Vieste climate — normals and trends
Vieste (Italy) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.1 °C and it receives 516 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 (24.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (10.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Vieste averages 0 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 82 rainy days per year.
Vieste has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.9 °C (on 25 July 2023) and the coldest -0.8 °C (on 13 January 1968).
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
ViesteApulia
- coords
- 41.88°, 16.17°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.1°C
Average daily high
18.0°C
Average daily low
16.4°C
Annual rainfall
516mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
28.4km/h
Seasonal range
14.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
82 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.2 cm
Average feels-like high
17.3 °C
Average feels-like low
13.8 °C
Average peak gust
38.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
113 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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
33.9 °C
25 July 2023
Coldest day
-0.8 °C
13 January 1968
Wettest day
75 mm
10 October 2015
Windiest day
74.0 km/h
12 March 1982
Strongest gust
117.0 km/h
31 January 1983
Hottest feels-like
37.5 °C
13 July 2023
Coldest feels-like
-10.9 °C
28 January 1942
Snowiest day
6.7 cm
15 February 1940
Sunniest day
14.1 h
23 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 23 mm | -38 mm |
| Feb | 13.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 47 mm | -5 mm |
| Mar | 14.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 77 mm | +28 mm |
| Apr | 16.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 23 mm | -11 mm |
| May | 19.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 30 mm | +6 mm |
| Jun | 25.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 0 mm | -19 mm |
| Jul | 27.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 18 mm | +4 mm |
| Aug | 26.1 °C | +0.3 °C | 5 mm | -16 mm |
| Sep | 24.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 7 mm | -35 mm |
| Oct | 19.3 °C | -0.3 °C | 81 mm | +22 mm |
| Nov | 16.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 145 mm | +75 mm |
| Dec | 14.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 59 mm | -12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Vieste?
Vieste has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.1 °C and it receives 516 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Vieste?
The hottest day measured in Vieste between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2023, reaching 33.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Vieste?
The coldest day measured in Vieste between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1968, at -0.8 °C.
Does it snow in Vieste?
Yes. Vieste gets on average 1.2 cm of snow per year and has around 0 frost days.
Has the climate of Vieste warmed?
Yes: Vieste warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Vieste?
The wettest day measured in Vieste between 1940 and 2025 was 10 October 2015, with 75 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Vieste?
The windiest day measured in Vieste between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 1982, with winds reaching 74.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Vieste?
The warmest month in Vieste is August (24.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Vieste?
Vieste receives on average 516 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 82 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Vieste?
Vieste 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 Vieste?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Vieste between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1940, with 6.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Vieste?
Yes: Vieste has on average 113 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Vieste?
In Vieste, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.5 °C on 13 July 2023, and the lowest was -10.9 °C on 28 January 1942.
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