Climate averages 1991–2020
Lecce weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Lecce: daytime highs average 18.5°C and nights cool to about 10.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 15 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brindisi (37 km away). In April its highs average 19.1°C, 0.6°C warmer than Lecce, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Lecce ranks 9th of 79 for the warmest April highs and joint 12th of 79 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 79 cities is 17.4°C; Lecce is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 23.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 52 mm to 36 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Lecce climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.3°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 64 | 9.1 | 9.610 h |
| February | 12.9°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 58 | 8.5 | 10.611 h |
| March | 15.3°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 63 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 18.5°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 52 | 8.0 | 13.313 h |
| May | 23.3°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 36 | 5.5 | 14.414 h |
| June | 28.2°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 18 | 3.5 | 15.015 h |
| July | 31.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 16 | 2.2 | 14.715 h |
| August | 31.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 18 | 2.9 | 13.814 h |
| September | 26.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 59 | 6.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 21.7°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 92 | 9.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 17.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 99 | 9.4 | 10.010 h |
| December | 13.4°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 74 | 9.2 | 9.49 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
April in nearby cities
- Brindisi in AprilItaly · 37 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 10.5°C · 50 mm rain
- Taranto in AprilItaly · 79 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 10.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Vlorë in AprilAlbania · 112 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 10.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Bari in AprilItaly · 139 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 11.5°C · 59 mm rain
- Altamura in AprilItaly · 147 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 6.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Durrës in AprilAlbania · 152 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 11.6°C · 98 mm rain
- Tirana in AprilAlbania · 176 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 8.3°C · 102 mm rain
- Elbasan in AprilAlbania · 182 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 7.3°C · 98 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 Lecce) is explained once on the Lecce year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.