Climate and average weather in Orta Nova

In Orta Nova, the summers are hot, fairly dry, and clear and the winters are cool and partly cloudy.

Best: late March to mid June

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Orta Nova typically varies from 5°C to 33°C, and is rarely below -0°C or above 38°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Orta Nova for warm-weather activities are from late March to mid June and mid September to mid November.

Hottest
Jul
33°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Dec
56 mm
Driest
Aug
16 mm
Rain / yr
497 mm
80 wet days
Daylight
9.0–15.0 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
69 m
41.3°N
Clearest
Jul
21% cloud

Orta Nova is chief town of the homonym municipality.

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

Orta Nova weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late March to mid June.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Orta Nova, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.5 months, from June 2 to September 14, with daily high temperatures above 28°C. The hottest month of the year in Orta Nova is July, with an average high of 33°C and low of 21°C.

The cool season lasts 3.8 months, from November 21 to March 17, with daily high temperatures below 16°C. The coldest month of the year in Orta Nova is January, with an average low of 5°C and high of 12°C.

Days typically run about 10°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 12°C) in August.

10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan125
Feb135
Mar167
Apr2010
May2514
Jun3019
Jul3321
Aug3321
Sep2817
Oct2313
Nov189
Dec136

How hot and cold Orta Nova really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Orta Nova feels like about 33°C (around August 3). About 60 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in August.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan121225
Feb131325
Mar161657
Apr2020910
May25251414
Jun30301919
Jul33332121
Aug33332121
Sep28281717
Oct23231313
Nov181889
Dec131336

Average hourly temperature in Orta Nova

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 33°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Orta Nova weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan12° / 508.30.59.43.4
Feb13° / 468.10.710.33.8
Mar16° / 548.60.311.75.4
Apr20° / 10°538.10.113.16.7
May25° / 14°366.6014.37.5
Jun30° / 19°274.6014.95.8
Jul33° / 21°213.6014.74.5
Aug33° / 21°163.3013.74.6
Sep28° / 17°386.3012.36.8
Oct23° / 13°466.2010.97.6
Nov18° / 547.70.19.75.9
Dec13° / 568.10.59.13.9

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Orta Nova gets about 497 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 6.1 months, from around Nov 7 to May 11, peaking in February at about 31% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 12.

December is the wettest month by volume, with 56 mm over about 8 wet days; August is the driest, with 16 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetFeb 24 · 31%Aug 12 · 10%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan278
Feb298
Mar289
Apr278
May227
Jun155
Jul114
Aug123
Sep206
Oct206
Nov258
Dec268

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Orta Nova collects about 497 mm of rain across 80 wet days — roughly 41 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. December is the wettest month with 56 mm, while August is the driest at just 16 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 33% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec504654533627211638465456
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan5081
Feb4681
Mar5490
Apr5380
May3670
Jun2750
Jul2140
Aug1630
Sep3860
Oct4660
Nov5480
Dec5681

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Orta Nova, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around May 16 and lasts for 4.7 months, ending around October 6. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 92% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 7 and lasts for 7.3 months, ending around May 15. The cloudiest month is February, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 47% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 15 · 93%Jan 26 · 50%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5446
Feb5347
Mar5842
Apr5842
May6634
Jun8020
Jul928
Aug9010
Sep7327
Oct6337
Nov5446
Dec5347

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 14, brings about 15 hours of light; the shortest, around December 14, only 9 hours — a swing of roughly 6 hours.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.47:274:46
Feb10.37:015:22
Mar11.76:175:57
Apr13.15:246:31
May14.34:447:03
Jun14.94:287:26
Jul14.74:417:24
Aug13.75:116:51
Sep12.35:436:00
Oct10.96:165:08
Nov9.76:534:32
Dec9.17:224:24

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Orta Nova averages about 15 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 10 and 25 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.1 months, from around May 30 to Oct 2. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 25 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is January, down near 11 sunny days — about 56% fewer than the July peak.

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJul 2025 daysJan 2210 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan11Mixed
Feb10Mixed
Mar13Mixed
Apr13Mixed
May14Mixed
Jun19Bright
Jul25Brilliant
Aug24Brilliant
Sep17Bright
Oct14Mixed
Nov11Mixed
Dec11Mixed

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Orta Nova, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.8 months, from around June 10 to October 3. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 46% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 4 to June 9, and April is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 19 · 100%Aug 7 · 51%muggyhumidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr99100
May841520
Jun5134141
Jul3037294
Aug1935369
Sep3540232
Oct662850
Nov93700
Dec100000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Wind in Orta Nova is steady company: average speeds sit near 10 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeMar 4 · 11 km/hOct 14 · 8 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan10calm
Feb11calm
Mar11calm
Apr10calm
May10calm
Jun9calm
Jul9calm
Aug9calm
Sep9calm
Oct8calm
Nov9calm
Dec10calm

Best time to visit Orta Nova

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Orta Nova throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around early April, Orta Nova is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Orta Nova for general outdoor tourist activities run from late March to mid June and again from mid September to mid November, with a peak score in the first week of October.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationOct 7 · 7.7

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan3.4poor
Feb3.8fair
Mar5.4fair
Apr6.7good
May7.4good
Jun5.8good
Jul4.6fair
Aug4.6fair
Sep6.8good
Oct7.5ideal
Nov5.9good
Dec3.9fair

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Orta Nova for hot-weather activities is from mid May to mid October, with a peak score in the second week of June.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJun 12 · 8.0

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Orta Nova, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 33°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 12°C), pack a warm layer and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Orta Nova sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Orta Nova

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 35 km away) is warmest in August at about 26°C and coldest in February near 12°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 30 to Oct 22 — about 4.8 months when the water holds above 20°C.

10°15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan12Bracing
Feb12Bracing
Mar12Bracing
Apr14Bracing
May18Cool
Jun22Refreshing
Jul25Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep24Warm
Oct21Refreshing
Nov17Cool
Dec14Bracing

UV index (midday) in Orta Nova by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Orta Nova peaks around July 16 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 16UV 10Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar5High
Apr5Moderate
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep6High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Orta Nova

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb00
Mar50
Apr50
May73
Jun8.55
Jul8.56
Aug85
Sep60
Oct3.50
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Orta Nova by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Orta Nova is worst in April — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateApr 1317 µg/m³Dec 1212 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb16Moderate
Mar16Moderate
Apr18Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov12Moderate
Dec12Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free day

Orta Nova is mild enough that a frost-free day stays more likely than not even in midwinter.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan9111
Feb920
Mar980
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec950

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Orta Nova banks about 2,714 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

01,0002,0003,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar48
Apr149
May302
Jun436
Jul526
Aug524
Sep378
Oct249
Nov98
Dec4

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Orta Nova receives about 4.4 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.6 and 7.2 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Mar 21 to Sep 20. The brightest month is June, averaging about 7.0 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 1.7 kWh/m² — roughly 76% less than the June peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 297.2 kWhDec 191.6 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.9Dim
Feb2.8Moderate
Mar4.1Bright
Apr5.4Bright
May6.3Intense
Jun7.0Intense
Jul7.0Intense
Aug6.3Intense
Sep4.6Bright
Oct3.2Moderate
Nov2.1Moderate
Dec1.6Dim

Where is Orta Nova?

Orta Nova sits at 41.3°N, 15.7°E, 69 m above sea level, in Italy. The nearest listed city is Cerignola, 17 km away.

Topography around Orta Nova

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Orta Nova has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 52 m around an average of 71 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 347 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,799 m.

The land around Orta Nova is covered by cropland (77%) within 3 km, cropland (83%) within 16 km, and cropland (43%) and trees (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
52 m
16 km
347 m
80 km
1,799 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Cerignola 17 km · Foggia 20 km · Canosa di Puglia 32 km · Lucera 37 km · Manfredonia 38 km · San Giovanni Rotondo 42 km · Barletta 48 km · San Severo 48 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
Christian 81%unaffiliated 13%Muslim 5%other 1%

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 Orta Nova (41.3288°, 15.7099°, elevation 69 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).