Matera weather in February

In February, Matera sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 54 mm of precipitation across 9 wet days and about 10.4 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 11°C in the first days to 13°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 54 min at the start of February to 10 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Matera's 9th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Matera's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 12°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 54 mm; 9 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 24 min; 6:57 AM – 5:20 PM
Cloud cover: 53%; 9th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 2.92 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.2; out of 10

Air quality: Excellent; PM10 13.2 µg/m³ · 2010

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

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 11°C in the first days to 13°C by the end.

A typical February day in Matera reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 6°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and about 3°C cooler than March.

	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
Avg high (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13
Avg low (°C)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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

Matera weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 11th-warmest and 5th-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 February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 47%.

	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
Clearer (%)	51	51	52	52	52	53	53	53	54	55	55	54	54	54	54	53	53	54	54	53	53	53	53	53	52	51	51	51
Cloudier (%)	49	49	48	48	48	47	47	47	46	45	45	46	46	46	46	47	47	46	46	47	47	47	47	47	48	49	49	49

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	52	48
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	53	47
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	54	46
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	52	48
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	51	49

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Matera gets around 54 mm of rain and snow over 9 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 32% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days, and about 1 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
Rain chance (%)	28	28	28	29	29	30	30	31	32	32	32	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33
Snow chance (%)	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3

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

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, February lands in the dry band about 100% 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
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

Wind in February

Winds average 11 km/h in February, the windiest month of the year.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 11 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
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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

	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	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 54 min at the start of February to 10 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:11 AM to 6:39 AM, and sunset from 5:03 PM to 5:35 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
Daylight (h)	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9
Sunrise (AM)	7:11	7:10	7:10	7:09	7:08	7:07	7:06	7:05	7:03	7:02	7:01	7:00	6:59	6:58	6:57	6:55	6:54	6:53	6:51	6:50	6:49	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:43	6:42	6:40	6:39
Sunset (PM)	5:03	5:04	5:05	5:07	5:08	5:09	5:10	5:11	5:13	5:14	5:15	5:16	5:17	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:35

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.9	7:11	5:03
2	9.9	7:10	5:04
3	9.9	7:10	5:05
4	10.0	7:09	5:07
5	10.0	7:08	5:08
6	10.0	7:07	5:09
7	10.1	7:06	5:10
8	10.1	7:05	5:11
9	10.2	7:03	5:13
10	10.2	7:02	5:14
11	10.2	7:01	5:15
12	10.3	7:00	5:16
13	10.3	6:59	5:17
14	10.3	6:58	5:19
15	10.4	6:57	5:20
16	10.4	6:55	5:21
17	10.5	6:54	5:22
18	10.5	6:53	5:23
19	10.6	6:51	5:25
20	10.6	6:50	5:26
21	10.6	6:49	5:27
22	10.7	6:47	5:28
23	10.7	6:46	5:29
24	10.8	6:45	5:31
25	10.8	6:43	5:32
26	10.9	6:42	5:33
27	10.9	6:40	5:34
28	10.9	6:39	5:35

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 2.92 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 — February's 2.92 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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.5	Moderate
2	2.5	Moderate
3	2.5	Moderate
4	2.5	Moderate
5	2.6	Moderate
6	2.6	Moderate
7	2.6	Moderate
8	2.7	Moderate
9	2.7	Moderate
10	2.7	Moderate
11	2.8	Moderate
12	2.8	Moderate
13	2.8	Moderate
14	2.9	Moderate
15	2.9	Moderate
16	3.0	Moderate
17	3.0	Moderate
18	3.0	Moderate
19	3.1	Moderate
20	3.1	Moderate
21	3.2	Moderate
22	3.2	Moderate
23	3.3	Moderate
24	3.3	Moderate
25	3.3	Moderate
26	3.4	Moderate
27	3.4	Moderate
28	3.5	Moderate

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Matera?

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

3.2

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Matera.

What to pack for Matera in February

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

In February, Matera sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 4°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Matera in February

The nearest coast averages about 14°C in February — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 40 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 May 30 to Nov 1 — about 5.1 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	25	22	19	16
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	14	Bracing
Feb	14	Bracing
Mar	14	Bracing
Apr	15	Cool
May	18	Cool
Jun	22	Refreshing
Jul	25	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	25	Warm
Oct	22	Refreshing
Nov	19	Cool
Dec	16	Cool

UV index in Matera in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Matera 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	6	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	6	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

Air quality in Matera in February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where February falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Matera is worst in April — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.6× the cleanest month (December, 10 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	12	14	15	16	14	14	12	13	11	12	11	10
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Good
Feb	14	Moderate
Mar	15	Moderate
Apr	16	Moderate
May	14	Moderate
Jun	14	Moderate
Jul	12	Good
Aug	13	Moderate
Sep	11	Good
Oct	12	Good
Nov	11	Good
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Matera?

Matera sits at 40.7°N, 16.6°E, 401 m above sea level, in Italy. The nearest listed city is Ginosa, 16 km away.

Topography around Matera

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Matera has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 334 m around an average of 339 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 478 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,866 m.

The land around Matera is covered by grassland (32%), cropland (28%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, cropland (62%) within 16 km, and trees (30%), cropland (25%) and water (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

334 m

grassland 32%

16 km

478 m

cropland 62%

80 km

1,866 m

trees 30%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← January Matera year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Ginosa 16 km · Altamura 18 km · Santeramo in Colle 19 km · Gravina in Puglia 23 km · Gioia del Colle 31 km · Acquaviva delle Fonti 33 km · Palagiano 38 km · Casamassima 42 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 Matera (40.666°, 16.6046°, elevation 401 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. 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	11	3
2	11	3
3	11	3
4	11	3
5	11	3
6	11	3
7	11	3
8	11	3
9	11	3
10	11	3
11	12	3
12	12	3
13	12	3
14	12	3
15	12	3
16	12	3
17	12	4
18	12	4
19	12	4
20	12	4
21	12	4
22	12	4
23	13	4
24	13	4
25	13	4
26	13	4
27	13	4
28	13	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	52	48
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	53	47
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	54	46
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	52	48
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	51	49

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	52	48
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	53	47
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	54	46
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	52	48
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	51	49

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	52	48
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	53	47
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	54	46
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	52	48
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	51	49

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100