Climate averages 1991–2020
Taranto weather
in July.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Taranto: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes July a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 45 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brindisi (61 km away). In July its highs average 31.5°C, 1.0°C warmer than Taranto, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Taranto ranks 13th of 79 for the warmest July highs and 14th of 79 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 79 cities is 28.9°C; Taranto is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 13 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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 | 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
July in nearby cities
- Brindisi in JulyItaly · 61 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Altamura in JulyItaly · 71 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Lecce in JulyItaly · 79 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Bari in JulyItaly · 80 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 25 mm rain
- Andria in JulyItaly · 117 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.2°C · 21 mm rain
- Barletta in JulyItaly · 125 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.4°C · 21 mm rain
- Foggia in JulyItaly · 180 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 20.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Catanzaro in JulyItaly · 184 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 20.8°C · 53 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.