Climate averages 1991–2020
Altamura weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Altamura: daytime highs average 13.5°C and nights cool to about 3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bari (42 km away). In March its highs average 14.6°C, 1.1°C warmer than Altamura, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Altamura ranks joint 60th of 79 for the warmest March highs and joint 16th of 79 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 79 cities is 14.2°C; Altamura is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 16.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 58 mm to 57 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Bari in MarchItaly · 42 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 9.0°C · 59 mm rain
- Andria in MarchItaly · 50 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 6.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Barletta in MarchItaly · 59 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 7.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Taranto in MarchItaly · 71 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 8.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Foggia in MarchItaly · 109 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 5.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Brindisi in MarchItaly · 119 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 8.1°C · 61 mm rain
- Lecce in MarchItaly · 147 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 8.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Salerno in MarchItaly · 149 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 8.7°C · 127 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.