Taranto Weather in August
Taranto in August
The short of it: Taranto in August averages a high of 30 °C (87 °F) and a low of 22 °C (71 °F), with 22 mm (0.87 in) of rain and about 13 h 46 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 30° · low 22° · rain 22 mm · daylight 13 h 46 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & June
Thirty years of records give Taranto an average August high of 30°, a low of 22° and some 22 mm of rain. No month in Taranto runs warmer: highs about 30°. Rain is modest, about 22 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 46 min in mid-August, 61 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates August 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are May and June.
Against its neighbours, Taranto runs cooler than most and about as wet in August. Paolo VI, 7 km to the NNE, is 1° warmer by day.
August in Taranto, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 6.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 46 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paolo VIApulia | 7 km NNE | 31° | 21° | 23 mm |
| StatteApulia | 8 km NNW | 31° | 22° | 22 mm |
| San Giorgio IonicoApulia | 11 km E | 31° | 21° | 22 mm |
| MassafraApulia | 17 km NW | 31° | 20° | 24 mm |
| GrottaglieApulia | 18 km ENE | 31° | 21° | 22 mm |
| PalagianoApulia | 22 km NW | 31° | 21° | 24 mm |
| SavaApulia | 27 km ESE | 31° | 21° | 22 mm |
| Martina FrancaApulia | 28 km NNE | 29° | 19° | 22 mm |