Editing Tourism in Italy (section)

=== Climate ===
[[File:Italy Köppen.svg|thumb|Map of the [[climate of Italy]]]]
{{main|Climate of Italy}}
The [[climate of Italy]] is influenced by the large body of water of the [[Mediterranean Sea]] that surrounds Italy on every side except the north. These seas constitute a reservoir of [[heat]] and [[humidity]] for Italy. Within the southern temperate zone, they determine a particular climate called [[Mediterranean climate]] with local differences due to the [[geomorphology]] of the territory, which tends to make its mitigating effects felt, especially in [[Anticyclone|high pressure]] conditions.

Because of the length of the peninsula and the mostly mountainous hinterland, the climate of Italy is highly diverse. The inland northern areas of Italy (for example [[Turin]], [[Milan]], and [[Bologna]]) have a relatively cool, mid-latitude version of the [[Humid subtropical climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] Cfa), while the coastal areas of [[Liguria]] and the peninsula south of [[Florence]] generally fit the [[Mediterranean climate]] profile ([[Köppen climate classification]] Csa).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ilclima.org/clima-italia/|title=Clima Italia|date=5 August 2012 |access-date=30 December 2021|language=it}}</ref>

Conditions on the coast are different from those in the interior, particularly during winter months when the higher altitudes tend to be cold, wet, and often snowy. The coastal regions have mild winters and warm and generally dry summers, although lowland valleys can be quite hot in summer. Between the north and south there can be a considerable difference in temperature, above all during the winter: on some winter days it can be {{convert|-2|°C|°F}} and snowing in Milan, while it is {{convert|8|°C|°F|1}} in [[Rome]] and {{convert|20|°C|°F}} in [[Palermo]]. Temperature differences are less extreme in the summer.