaccio.
Frequently asked questions about the best time to visit Toskana
Short answers on timing, weather and getting there, all from the data on this page.
When is the best time to visit Toskana?
- The best time to visit Toskana is October–November (Wk 42–44): it is the quietest stretch among the region's best weather weeks – crowd level around 24 out of 100, weather comfort about 67 out of 100.
When is Toskana quietest?
- January (Wk 2–4) is the quietest time in Toskana. Crowd levels there sit at 0 out of 100, the lowest across the year.
When is Toskana busiest?
- Toskana is busiest in August (Wk 32) with around 2,137,622 overnight stays in the peak week.
What is the weather like in Toskana and when is it warmest?
- It is warmest in Toskana in August with an average of 28 °C and around 45 mm of rain in the month.
How do you get to Toskana?
- Toskana is reachable via 3 destination airports with direct flights, including Pisa International Airport (PSA), Firenze-Peretola Airport (FLR) and Marina Di Campo Airport (EBA).
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Sources and data vintages
Every provenance note on this page, collected in one place.
- Cover photo
- Photo by Alexander Henke on Unsplash
- Cover video
- Video by Matteo Ballardini on Pexels
- Crowding figures
- Index 2.0 · As of 25/08/2026. v1 approximation, calculated from Eurostat overnight stays. Day tourism and cruises (Venice, Dubrovnik …) are still missing, so we show these destinations as quieter than they are. The crowd score is a model-based forecast, not a measurement.
- Climate data
- Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2025.
- Reachability
Data sources: direct connections from Wikipedia (“Airlines and destinations”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, aggregated and modified by us), cross-checked with Eurostat, Destatis and the UK Civil Aviation Authority; airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain). The derived connection data is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Data as of: September 2026
- Ski areas
Data sources: ski areas from OpenSkiMap, based on OpenStreetMap, licensed under ODbL 1.0; snow depths from ERA5-Land (Copernicus Climate Change Service).
- Region text
- Text by HolidayHub, written from Wikivoyage „Toskana“ (1743382) · Wikipedia „Toskana“ (269389820) · Wikidata Q1273. Wikivoyage and Wikipedia are licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikidata CC0.
- Data basis
- All figures are approximations derived from open data (crowd level from Eurostat overnight stays, climate from Copernicus/ERA5-Land), not measurements.