Climate averages 1991–2020

Taranto weather
in April.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 17.9°C Daytime mean, April
Average low 10.5°C Night-time mean, April
Rainfall 49 mm 8 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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April is a mild month in Taranto: daytime highs average 17.9°C and nights cool to about 10.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 15 min on an average April day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Brindisi (61 km away). In April its highs average 19.1°C, 1.2°C warmer than Taranto, with 50 mm of rain.

Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Taranto ranks joint 22nd of 79 for the warmest April highs and 8th of 79 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 79 cities is 17.4°C; Taranto is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.

From April to May, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 22.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 49 mm to 32 mm.

The annual picture

April in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 05101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Taranto climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Taranto, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 12.2°C6.5°C6.5°C588.29.610 h
February 12.7°C6.5°C6.5°C568.210.611 h
March 14.9°C8.1°C8.1°C588.311.912 h
April, selected 17.9°C10.5°C10.5°C498.313.313 h
May 22.5°C14.6°C14.6°C326.014.414 h
June 27.4°C19.1°C19.1°C184.115.015 h
July 30.5°C21.8°C21.8°C122.314.815 h
August 30.9°C22.3°C22.3°C132.513.814 h
September 26.2°C19.0°C19.0°C486.412.513 h
October 21.6°C15.4°C15.4°C727.611.211 h
November 17.0°C11.6°C11.6°C868.710.010 h
December 13.3°C8.0°C8.0°C658.89.39 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

April in nearby cities

Distance from Taranto

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Taranto) is explained once on the Taranto year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.