Climate averages 1991–2020
Altamura weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Altamura: daytime highs average 10.6°C and nights cool to about 3.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 18 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bari (42 km away). In December its highs average 13.1°C, 2.5°C warmer than Altamura, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Altamura ranks joint 38th of 79 for the warmest December highs and joint 3rd of 79 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 79 cities is 10.5°C; Altamura is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 9.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 57 mm to 52 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Altamura climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.7°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 52 | 8.0 | 9.610 h |
| February | 10.4°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 54 | 9.0 | 10.611 h |
| March | 13.5°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 58 | 9.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.9°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 57 | 9.5 | 13.313 h |
| May | 22.0°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 42 | 8.0 | 14.414 h |
| June | 27.3°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 35 | 6.2 | 15.015 h |
| July | 30.2°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 22 | 4.6 | 14.815 h |
| August | 30.4°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 22 | 5.0 | 13.814 h |
| September | 24.9°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 46 | 7.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 20.2°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 52 | 7.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 14.9°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 65 | 8.3 | 10.010 h |
| December, selected | 10.6°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 57 | 8.7 | 9.39 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Bari in DecemberItaly · 42 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 8.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Andria in DecemberItaly · 50 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 5.8°C · 59 mm rain
- Barletta in DecemberItaly · 59 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 7.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Taranto in DecemberItaly · 71 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 8.0°C · 65 mm rain
- Foggia in DecemberItaly · 109 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 4.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Brindisi in DecemberItaly · 119 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 7.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Lecce in DecemberItaly · 147 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 8.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Salerno in DecemberItaly · 149 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 8.6°C · 180 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Altamura) is explained once on the Altamura year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.