Climate averages 1991–2020
Lecce weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Lecce: daytime highs average 15.3°C and nights cool to about 8.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brindisi (37 km away). In March its highs average 15.7°C, about as warm as Lecce, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Lecce ranks 11th of 79 for the warmest March highs and joint 26th of 79 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 79 cities is 14.2°C; Lecce is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 18.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 63 mm to 52 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Brindisi in MarchItaly · 37 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 8.1°C · 61 mm rain
- Taranto in MarchItaly · 79 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 8.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Vlorë in MarchAlbania · 112 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 7.0°C · 102 mm rain
- Bari in MarchItaly · 139 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 9.0°C · 59 mm rain
- Altamura in MarchItaly · 147 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 3.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Durrës in MarchAlbania · 152 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 8.9°C · 116 mm rain
- Tirana in MarchAlbania · 176 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 5.0°C · 113 mm rain
- Elbasan in MarchAlbania · 182 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 3.8°C · 99 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.