Climate averages 1991–2020
Taranto weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Taranto: daytime highs average 13.3°C and nights cool to about 8.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 21 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brindisi (61 km away). In December its highs average 13.6°C, about as warm as Taranto, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Taranto ranks 13th of 79 for the warmest December highs and joint 14th of 79 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 79 cities is 10.5°C; Taranto is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 12.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 65 mm to 58 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Brindisi in DecemberItaly · 61 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 7.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Altamura in DecemberItaly · 71 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 3.1°C · 57 mm rain
- Lecce in DecemberItaly · 79 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 8.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Bari in DecemberItaly · 80 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 8.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Andria in DecemberItaly · 117 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 5.8°C · 59 mm rain
- Barletta in DecemberItaly · 125 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 7.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Foggia in DecemberItaly · 180 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 4.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Catanzaro in DecemberItaly · 184 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 7.3°C · 103 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.