Climate averages 1991–2020
Catanzaro weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Catanzaro: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 41 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lamezia Terme (27 km away). In August its highs average 28.6°C, 2.0°C cooler than Catanzaro, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Catanzaro ranks 10th of 79 for the warmest August highs and joint 47th of 79 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 79 cities is 29.1°C; Catanzaro is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.5°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 52 mm to 90 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Catanzaro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.7°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 100 | 12.8 | 9.810 h |
| February | 13.1°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 99 | 12.8 | 10.711 h |
| March | 15.6°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 101 | 13.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.4°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 91 | 13.3 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.9°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 80 | 11.5 | 14.314 h |
| June | 27.8°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 54 | 8.6 | 14.815 h |
| July | 30.4°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 53 | 8.1 | 14.615 h |
| August, selected | 30.7°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 52 | 8.8 | 13.714 h |
| September | 26.1°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 90 | 11.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.1°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 95 | 11.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 17.5°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 108 | 12.5 | 10.110 h |
| December | 13.7°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 103 | 12.5 | 9.59 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
August in nearby cities
- Lamezia Terme in AugustItaly · 27 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Reggio Calabria in AugustItaly · 119 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Messina in AugustItaly · 119 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 16 mm rain
- Taranto in AugustItaly · 184 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Catania in AugustItaly · 204 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Lecce in AugustItaly · 212 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Altamura in AugustItaly · 216 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 18.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Brindisi in AugustItaly · 226 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 15 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 Catanzaro) is explained once on the Catanzaro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.