Taranto climate

Name: Taranto
Address: IT

Taranto is warmest in August, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 6.3 °C. November is the wettest month (87 mm) and July the driest (12 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Taranto averages 568 mm of rain, 113 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

Italy · 15 m elevation · population 198,585 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month August 31 °C
Coldest month February 6.3 °C
Driest month July 12 mm
Wettest month November 87 mm
Least cloud July 13 % cloud
Hottest on record August 39 °C
Coldest on record January -2.6 °C
Warmest sea August 26 °C

What to expectTaranto through the year

Taranto has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 13 °C in February to 31 °C in August, a swing of 17 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 113 days a year reach 25 °C, 47 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 87 mm against 12 mm in July — 7.2 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Taranto is warmest in August at 26 °C and coldest in February at 14 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	12.2 °C	58 mm	51 %
February	12.6 °C	56 mm	49 %
March	14.9 °C	59 mm	48 %
April	17.9 °C	48 mm	47 %
May	22.4 °C	31 mm	40 %
June	27.4 °C	17 mm	26 %
July	30.6 °C	12 mm	13 %
August	30.9 °C	14 mm	15 %
September	26.2 °C	48 mm	35 %
October	21.6 °C	71 mm	47 %
November	17.0 °C	87 mm	54 %
December	13.3 °C	66 mm	52 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	12.2 °C	6.3 °C	9.2 °C	17.2 °C	-2.6 °C	0	0
February	12.6 °C	6.3 °C	9.5 °C	19.0 °C	-1.4 °C	0	0
March	14.9 °C	7.9 °C	11.5 °C	24.3 °C	-0.1 °C	0	0
April	17.9 °C	10.4 °C	14.3 °C	25.9 °C	2.6 °C	0	0
May	22.4 °C	14.4 °C	18.7 °C	30.2 °C	7.2 °C	6	0
June	27.4 °C	18.9 °C	23.5 °C	36.3 °C	12.1 °C	24	6
July	30.6 °C	21.6 °C	26.4 °C	37.5 °C	15.4 °C	31	18
August	30.9 °C	22.0 °C	26.6 °C	38.5 °C	15.3 °C	31	20
September	26.2 °C	18.8 °C	22.5 °C	34.4 °C	12.2 °C	19	3
October	21.6 °C	15.1 °C	18.3 °C	28.5 °C	7.1 °C	3	0
November	17.0 °C	11.4 °C	14.2 °C	24.3 °C	3.2 °C	0	0
December	13.3 °C	7.8 °C	10.6 °C	19.9 °C	0.3 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	58 mm	8	9.6 h/day	51 %	79 %	21 km/h	14.1 °C
February	56 mm	8	11 h/day	49 %	77 %	23 km/h	13.6 °C
March	59 mm	8	12 h/day	48 %	76 %	21 km/h	13.9 °C
April	48 mm	8	13 h/day	47 %	75 %	20 km/h	15.1 °C
May	31 mm	6	14 h/day	40 %	71 %	18 km/h	18.3 °C
June	17 mm	4	15 h/day	26 %	65 %	17 km/h	22.4 °C
July	12 mm	2	15 h/day	13 %	60 %	17 km/h	25.1 °C
August	14 mm	3	14 h/day	15 %	63 %	16 km/h	26.3 °C
September	48 mm	6	12 h/day	35 %	70 %	18 km/h	24.8 °C
October	71 mm	7	11 h/day	47 %	78 %	18 km/h	21.8 °C
November	87 mm	8	9.9 h/day	54 %	80 %	21 km/h	18.5 °C
December	66 mm	8	9.3 h/day	52 %	79 %	22 km/h	15.6 °C

Where Taranto ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Europe in June	2ndof 50	95/100
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in August	8thof 50	26 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in July	10thof 50	25 °C
Best beach destinations in Europe in September	11thof 50	93/100
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in June	11thof 50	22 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in September	11thof 50	25 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Taranto.

QuestionsCommon questions about Taranto’s climate

When is the best time to visit Taranto?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, September, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Taranto get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 47 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 6.3 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Taranto?

November, averaging 87 mm over 8 days with rain. The driest month is July with 12 mm. The year as a whole averages 568 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Taranto rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.