Climate averages 1991–2020
Taranto weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Taranto: daytime highs average 14.9°C and nights cool to about 8.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brindisi (61 km away). In March its highs average 15.7°C, 0.8°C warmer than Taranto, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Taranto ranks joint 16th of 79 for the warmest March highs and joint 16th of 79 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 79 cities is 14.2°C; Taranto is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 17.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 58 mm to 49 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Brindisi in MarchItaly · 61 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 8.1°C · 61 mm rain
- Altamura in MarchItaly · 71 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 3.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Lecce in MarchItaly · 79 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 8.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Bari in MarchItaly · 80 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 9.0°C · 59 mm rain
- Andria in MarchItaly · 117 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 6.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Barletta in MarchItaly · 125 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 7.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Foggia in MarchItaly · 180 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 5.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Catanzaro in MarchItaly · 184 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 7.4°C · 101 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.