UV Index Italy
According to the WHO, the average daily ambient ultraviolet radiation in Italy is 2,444 J/m² (joules per square metre).
UV radiation overview
Italy stretches between roughly 35° and 47° N, from the Alpine watershed at Testa Gemella Occidentale in South Tyrol down to Punta Pesce Spada on Lampedusa, with the long boot-shaped peninsula projecting deep into the centre of the Mediterranean Sea. That latitude span places the country in the southern temperate zone with a relatively high mid-day sun angle in summer, and broadly Mediterranean conditions along most coasts, producing one of the strongest UV regimes in continental Europe outside the highest mountains.
Italy's southernmost point, Punta Pesce Spada on Lampedusa at about 35°30′ N, lies closer to the Tunisian coast than to the Italian mainland — only about 113 km from Tunisia versus around 205 km from Sicily — and the island sits geologically on the African Plate within the Sicily Channel. Lampedusa has a hot semi-arid (BSh) climate with cloudless, almost rainless summers, twelve-hour mean daily sunshine from April through August, and a peak monthly UV index around 7, giving Italy a uniquely African-edge UV exposure within its territory.
Italy sits at #154 of 191 in the WHO's global ambient-UV ranking with about 2,444 J/m² of average daily UV, around the 19th percentile worldwide.
UV Radiation in Italy
This ranks 154 out of 191 countries measured worldwide — where 1 receives the most UV radiation.
Source: WHO Global Health Observatory (1997–2003)
