We are going to visit Sicily at end of April/early May. Expect to mostly be in shorts or cargos and t-shirts. But we want to go to the top of Mt. Etna. I'm thinking we'd have to have some very different clorthing to go up to the crater area. Is it very cold up there in early May? Would we need sweatshirts/jackets/ gloves??
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Just get a sweater/wind jacket. We wore shorts and a jacket in early April and it was not too cold.
Don't forget sunglasses, the lava sand will constantly hit your eyes when windy!
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Washington, DC
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I think the weather is variable. We were there around an April Easter a few years ago. The wind was blowing so hard that my husband almost lost his glasses and knit cap. We certainly wanted jackets and gloves that day.
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new york
367 posts
It's often FREEZING!!!! Long pants, gloves and hats along with sweater or fleece. MY trips have all been in April or May and I am never warm enough up there.
Sometimes when I do this trip, I bring along an old sweater or fleece from home that has seen better days. I wear it to Etna and then give it away at the hotel to a cleaning person, if it's in somewhat decent condition.