Climate averages 1991–2020
Taranto weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Taranto: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes August a very 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 Brindisi (61 km away). In August its highs average 31.8°C, 0.9°C warmer than Taranto, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Taranto ranks 9th of 79 for the warmest August highs and 6th of 79 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 79 cities is 29.1°C; Taranto is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.7°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 48 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
Taranto climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.2°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 58 | 8.2 | 9.610 h |
| February | 12.7°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 56 | 8.2 | 10.611 h |
| March | 14.9°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 58 | 8.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.9°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 49 | 8.3 | 13.313 h |
| May | 22.5°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 32 | 6.0 | 14.414 h |
| June | 27.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 18 | 4.1 | 15.015 h |
| July | 30.5°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 12 | 2.3 | 14.815 h |
| August, selected | 30.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 13 | 2.5 | 13.814 h |
| September | 26.2°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 48 | 6.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 21.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 72 | 7.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 17.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 86 | 8.7 | 10.010 h |
| December | 13.3°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 65 | 8.8 | 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
- Brindisi in AugustItaly · 61 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Altamura in AugustItaly · 71 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 18.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Lecce in AugustItaly · 79 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Bari in AugustItaly · 80 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Andria in AugustItaly · 117 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 20.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Barletta in AugustItaly · 125 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Foggia in AugustItaly · 180 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 20.5°C · 20 mm rain
- Catanzaro in AugustItaly · 184 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 21.3°C · 52 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 Taranto) is explained once on the Taranto year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.