Climate averages 1991–2020
Catanzaro weather
in December.
A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Catanzaro: daytime highs average 13.7°C and nights cool to about 7.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 103 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes December a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 30 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lamezia Terme (27 km away). In December its highs average 13.6°C, about as warm as Catanzaro, with 139 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Catanzaro ranks 8th of 79 for the warmest December highs and 57th of 79 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 79 cities is 10.5°C; Catanzaro is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 12.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 103 mm to 100 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Lamezia Terme in DecemberItaly · 27 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 9.3°C · 139 mm rain
- Reggio Calabria in DecemberItaly · 119 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 8.6°C · 74 mm rain
- Messina in DecemberItaly · 119 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 10.6°C · 109 mm rain
- Taranto in DecemberItaly · 184 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 8.0°C · 65 mm rain
- Catania in DecemberItaly · 204 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 9.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Lecce in DecemberItaly · 212 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 8.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Altamura in DecemberItaly · 216 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 3.1°C · 57 mm rain
- Brindisi in DecemberItaly · 226 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 7.9°C · 69 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.