Italy
Basilicate
Basilicate is one of the 20 regions of Italy; its largest place is Potenza.
Best timeMay–Jun · Oct
Best weather in OctoberMatera 79
October: highs16° – 23°
Rain this month, on average60mm
Mean of its 20 best-known places. Best: May–Jun · Oct.
Basilicate at a glance
The atlas follows 696 places here month by month, with 25 mountains and 132 monuments; across the most visited of them, the best months are May, June and October.
When to go to Basilicate
The best places of every month here, and the average climate of the best-known ones.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 29 | 35 | 44 | 63 | 80 | 77 | 72 | 70 | 75 | 76 | 48 | 29 |
| High | 9° | 9° | 12° | 16° | 21° | 26° | 29° | 29° | 24° | 19° | 14° | 9° |
| Low | 2° | 2° | 4° | 7° | 11° | 15° | 18° | 18° | 14° | 11° | 7° | 3° |
| Rain (mm) | 57 | 51 | 55 | 59 | 39 | 37 | 34 | 28 | 54 | 60 | 68 | 77 |
Places in Basilicate
The best-known places with their score this month; every town and village is in the A to Z list below.
73OctoberPotenza
64k people
17° / 11°63 mm
79OctoberMatera
60k people
21° / 10°53 mm
77OctoberMelfi
17k people
19° / 11°59 mm
77OctoberVenosa
11k people
21° / 10°48 mm
77OctoberRionero in Vulture
12k people
18° / 11°62 mm
68OctoberAvigliano
11k people
16° / 10°63 mm
67OctoberPignola
6,770 people
16° / 10°66 mm
78OctoberLavello
13k people
22° / 11°45 mm
2 districts, each with all of its towns and villages
Basilicate from above
Every place scored for the month you pick: comfortable temperatures, dry days and clear skies.
OctoberMonth scores for Basilicate
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Nature in Basilicate
Summit2,181 m
Serra del Prete
Summit1,900 m
Monte Alpi
Summit1,505 m
Coccovello
National park
Pollino National Park
River
Agri
River
BasentoWildlife in October
The birds and mammals of Italy seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.
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Outdoors in Basilicate
Culture in Basilicate
Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta, MelfiBuilt 1770 · Romanesque
Heraclea LucaniaBuilt 431 BC
Chiesa di San Rocco, PotenzaBuilt 1400 · Neoclassical
Santa Maria del Carmine, AviglianoBuilt 1583 · baroque
Acerenza CathedralRomanesque
Cristo RedentoreBuilt 1965
Museum
Grumentum
Museum
Metaponto National Archaeological MuseumThe festival year
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What's on in Basilicate
Getting to Basilicate
Salerno Costa d'Amalfi AirportQSR · Potenza
76 kmFoggia Gino Lisa AirportFOG · Potenza
91 kmBari Karol Wojtyła International AirportBRI · Potenza
97 kmPotenza CittàPotenza
0.4 kmMatera CentraleMatera
0.3 kmMelfiMelfi
1 kmVenosa-MaschitoVenosa
3.3 kmTowns in Basilicate from A to Z
The 141 main places; every village is listed on its district's page.
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- Salandra
- San Brancato
- San Chirico Nuovo
- San Chirico Raparo
- San Costantino Albanese
- San Fele
- San Giorgio Lucano
- San Martino d'Agri
- San Mauro Forte
- San Paolo Albanese
- San Severino Lucano
- Sant'Angelo Le Fratte
- Sant'Arcangelo
- Sarconi
- Sasso di Castalda
- Satriano di Lucania
- Savoia di Lucania
- Scalo di Baragiano
- Scanzano Jonico
- Senise
- Spinoso
- Stigliano