Climate averages 1991–2020
Salerno weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Salerno: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 47 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Torre del Greco (38 km away). In August its highs average 29.1°C, about as warm as Salerno, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Salerno ranks 41st of 79 for the warmest August highs and joint 30th of 79 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 79 cities is 29.1°C; Salerno is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.0°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 28 mm to 105 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
Salerno climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.0°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 145 | 12.4 | 9.610 h |
| February | 12.3°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 129 | 11.9 | 10.611 h |
| March | 14.6°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 127 | 11.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.4°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 110 | 12.1 | 13.313 h |
| May | 21.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 78 | 8.8 | 14.414 h |
| June | 25.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 37 | 6.0 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 21 | 4.2 | 14.815 h |
| August, selected | 28.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 28 | 4.7 | 13.814 h |
| September | 24.9°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 105 | 9.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 21.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 155 | 11.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 16.8°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 217 | 13.6 | 10.010 h |
| December | 13.1°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 180 | 13.6 | 9.39 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
- Torre del Greco in AugustItaly · 38 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 17 mm rain
- Naples in AugustItaly · 48 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.5°C · 17 mm rain
- Giugliano in Campania in AugustItaly · 57 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Caserta in AugustItaly · 59 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 19.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Pozzuoli in AugustItaly · 62 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.4°C · 17 mm rain
- Foggia in AugustItaly · 108 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 20.5°C · 20 mm rain
- Andria in AugustItaly · 141 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 20.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Barletta in AugustItaly · 144 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 19 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 Salerno) is explained once on the Salerno year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.