Tarquinia climate — normals and trends
Tarquinia (Italy) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.8 °C and it receives 739 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 (24.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (8.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Tarquinia averages 2 frost days, 10 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 95 rainy days per year.
Tarquinia has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 4 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.3 °C (on 5 August 2003) and the coldest -6.2 °C (on 19 January 1940).
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
TarquiniaLazio
- coords
- 42.25°, 11.76°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.8°C
Average daily high
18.8°C
Average daily low
12.9°C
Annual rainfall
739mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
20.1km/h
Seasonal range
16.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
2 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
10 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
95 d/yr
Annual snowfall
2.5 cm
Average feels-like high
18.1 °C
Average feels-like low
11.2 °C
Average peak gust
36.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
54 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.52 · 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
34.3 °C
5 August 2003
Coldest day
-6.2 °C
19 January 1940
Wettest day
110 mm
1 September 1965
Windiest day
63.4 km/h
29 October 2018
Strongest gust
110.2 km/h
29 October 2018
Hottest feels-like
38.3 °C
10 August 2024
Coldest feels-like
-13.6 °C
23 January 1942
Snowiest day
18.8 cm
11 March 1956
Sunniest day
14.6 h
3 July 1950
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 37 mm | -35 mm |
| Feb | 13.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 115 mm | +43 mm |
| Mar | 15.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 105 mm | +41 mm |
| Apr | 18.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 58 mm | +2 mm |
| May | 21.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 33 mm | -10 mm |
| Jun | 29.1 °C | +4.6 °C | 1 mm | -22 mm |
| Jul | 29.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 6 mm | -5 mm |
| Aug | 29.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 30 mm | +6 mm |
| Sep | 25.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 91 mm | +25 mm |
| Oct | 21.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 79 mm | -27 mm |
| Nov | 16.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 62 mm | -53 mm |
| Dec | 14.2 °C | +2.1 °C | 74 mm | -16 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Tarquinia?
Tarquinia has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.8 °C and it receives 739 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tarquinia?
The hottest day measured in Tarquinia between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 2003, reaching 34.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Tarquinia?
The coldest day measured in Tarquinia between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1940, at -6.2 °C.
Does it snow in Tarquinia?
Yes. Tarquinia gets on average 2.5 cm of snow per year and has around 2 frost days.
Has the climate of Tarquinia warmed?
Yes: Tarquinia warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Tarquinia?
The wettest day measured in Tarquinia between 1940 and 2025 was 1 September 1965, with 110 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Tarquinia?
The windiest day measured in Tarquinia between 1940 and 2025 was 29 October 2018, with winds reaching 63.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Tarquinia?
The warmest month in Tarquinia is August (24.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Tarquinia?
Tarquinia receives on average 739 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 95 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Tarquinia?
Tarquinia gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Tarquinia?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Tarquinia between 1940 and 2025 was 11 March 1956, with 18.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Tarquinia?
Yes: Tarquinia has on average 54 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tarquinia?
In Tarquinia, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.3 °C on 10 August 2024, and the lowest was -13.6 °C on 23 January 1942.
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