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Matera in August

Hot and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Matera is hot: highs near 92°F, lows near 67°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 9 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Matera is hot: highs near 33°C, lows near 19°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 9 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
92°F33°Caverage
Low
67°F19°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 17% of days
Daylight
13h 43mon average

Is August a good time to visit Matera?

August sits outside Matera's best months, which run in two parts: May, or October. Expect hot days and rain on about one day a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 92°F in August, against 54°F to 92°F through the year.Highs near 33°C in August, against 12°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

17% of days in August, against 14% to 34% through the year.

Cloud cover

18% cover in August, against 13% to 52% through the year.

Daylight

13h 43m in August, against 9h 18m to 15h 02m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July92°33°low 67°low 19°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. August92°33°low 67°low 19°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. September83°28°low 61°low 16°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Matera sits, in August

Europe/Rome
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:03 AMsets 7:54 PM
Above the sea
370 mlow-lying
Latitude
40.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Bernalda29 km south

The land around Matera, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Italy in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Matera

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Matera. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.