Modern Milano is in the same time zone as all of Western Europe, GMT + 1 hour. The climate is relatively good, with low temperatures in winter (an average of 1° C in January) and normal in summer (with temperatures a little lower than other Italian, Spanish or French cities, with an average 28°C in July). In any case, there are no extreme temperatures in any month of the year.

The best time of year we recommend for a visit to the Lombard capital is spring, when the breeze clears the polluted air and the city acquires different colours. Prices rise slightly in summer, when more tourists visit the city. Another good time to visit Milano is during the Fashion Week in February. You can see all the news in the fashion for the next Spring-Summer period.

Milano has many pedestrian areas for when you want to get around the city, but it’s also true that the city has a lot of traffic and motorbikes, which sometimes ignore zebra crossings and park on the pavement, so if you’re travelling with children we recommend that you take care on some of its streets.

So it’s not a good idea to hire a car to get around the city.

There are bicycle and motorbike hire companies, although this option is also rather risky. The city is set at the heart of a canal system, which once provided irrigation for the plains of Lombardy while linking the north with the south and which began to lose importance as the industrial sector grew, until many of these canals were covered over.

There are still canals in the Navigli quarter with its lively nightlife and close to Bocconi University.

Visitors wanting to enjoy a walk through the city should try the quietest areas such as Brera, the old city or the Navigli quarter. The fashion quarter (il quadrilatero d’oro) also invites visitors to take a stroll and stop and look at some of the many shop windows.

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