Climate averages 1991–2020
Lecce weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Lecce: daytime highs average 31.4°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 46 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brindisi (37 km away). In August its highs average 31.8°C, about as warm as Lecce, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Lecce ranks 7th of 79 for the warmest August highs and 15th of 79 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 79 cities is 29.1°C; Lecce is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.0°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 59 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Brindisi in AugustItaly · 37 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Taranto in AugustItaly · 79 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Vlorë in AugustAlbania · 112 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Bari in AugustItaly · 139 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Altamura in AugustItaly · 147 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 18.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Durrës in AugustAlbania · 152 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 31 mm rain
- Tirana in AugustAlbania · 176 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 19.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Elbasan in AugustAlbania · 182 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 18.7°C · 29 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.