October–November
Wk 42–44
The quietest stretch among this region's best weather weeks: crowd level around 17 out of 100, weather comfort near 65.
- Crowd level
- 12–20
- Comfort
- 58–71
Italy · Venedig
Venice: 127 islands, buildings on millions of piles
The historic centre stands on 127 islands in a lagoon of about 550 square kilometres, and its buildings rest on wooden piles driven into the clay ground. Until 1797 the city was the capital of its own republic; since 1987 Venice and its lagoon have been on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Busiest week
AugustCrowd level 100
Wk 32 · 3,256,959 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 12–20
Wk 42–44 · quietest while the weather still holds
Warmest month
27 °CComfort 69
July · around 78 mm of rain in the month
Venedig in brief
Venice is the capital of the region of Veneto and of the Metropolitan City of Venice; the historic centre stands on 127 islands in the lagoon and covers 646.80 hectares. The lagoon extends over about 550 square kilometres, of which only around three percent is made up of islands; the city and the lagoon have been on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1987. Until 1797 Venice was the capital of the Republic of Venice, whose colonial empire stretched from northern Italy to Crete and, for a time, to Cyprus; in 1866 the city became part of Italy. From the Piazzale Roma onward, one gets around on foot or on the water, over some 175 canals and 398 bridges.
When is Venedig 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 4
MarchØ 6
AprilØ 23
MayØ 37
JuneØ 69
JulyØ 90
AugustØ 95
SeptemberØ 54
OctoberØ 21
NovemberØ 5
DecemberØ 3
Colour = season-relative crowd levelBar = weather comfort (Sun & warmth), absolute 0–100
Why this week?
October · Wk 42
Crowd level20/100 · fairly quiet
quietbusy
Weather comfort32/100 · Sun & warmth
-30 % versus the region's annual average.
- Contributing months
- October (100 %)
- Overnight stays/week
- 953,795
- 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
- 394,695–3,256,959 (avg 1,354,493)
- 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 Venedig, 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 | 24 | 5 °C |
| February | 4 | 32 | 7 °C |
| March | 6 | 48 | 11 °C |
| April | 23 | 65 | 15 °C |
| May | 37 | 71 | 19 °C |
| June | 69 | 75 | 25 °C |
| July | 90 | 69 | 27 °C |
| August | 95 | 71 | 26 °C |
| September | 54 | 78 | 22 °C |
| October | 21 | 72 | 16 °C |
| November | 5 | 45 | 10 °C |
| December | 3 | 27 | 6 °C |
The crowd level is season-relative: 100 is the annual peak of Venedig 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 14–16
A second option, also with usable weather: crowd level around 23, weather comfort near 64.
- Crowd level
- 21–24
- Comfort
- 61–67
August
Wk 31–33
The region's peak: crowd level around 99 out of 100. Only if the dates are fixed.
- Crowd level
- 98–100
- Comfort
- 69–70
Venedig 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 Venedig
- 23.5
- European median
- 23.1
per cent of bed places, annual mean
per cent of bed places, annual mean
Furthest from the median: February, at 0.6× the value. Closest to the median: May, at 1.1× 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 Venedig 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 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 52 |
| Feb | 6 | 7 | 5 | 70 |
| Mar | 9 | 11 | 7 | 77 |
| Apr | 13 | 15 | 11 | 91 |
| May | 17 | 19 | 15 | 148 |
| Jun | 23 | 25 | 20 | 77 |
| Jul | 24 | 27 | 22 | 78 |
| Aug | 24 | 26 | 22 | 100 |
| Sep | 20 | 22 | 18 | 119 |
| Oct | 15 | 16 | 14 | 100 |
| Nov | 9 | 10 | 8 | 110 |
| Dec | 5 | 6 | 4 | 70 |
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
≈ 3.7 h of full midday sun per day, annual average
Jun
Sunniest month
| Month | ≈ h of full midday sun per day |
|---|---|
| Jan | 1.6 |
| Feb | 2.4 |
| Mar | 3.7 |
| Apr | 4.8 |
| May | 5.1 |
| Jun | 6.1 |
| Jul | 6.0 |
| Aug | 5.3 |
| Sep | 3.9 |
| Oct | 2.6 |
| Nov | 1.7 |
| Dec | 1.3 |
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 Venedig 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 Venedig
Mapped ski areas in this region with slope kilometres, lifts and elevation, plus the long-term snow average from our climate data.
- Ski areas
- 29
- Slopes in total
- 478 km
- Lifts
- 186
- Highest point
- 2,739 m
On a long-term average, January sees the most snow: 6 cm mean snow depth across the region.
| Ski area | Slopes | Lifts | Elevation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cortina d'Ampezzo | 112.91 km17.78 km cross-country | 35 | 859–2,739 m1,880 m vertical drop |
| Ski Civetta | 61.38 km | 28 | 984–2,078 m1,095 m vertical drop |
| Ski Area San Pellegrino - Falcade | 52.56 km | 18 | 1,216–2,513 m1,297 m vertical drop |
| Arabba | 45.29 km | 16 | 1,609–2,485 m876 m vertical drop |
| Cortina Tofane | 39.17 km | 12 | 1,212–2,739 m1,528 m vertical drop |
| Lagazuoi - 5 Torri | 34 km | 9 | 1,654–2,727 m1,074 m vertical drop |
| Val Comelico - Padola | 23.31 km20.99 km cross-country | 6 | 1,211–1,941 m730 m vertical drop |
| Cristallo - Faloria | 18.5 km | 7 | 1,686–2,352 m666 m vertical drop |
| leMelette | 11.73 km | 7 | 1,422–1,731 m309 m vertical drop |
| Monte Valbella (Asiago) | 11.63 km | 2 | 1,134–1,139 m5 m vertical drop |
| Alpe del Nevegal | 10.94 km | 6 | 1,048–1,664 m616 m vertical drop |
| Verena 2000 | 10.82 km | 5 | 1,640–1,997 m357 m vertical drop |
| Monte Avena | 8.27 km | 3 | 1,217–1,456 m239 m vertical drop |
| San Vito di Cadore | 7.09 km | 3 | 1,096–1,569 m473 m vertical drop |
| Auronzo | 7.04 km | 3 | 859–1,579 m720 m vertical drop |
| Prà Alpesina | 6.74 km | 9 | 1,445–1,836 m392 m vertical drop |
| Misurina | 4.83 km7.29 km cross-country | 2 | 1,752–2,110 m358 m vertical drop |
| Kaberlaba | 3.93 km | 7 | 997–1,153 m156 m vertical drop |
| Biancoia | 3.76 km | 3 | 1,099–1,232 m133 m vertical drop |
| Val Formica | 2.43 km | 3 | 1,641–1,763 m122 m vertical drop |
| Forcella Aurine | 1.96 km | 2 | 1,302–1,443 m141 m vertical drop |
| Centro Fondo GallioCross-country only | 136.83 km cross-country | not available | 1,280–2,105 m826 m vertical drop |
| Centro Fondo AsiagoCross-country only | 72.97 km cross-country | not available | 970–1,471 m502 m vertical drop |
| Malga San Giorgio | 27.41 km cross-country | not available | 1,493–1,750 m258 m vertical drop |
| Conca dei ParpariCross-country only | 8.77 km cross-country | not available | 1,312–1,402 m90 m vertical drop |
and 4 more areas in this region
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.
Venedig in detail
Location and lagoon
Venice lies in the northeast of Italy and is the capital of the region of Veneto and of the Metropolitan City of Venice; the historic centre stands on 127 islands in the lagoon and covers 646.80 hectares, with most of the lagoon and its more than 60 islands, the barrier islands of Lido and Pellestrina, and the mainland districts around Mestre and Marghera added to that. The lagoon extends over about 550 square kilometres between the mouths of the Adige and the Piave and is bounded against the Adriatic by roughly 60 kilometres of sandbanks; only about three percent of its area is covered by islands, with the rest made up of tidal flats and marshland, the barene, and fishing grounds, the valli da pesca. The two narrow sandbanks Lido and Pellestrina extend more than 20 kilometres to the south; the Lido di Venezia became a seaside resort with hotels and a casino in the 19th century, while Pellestrina lives mainly from fishing and mussel fishing. The population is concentrated on the mainland: around 180,000 people live in the mainland districts, around 53,000 in the historic centre and around 28,000 on the lagoon islands, after Marghera was incorporated in 1917 and Mestre, together with most of the mainland districts, in 1926.
A city on piles
The buildings and pathways of the lagoon were erected on millions of wooden piles driven into the muddy clay ground; resting on them is the zattaron, a platform of two layers of larch planks, and construction used light, hollow clay bricks, the mattoni, to save weight. About 175 canals with a total length of around 38 kilometres run through the historic centre, originally built to a depth of roughly 1.85 metres; the main thoroughfare is the Grand Canal. 398 bridges cross the canals, mostly wooden until around 1480 and later replaced by stone bridges; the Rialto Bridge remained the only one across the Grand Canal until the mid-19th century, and since then the Ponte degli Scalzi, the Ponte dell'Accademia and the Ponte della Costituzione, inaugurated in 2008, have been added. High water, acqua alta, has affected the city since time immemorial; on 4 November 1966 the highest recorded flood reached 194 centimetres above the normal water level, and from late 2004 the MO.S.E. project, made up of 78 floodgates on the seabed, was built and was first put into operation in October 2020.
Six sestieri and the routes on the water
The historic centre is divided into six sestieri, three on each side of the Grand Canal, which flows through the old town from west to east in the shape of a broad question mark: San Polo, Dorsoduro and Santa Croce on the western and southern side, San Marco, Cannaregio and Castello on the eastern and northern side. From the Piazzale Roma onward, one gets around the historic centre on foot or on the water, and many of the bridges have steps. On the water, vaporetti, water taxis and gondolas operate; traghetti, gondola ferries across the Grand Canal, cross it at five points between the station and St Mark's Square, and it was Mayor Dante Di Serego Alighieri who pushed through the motorisation of public water transport with the vaporetti. The Centro Storico can only be reached dry-shod by a pair of bridges to the mainland: the 3,605-metre railway bridge built between 1841 and 1846, and the road bridge built between 1931 and 1933, called the Ponte della Libertà since the Second World War, 3,623 metres long and resting on 222 stone arches.
From Byzantium to a maritime power
From around 540, the settlements in the lagoon remained the westernmost outpost of the Byzantine Empire and formed their own system of government with tribunes and, according to legend, a doge at its head from 697; in 811 his residence was moved to Rialto. In 828, two Venetian merchants brought the bones of the Evangelist Mark from Alexandria to the city; St Mark's Basilica was built for the relics, the lion of St Mark became the city's coat of arms and emblem, and the two columns of the Piazzetta bear the figure of St Theodore and the winged lion. To secure its maritime trade, Venice built the Arsenal shipyard from 1104 onward; it covers more ground than St Mark's Square, at times employed more than 10,000 workers, the arsenalotti, and remains partly a restricted military area to this day. Doge Enrico Dandolo diverted the Fourth Crusade first to Zadar in 1202, then to Constantinople, which was conquered in 1204; that is how the bronze quadriga of St Mark's Basilica came to Venice, and the colonial empire grew by further strongholds, above all Crete.
Republic, plague and the year 1797
Until 1797, Venice was the capital of the Republic of Venice, with the doge as head of state, elected first by the popular assembly and later by the city's nobility; the salt monopoly was an important source of wealth, and the colonial empire stretched from northern Italy to Crete and, for a time, to Cyprus. The plague of 1348 caused the population of about 120,000 to collapse; a further 25 epidemics followed it into the early 16th century, and in 1423 the Lazzaretto Vecchio became the first plague hospital; after 1550 the city, with about 180,000 inhabitants, came close to its highest population, while around two million people lived in the colonial empire. Two votive churches commemorate deliverance from the epidemics of 1575/1576 and 1630/1631: Il Redentore on the Giudecca, reached on the Saturday before the third Sunday in July by a bridge across the Canale della Giudecca, and Santa Maria della Salute on the Grand Canal, across which a bridge is laid every year on 21 November for the occasion. In 1797 the aristocratic republic dissolved itself and was occupied by the French under Napoleon; after French and Austrian rule between 1798 and 1866, Venice became part of Italy under the Peace of Vienna of 3 October 1866.
St Mark's Square, islands and the Biennale
St Mark's Square, 175 metres long and up to 82 metres wide, is the largest square in the city, shaped by the state Procuratie buildings and St Mark's Basilica, completed in 1094; the Campanile marks the boundary to the Piazzetta San Marco, with the Doge's Palace and, opposite it, the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana. The islands around the core area were already assigned roles in the Middle Ages: San Michele as the cemetery island, Murano for the glassblowers, Sant'Erasmo for vegetable growing, and Lazzaretto Vecchio and Nuovo for quarantine. Glassmaking took off on Murano after the glass furnaces were fully relocated there in the late 13th century; in the mid-15th century the colourless soda-lime glass Crystallo was achieved, a glassmaking school followed in 1860, and the Consorzio Promovetro Murano lists 66 companies. The city's Jews lived in the Ghetto in Cannaregio from 1516 to the early 19th century, in houses of up to eight storeys with often very low ceilings; the Venice Biennale has been held every two years, with multi-year interruptions during the war years, between June and November since 1895, divided into art, music, dance, theatre, film and architecture, and the film festival on the Lido has existed since 1932.
Frequently asked questions about the best time to visit Venedig
Short answers on timing, weather and getting there, all from the data on this page.
When is the best time to visit Venedig?
- The best time to visit Venedig is October–November (Wk 42–44): it is the quietest stretch among the region's best weather weeks – crowd level around 17 out of 100, weather comfort about 65 out of 100.
When is Venedig quietest?
- January (Wk 2–4) is the quietest time in Venedig. Crowd levels there sit at 0 out of 100, the lowest across the year.
When is Venedig busiest?
- Venedig is busiest in August (Wk 32) with around 3,256,959 overnight stays in the peak week.
What is the weather like in Venedig and when is it warmest?
- It is warmest in Venedig in July with an average of 27 °C and around 78 mm of rain in the month.
When is there the most snow in Venedig and when are ski conditions best?
- Venedig has the most snow in January with an average of around 6 cm. Those are the most reliable weeks for winter sports.
How do you get to Venedig?
- Venedig is reachable via 3 destination airports with direct flights, including Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE), Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN) and Treviso Airport (TSF).
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- Cover photo
- Photo by Alessio Bachetti on Unsplash
- Cover video
- Video by Kmeel.com Videos 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 „Venedig“ (1796355) · Wikipedia „Venedig“ (269420014) · Wikidata Q641. 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.