Chieti climate — normals and trends
Chieti (Italy) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.7 °C and it receives 930 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 July (23.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Chieti averages 32 frost days, 28 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 128 rainy days per year.
Chieti has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 49 to 15 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.3 °C (on 24 July 2023) and the coldest -19.2 °C (on 30 December 1941).
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
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- coords
- 42.35°, 14.16°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.7°C
Average daily high
18.6°C
Average daily low
9.2°C
Annual rainfall
930mm
Sunshine / day
9.9h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
10.4km/h
Seasonal range
18.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
32 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
28 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
128 d/yr
Annual snowfall
44.9 cm
Average feels-like high
18.2 °C
Average feels-like low
7.6 °C
Average peak gust
28.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
13 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.61 · 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
39.3 °C
24 July 2023
Coldest day
-19.2 °C
30 December 1941
Wettest day
133 mm
15 July 2016
Windiest day
41.0 km/h
31 December 1979
Strongest gust
113.4 km/h
31 December 1979
Hottest feels-like
42.4 °C
24 July 2023
Coldest feels-like
-24.3 °C
30 December 1941
Snowiest day
34.7 cm
10 January 1940
Sunniest day
14.2 h
1 July 1948
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11.9 °C | +2.9 °C | 57 mm | -23 mm |
| Feb | 11.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 100 mm | +32 mm |
| Mar | 14.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 185 mm | +104 mm |
| Apr | 18.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 63 mm | -24 mm |
| May | 21.5 °C | 0.0 °C | 106 mm | +22 mm |
| Jun | 30.4 °C | +4.7 °C | 33 mm | -44 mm |
| Jul | 30.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 96 mm | +40 mm |
| Aug | 28.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 48 mm | -11 mm |
| Sep | 26.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 42 mm | -35 mm |
| Oct | 19.1 °C | -0.5 °C | 100 mm | +19 mm |
| Nov | 14.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 103 mm | +11 mm |
| Dec | 11.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 28 mm | -60 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Chieti?
Chieti has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.7 °C and it receives 930 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chieti?
The hottest day measured in Chieti between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2023, reaching 39.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Chieti?
The coldest day measured in Chieti between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1941, at -19.2 °C.
Does it snow in Chieti?
Yes. Chieti gets on average 44.9 cm of snow per year and has around 32 frost days.
Has the climate of Chieti warmed?
Yes: Chieti warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Chieti?
The wettest day measured in Chieti between 1940 and 2025 was 15 July 2016, with 133 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Chieti?
The windiest day measured in Chieti between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1979, with winds reaching 41.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Chieti?
The warmest month in Chieti is July (23.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Chieti?
Chieti receives on average 930 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 128 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Chieti?
Chieti gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Chieti?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Chieti between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1940, with 34.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Chieti?
Yes: Chieti has on average 13 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Chieti?
In Chieti, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.4 °C on 24 July 2023, and the lowest was -24.3 °C on 30 December 1941.
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