Castrovillari climate — normals and trends
Castrovillari (Italy) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.3 °C and it receives 788 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is August (23.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Castrovillari averages 9 frost days, 10 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 117 rainy days per year.
Castrovillari has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 13 to 5 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.4 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -13.4 °C (on 9 February 1956).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
CastrovillariCalabria
- coords
- 39.82°, 16.20°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.3°C
Average daily high
18.0°C
Average daily low
11.0°C
Annual rainfall
788mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
11.9km/h
Seasonal range
16.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
9 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
10 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
117 d/yr
Annual snowfall
10.5 cm
Average feels-like high
17.7 °C
Average feels-like low
9.8 °C
Average peak gust
35.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
23 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.2 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.31 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
37.4 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-13.4 °C
9 February 1956
Wettest day
91 mm
31 October 1997
Windiest day
40.9 km/h
16 December 1962
Strongest gust
133.2 km/h
16 December 1962
Hottest feels-like
39.9 °C
18 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-17.9 °C
9 February 1956
Snowiest day
19.9 cm
7 January 1981
Sunniest day
14.0 h
14 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.6 °C | +2.8 °C | 132 mm | +45 mm |
| Feb | 11.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 40 mm | -42 mm |
| Mar | 14.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 69 mm | -12 mm |
| Apr | 17.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 56 mm | -15 mm |
| May | 20.9 °C | +1.2 °C | 81 mm | +22 mm |
| Jun | 29.0 °C | +4.9 °C | 7 mm | -28 mm |
| Jul | 30.7 °C | +3.8 °C | 13 mm | -21 mm |
| Aug | 29.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 24 mm | -7 mm |
| Sep | 26.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 21 mm | -31 mm |
| Oct | 18.7 °C | -0.7 °C | 91 mm | +15 mm |
| Nov | 15.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 87 mm | -5 mm |
| Dec | 13.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 40 mm | -50 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Castrovillari?
Castrovillari has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.3 °C and it receives 788 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Castrovillari?
The hottest day measured in Castrovillari between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 37.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Castrovillari?
The coldest day measured in Castrovillari between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1956, at -13.4 °C.
Does it snow in Castrovillari?
Yes. Castrovillari gets on average 10.5 cm of snow per year and has around 9 frost days.
Has the climate of Castrovillari warmed?
Yes: Castrovillari warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Castrovillari?
The wettest day measured in Castrovillari between 1940 and 2025 was 31 October 1997, with 91 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Castrovillari?
The windiest day measured in Castrovillari between 1940 and 2025 was 16 December 1962, with winds reaching 40.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Castrovillari?
The warmest month in Castrovillari is August (23.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Castrovillari?
Castrovillari receives on average 788 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 117 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Castrovillari?
Castrovillari gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Castrovillari?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Castrovillari between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1981, with 19.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Castrovillari?
Yes: Castrovillari has on average 23 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Castrovillari?
In Castrovillari, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.9 °C on 18 July 2024, and the lowest was -17.9 °C on 9 February 1956.
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