Climate averages 1991–2020
Lecce weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Lecce: daytime highs average 12.3°C and nights cool to about 6.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 39 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brindisi (37 km away). In January its highs average 12.5°C, about as warm as Lecce, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Lecce ranks 12th of 79 for the warmest January highs and joint 41st of 79 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 79 cities is 9.7°C; Lecce is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 12.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 64 mm to 58 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Brindisi in JanuaryItaly · 37 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 6.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Taranto in JanuaryItaly · 79 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 6.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Vlorë in JanuaryAlbania · 112 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 4.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Bari in JanuaryItaly · 139 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 7.5°C · 57 mm rain
- Altamura in JanuaryItaly · 147 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 1.7°C · 52 mm rain
- Durrës in JanuaryAlbania · 152 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 7.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Tirana in JanuaryAlbania · 176 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 2.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Elbasan in JanuaryAlbania · 182 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 0.7°C · 85 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.