during the tolling traffic and pedestrians stop as a sign of respect. Geography The town is situated west of Genoa and circa (east) of Nice, in France, on the western Italian Riviera, between the Ligurian Sea and the Ligurian Alps. Climate Savona has a borderline humid subtropical (Cfa) and Mediterranean climate (Csa). The average yearly temperature is around during the day and at night. In the coldest months: January, February and December, the average temperature is during the day and at night. In the warmest month – July and August – the average temperature is during the day and at night. Generally, a typical summer season lasts about 4 to 6 months, from May/June to September/October. The daily temperature range is limited, with an average range of about 7 °C (13 °F) between high and low temperatures. Rain occurs mainly in autumn, the summers being generally dry. Sunshine hours total above 2,097 per year, from an average 4 hours of sunshine duration per day in winter to average 9 hours in summer. Savona usually sees snow once or twice per year. Government People Paolo Boselli (1838–1932), Prime Minister of Italy during World War I Gianni Baget Bozzo (born 1925), priest and politician Susanna Bonfiglio (born 1974), basketball player Carlo Aonzo (born 1967), classical mandolinist and composer Giacomo Boselli (1744-1808), Rococo-period sculptor of ceramics Elenoire Casalegno (born 1976), actress and TV host Luis Fernando Centi (born 1976), footballer Gabriello Chiabrera (1552–1638), poet Christopher Columbus (c. 1450–1506), explorer Enrico Cucchi (1965–1996), footballer Renato Dossena (born 1987), footballer Giulia Dotta (born 1992), professional dancer Fabio Fazio (born 1964), TV host Giuseppe Ferrerio (1554–1610), Roman Catholic archbishop Luca Ferro (born 1978), footballer Nando Gazzolo (1928-2015), actor Orazio Grassi (1583-1654), astronomer Bartolomeo Guidobono (1654–1709), painter Domenico Guidobono (1668-1746), painter Pope Julius II (Albisola 1443–1513) Michele Marcolini (born 1975), footballer Maria Christina of Naples and Sicily (1779–1849), Queen of Sardinia, died in Savona Leon Pancaldo (1488 or 1490–1538), explorer Christian Panucci (born 1973), footballer Sandro Pertini (1896 – 1990) President of the Italian Republic Daniela Poggi (born 1956), actress Girolamo Riario (1443–1488), lord of Imola and Forlì and one of the plotters behind the 1478 Pazzi Conspiracy Pietro Riario (1447–1474), cardinal and Papal diplomat Della Rovere noble family that flourished in the 15th century Annalisa Scarrone (born 5 August 1985), singer and songwriter Renata Scotto (born 1934), opera singer Stephan El Shaarawy (born 1992), footballer Pope