Climate averages 1991–2020
Altamura weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Altamura: daytime highs average 9.7°C and nights cool to about 1.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 36 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bari (42 km away). In January its highs average 12.0°C, 2.3°C warmer than Altamura, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Altamura ranks 39th of 79 for the warmest January highs and joint 14th of 79 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 79 cities is 9.7°C; Altamura is level with that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 10.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 52 mm to 54 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Bari in JanuaryItaly · 42 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 7.5°C · 57 mm rain
- Andria in JanuaryItaly · 50 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 4.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Barletta in JanuaryItaly · 59 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 5.8°C · 54 mm rain
- Taranto in JanuaryItaly · 71 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 6.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Foggia in JanuaryItaly · 109 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 3.3°C · 49 mm rain
- Brindisi in JanuaryItaly · 119 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 6.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Lecce in JanuaryItaly · 147 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 6.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Salerno in JanuaryItaly · 149 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 7.3°C · 145 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.