Altamura weather in April

In April, Altamura sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 57 mm of precipitation across 9.6 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Altamura's 7th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Altamura's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 57 mm; 9.6 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 06 min; 5:21 AM – 6:27 PM
Cloud cover: 52%; 7th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.53 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.9; out of 10

Altamura is chief town of the homonym municipality.

Air quality: Moderate; PM2.5 11.7 µg/m³ · 2019

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical April day in Altamura reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 3°C warmer than March and about 5°C cooler than May.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	7
2	16	7
3	17	7
4	17	7
5	17	7
6	17	8
7	17	8
8	17	8
9	17	8
10	17	8
11	17	8
12	17	8
13	18	8
14	18	8
15	18	8
16	18	8
17	18	9
18	18	9
19	18	9
20	19	9
21	19	9
22	19	9
23	19	9
24	19	10
25	19	10
26	20	10
27	20	10
28	20	10
29	20	11
30	20	11

Altamura weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	11° / 3°	52	8	0.9	9.4	2.9
Feb	12° / 4°	54	9	1.2	10.4	3.2
Mar	15° / 6°	58	9.3	0.4	11.7	4.6
Apr	18° / 9°	57	9.6	0.1	13.1	5.9
May	23° / 13°	42	8.1	0	14.2	7.3
Jun	28° / 17°	35	6.3	0	14.9	6.8
Jul	31° / 20°	22	4.7	0	14.6	5.7
Aug	31° / 20°	23	5	0	13.6	5.6
Sep	26° / 16°	46	7.1	0	12.3	7.3
Oct	22° / 12°	52	7.7	0	10.9	7.1
Nov	16° / 8°	65	8.3	0.1	9.7	5.4
Dec	12° / 5°	57	8.7	0.9	9.1	3.4

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 44%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	55	55	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	57	57
Cloudier (%)	45	45	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	43	43

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	56	44
4	56	44
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	56	44
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	56	44
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	57	43
30	57	43

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Altamura gets around 57 mm of rain and snow over 9.6 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 33% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	32	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	30
3	30
4	30
5	30
6	31
7	31
8	32
9	33
10	33
11	34
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	34
16	34
17	34
18	34
19	34
20	33
21	33
22	33
23	33
24	33
25	33
26	33
27	33
28	33
29	33
30	32

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of April feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, April lands in the dry band about 98% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	97	97	96	95	94	93	92	91
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	6	7	8	9

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	96	4
26	95	5
27	94	6
28	93	7
29	92	8
30	91	9

Wind in April

Winds average 10 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 78 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:46 AM to 5:01 AM, and sunset from 6:11 PM to 6:42 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.7
Sunrise (AM)	5:46	5:45	5:43	5:41	5:39	5:38	5:36	5:34	5:33	5:31	5:29	5:28	5:26	5:25	5:23	5:21	5:20	5:18	5:17	5:15	5:14	5:12	5:11	5:09	5:08	5:06	5:05	5:03	5:02	5:01
Sunset (PM)	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:41	6:42

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	5:46	6:11
2	12.5	5:45	6:12
3	12.5	5:43	6:13
4	12.5	5:41	6:14
5	12.6	5:39	6:15
6	12.6	5:38	6:16
7	12.7	5:36	6:17
8	12.7	5:34	6:18
9	12.8	5:33	6:19
10	12.8	5:31	6:20
11	12.9	5:29	6:21
12	12.9	5:28	6:22
13	13.0	5:26	6:23
14	13.0	5:25	6:24
15	13.0	5:23	6:26
16	13.1	5:21	6:27
17	13.1	5:20	6:28
18	13.2	5:18	6:29
19	13.2	5:17	6:30
20	13.3	5:15	6:31
21	13.3	5:14	6:32
22	13.3	5:12	6:33
23	13.4	5:11	6:34
24	13.4	5:09	6:35
25	13.5	5:08	6:36
26	13.5	5:06	6:37
27	13.6	5:05	6:38
28	13.6	5:03	6:39
29	13.6	5:02	6:41
30	13.7	5:01	6:42

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.53 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.74 kWh/m² to a high of 7.14 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 5.53 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.0	Bright
2	5.0	Bright
3	5.1	Bright
4	5.1	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.2	Bright
7	5.2	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.4	Bright
12	5.4	Bright
13	5.4	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.6	Bright
18	5.6	Bright
19	5.6	Bright
20	5.7	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.8	Bright
24	5.8	Bright
25	5.8	Bright
26	5.9	Bright
27	5.9	Bright
28	5.9	Bright
29	6.0	Bright
30	6.0	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Altamura?

Our two travel scores rate April for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.9

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

2.1

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Altamura for sightseeing.

What to pack for Altamura in April

From April's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In April, Altamura sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Altamura in April

The nearest coast averages about 15°C in April — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 43 km away) is warmest in August at about 26°C and coldest in February near 14°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 2 to Oct 19 — about 4.6 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	14	14	14	15	18	22	25	26	24	20	17	15
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	14	Bracing
Feb	14	Bracing
Mar	14	Bracing
Apr	15	Bracing
May	18	Cool
Jun	22	Refreshing
Jul	25	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	24	Refreshing
Oct	20	Refreshing
Nov	17	Cool
Dec	15	Bracing

UV index in Altamura in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Altamura peaks around July 17 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	5	5	7	9	10	9	6	4	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	5	High
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Altamura?

Altamura sits at 40.8°N, 16.5°E, 467 m above sea level, in Italy. The nearest listed city is Gravina in Puglia, 11 km away.

Topography around Altamura

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Altamura.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Altamura has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 111 m around an average of 421 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 413 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,809 m.

The land around Altamura is covered by cropland (34%), grassland (29%) and artificial surfaces (26%) within 3 km, cropland (58%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and cropland (28%), trees (27%) and water (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

111 m

cropland 34%

16 km

413 m

cropland 58%

80 km

1,809 m

cropland 28%

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← March Altamura year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Gravina in Puglia 11 km · Santeramo in Colle 18 km · Matera 18 km · Acquaviva delle Fonti 26 km · Palo del Colle 29 km · Gioia del Colle 32 km · Ginosa 33 km · Ruvo di Puglia 33 km

Italy travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F / L; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 69% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $43,309; 2025
Happiness: 6.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 97%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.6; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 5.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 513
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Altamura (40.8266°, 16.5495°, elevation 467 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	7
2	16	7
3	17	7
4	17	7
5	17	7
6	17	8
7	17	8
8	17	8
9	17	8
10	17	8
11	17	8
12	17	8
13	18	8
14	18	8
15	18	8
16	18	8
17	18	9
18	18	9
19	18	9
20	19	9
21	19	9
22	19	9
23	19	9
24	19	10
25	19	10
26	20	10
27	20	10
28	20	10
29	20	11
30	20	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	56	44
4	56	44
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	56	44
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	56	44
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	57	43
30	57	43

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	30
3	30
4	30
5	30
6	31
7	31
8	32
9	33
10	33
11	34
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	34
16	34
17	34
18	34
19	34
20	33
21	33
22	33
23	33
24	33
25	33
26	33
27	33
28	33
29	33
30	32

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	96	4
26	95	5
27	94	6
28	93	7
29	92	8
30	91	9

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	7
2	16	7
3	17	7
4	17	7
5	17	7
6	17	8
7	17	8
8	17	8
9	17	8
10	17	8
11	17	8
12	17	8
13	18	8
14	18	8
15	18	8
16	18	8
17	18	9
18	18	9
19	18	9
20	19	9
21	19	9
22	19	9
23	19	9
24	19	10
25	19	10
26	20	10
27	20	10
28	20	10
29	20	11
30	20	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	56	44
4	56	44
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	56	44
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	56	44
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	57	43
30	57	43

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	30
3	30
4	30
5	30
6	31
7	31
8	32
9	33
10	33
11	34
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	34
16	34
17	34
18	34
19	34
20	33
21	33
22	33
23	33
24	33
25	33
26	33
27	33
28	33
29	33
30	32

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	96	4
26	95	5
27	94	6
28	93	7
29	92	8
30	91	9

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	7
2	16	7
3	17	7
4	17	7
5	17	7
6	17	8
7	17	8
8	17	8
9	17	8
10	17	8
11	17	8
12	17	8
13	18	8
14	18	8
15	18	8
16	18	8
17	18	9
18	18	9
19	18	9
20	19	9
21	19	9
22	19	9
23	19	9
24	19	10
25	19	10
26	20	10
27	20	10
28	20	10
29	20	11
30	20	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	56	44
4	56	44
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	56	44
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	56	44
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	57	43
30	57	43

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	30
3	30
4	30
5	30
6	31
7	31
8	32
9	33
10	33
11	34
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	34
16	34
17	34
18	34
19	34
20	33
21	33
22	33
23	33
24	33
25	33
26	33
27	33
28	33
29	33
30	32

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	96	4
26	95	5
27	94	6
28	93	7
29	92	8
30	91	9