Weather in Apulia

Calculated from weather data of Lecce Galatina Air Base (LIBN) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	12.5	14.9	13.0	11.9	13.0	13.5
February	14.1	16.6	12.9	13.5	14.8	15.0
March	15.9	17.3	15.5	13.0	15.0	16.6
April	18.7		17.5	18.3	17.1	19.0
May	23.7		22.8	26.0	24.1	24.1
June	29.7		28.3	31.8	30.8	27.1
July	32.7		34.6	33.1	33.5	31.3
August	32.7		32.8	31.6	33.2	32.2
September	28.2		31.6	27.3	27.6	28.6
October	23.0		26.0	21.8	21.1	22.3
November	18.4		19.6	17.8	18.0	18.5
December	14.5		15.6	15.1	13.5	15.5
Average	21.3	16.2	22.6	22.0	21.9	22.0

32nd highest temperature of Italy

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	4.1	6	5	4	6	3
February	5.0	6	3	5	7	4
March	6.1	8	6	3	5	6
April	8.4		8	8	7	8
May	12.7		14	13	13	13
June	18.1		18	21	17	16
July	20.1		21	21	21	19
August	20.9		22	22	21	21
September	18.0		21	17	17	18
October	12.9		15	12	12	13
November	10.1		11	9	11	9
December	6.3		7	9	5	7
Average	11.2	6.8	12.6	12.0	11.9	11.5

52nd lowest temperature of Italy

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	0	82	74	65	53
25 °C or warmer	0	138	130	122	119
20 °C or warmer	4	194	189	179	188
0 °C or colder	0	1	6	1	3

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	7.1	4	13	1	9	1
February	6.2	5	1	7	9	4
March	5.8	5	5	7	7	6
April	5.6		11	2	9	11
May	3.5		11	1	1	1
June	1.2		3	0	0	2
July	0.3		0	0	0	0
August	0.4		1	0	1	1
September	1.0		1	2	2	0
October	3.4		3	4	4	4
November	7.3		6	6	6	3
December	5.8		2	15	4	10
Average	3.8	4.4	4.6	2.8	3.7	3.3

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	16.3	18	15	17	17	17
February	17.3	17	15	17	18	18
March	16.6	18	11	16	18	16
April	16.2		15	19	17	15
May	15.3		15	14	17	18
June	14.6		14	16	14	15
July	14.5		9	17	14	17
August	15.2		16	16	14	15
September	15.1		17	17	12	18
October	13.3		9	15	14	16
November	15.2		17	14	17	13
December	15.9		14	17	17	16
Average	15.7	17.6	13.7	16.0	15.6	15.9

16th highest wind speed of Italy

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	NW	W	N	W	N
February	S	N	NW	NW	NW
March	S	NW	N	NW	N
April		NW	NW	W	N
May		E	NE	W	NW
June		N	N	N	NW
July		N	N	N	N
August		N	N	NW	N
September		N	W	N	N
October		N	N	NW	NW
November		SW	SW	S	N
December		NW	S	NW	S

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Apulia weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Apulia?

The warmest month is July with an average temperature of 33 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Apulia?

The coldest month is January with an average daytime temperature of 13 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Apulia?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in November with a probability of around 7.4 %.

Which month is the driest in Apulia?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in July. The probability is about 0.3 %.