Climate averages 1991–2020
Lecce weather
in July.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Lecce: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 45 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brindisi (37 km away). In July its highs average 31.5°C, about as warm as Lecce, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Lecce ranks joint 7th of 79 for the warmest July highs and 18th of 79 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 79 cities is 28.9°C; Lecce is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 31.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 18 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Brindisi in JulyItaly · 37 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Taranto in JulyItaly · 79 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 12 mm rain
- Vlorë in JulyAlbania · 112 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Bari in JulyItaly · 139 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 25 mm rain
- Altamura in JulyItaly · 147 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Durrës in JulyAlbania · 152 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 21.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Tirana in JulyAlbania · 176 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 19.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Elbasan in JulyAlbania · 182 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 18.2°C · 34 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.