October
Wk 40–42
Best balance of weather comfort and space: crowd level around 14 out of 100, weather comfort near 74.
- Crowd level
- 13–17
- Comfort
- 69–79
Photo by Vincenzo De Rosa on Unsplash
Italy
Best time to visit Basilikata
When is it busiest here, and when is it quietest? The answer runs week by week through the region's own year, from official EU overnight-stay statistics.
Busiest week
AugustCrowd level 100
Wk 32 · 144,690 overnight stays
Quietest weeks
January–FebruaryCrowd level 0
Wk 3–5 · measured against the region's own year, not against other regions
Sweet spot
OctoberCrowd level 13–17
Wk 40–42 · a good balance of weather comfort and crowd level
Warmest month
26 °CComfort 83
July · around 13 mm of rain in the month
Crowding Index 1.1 · As of 06/08/2026 · Crowding score 0–100, season-relative
Basilikata (Italy) is quietest from January to February: across Wk 3–5 the crowd level runs from 0 out of 100. The busiest single week falls in August (Wk 32), at 100 out of 100 with roughly 144,690 overnight stays. Calculated from open official data; the values are modelled, not counted.
When is Basilikata busy, when is it quiet?
Click a week. The panel on the right explains why it is busy or quiet.
Weather profile
Weather comfort is an absolute scale (0 = poor, 100 = ideal) and a second axis next to the season-relative crowd level.
JanuaryØ 1
FebruaryØ 0
MarchØ 3
AprilØ 14
MayØ 22
JuneØ 49
JulyØ 78
AugustØ 94
SeptemberØ 42
OctoberØ 14
NovemberØ 4
DecemberØ 4
Colour = season-relative crowd levelBar = weather comfort (Sun & warmth), absolute 0–100
Why this week?
October · Wk 40
Crowd level17/100 · fairly quiet
quietbusy
Weather comfort44/100 · Sun & warmth
-28 % versus the region's annual average.
- Contributing months
- September (14 %) · October (86 %)
- Overnight stays/week
- 34,355
- School-holiday pressure (source markets)
- 2 % of source markets on school holidays · -3 % crowding from holidays
- Main source markets
- Italy (57 %) · Germany (17 %) · France (4 %) · 87% of guests modelled
- Region range
- 12,331–144,690 (avg 47,891)
- Base years
- 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 (excluding 2020, 2021)
v1: Crowd-Score aus der Eurostat-Basisschicht (Übernachtungen), moduliert vom Schulferien-Druck der Quellmärkte, region-spezifisch gewichtet mit dem Quellland-Mix. Season-relativ zur Region. Event-Schichten folgen.
Plan your trip
Pre-filled with the next date in week 40.
DestinationBasilikata
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The travel year in Basilikata, month by month
The year as a table to read and to cite: crowd level for every month, plus weather comfort and temperature from the climate normals.
| Month | Crowd level0–100, season-relative | Weather comfort0–100, profile “mild” | Avg temperature |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 26 | 6 °C |
| February | 0 | 31 | 7 °C |
| March | 3 | 40 | 9 °C |
| April | 14 | 55 | 13 °C |
| May | 22 | 69 | 17 °C |
| June | 49 | 84 | 23 °C |
| July | 78 | 83 | 26 °C |
| August | 94 | 84 | 25 °C |
| September | 42 | 87 | 21 °C |
| October | 14 | 72 | 16 °C |
| November | 4 | 51 | 11 °C |
| December | 4 | 33 | 8 °C |
The crowd level is season-relative: 100 is the annual peak of Basilikata itself, not the busiest destination in Europe. The figures say when it is quiet here — not where it is quieter than elsewhere.
Weather comfort 0–100 from the climate normals, profile “mild” – the same profile as the recommendation above, not the selection in the calendar. A “–” means the data for that month is missing.
Index 1.1 · As of 06/08/2026
The windows worth catching
Three windows from the model, weighing crowd level against weather comfort.
May
Wk 20–22
A quieter choice in the other half of the year: crowd level around 24, weather comfort near 73.
- Crowd level
- 20–31
- Comfort
- 67–78
August
Wk 32–34
The region's peak: crowd level around 98 out of 100. Only if the dates are fixed.
- Crowd level
- 96–100
- Comfort
- 82–85
Basilikata compared with Europe
How dense it gets here measured against Europe — on the one figure that lets two destinations be compared.
- Crowd density in Basilikata
- 4.79
- European median
- 11.80
overnight stays per km² and week
overnight stays per km² and week
Furthest from the median: February, at 0.2× the value. Closest to the median: August, at 0.6× the value.
Mean across 12 months, weighted by their weeks. This density compares destinations with each other. The crowd level in the table above compares Basilikata with itself. The two figures are never combined.
Index 1.1 · As of 06/08/2026
Climate through the year
Average temperature with day/night range and precipitation across the twelve months.
- Avg temperature
- Day/night range
- Precipitation
| Month | Avg temperature (°C) | Day avg (°C) | Night avg (°C) | Precipitation (mm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5 | 6 | 3 | 100 |
| Feb | 5 | 7 | 4 | 48 |
| Mar | 7 | 9 | 5 | 62 |
| Apr | 10 | 13 | 8 | 70 |
| May | 14 | 17 | 12 | 114 |
| Jun | 20 | 23 | 17 | 35 |
| Jul | 23 | 26 | 20 | 13 |
| Aug | 22 | 25 | 20 | 29 |
| Sep | 19 | 21 | 16 | 32 |
| Oct | 14 | 16 | 12 | 77 |
| Nov | 10 | 11 | 9 | 64 |
| Dec | 6 | 8 | 5 | 41 |
The band shows mean daytime to nighttime temperature. Precipitation shown as monthly total (mm). Typical monthly value (climate normal), not a forecast. Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2025.
How sunny?
Average daily solar energy across the twelve months. The higher the value, the sunnier.
4.4 kWh/m²/Tag
Annual average
Jul
Sunniest month
| Month | Solar irradiance (kWh/m²/day) |
|---|---|
| Jan | 2.0 |
| Feb | 2.9 |
| Mar | 4.2 |
| Apr | 5.5 |
| May | 6.0 |
| Jun | 7.0 |
| Jul | 7.1 |
| Aug | 6.1 |
| Sep | 4.7 |
| Oct | 3.4 |
| Nov | 2.1 |
| Dec | 1.8 |
Mean daily solar irradiance in kWh/m²/day (≈ peak-sun-hours equivalent). Typical monthly value (climate normal), not a forecast. Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2025.
Ski areas in Basilikata
Mapped ski areas in this region with slope kilometres, lifts and elevation, plus the long-term snow average from our climate data.
- Ski areas
- 3
- Slopes in total
- 12 km
- Lifts
- 16
- Highest point
- 1,879 m
| Ski area | Slopes | Lifts | Elevation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sellata - Arioso | 6.21 km | 8 | 1,370–1,723 m353 m vertical drop |
| Sirino Sci | 5.12 km | 5 | 1,423–1,879 m455 m vertical drop |
| Viggiano | 0.81 km | 3 | 1,394–1,514 m121 m vertical drop |
Slope, lift and elevation figures come from open mapping and are complete to varying degrees. “Not available” means not mapped, not “does not exist”. Opening hours and season are not included. Snow figures are long-term averages for the whole region, not snow depth on the mountain and not a forecast.
Data sources: ski areas from OpenSkiMap, based on OpenStreetMap, licensed under ODbL 1.0; snow depths from ERA5-Land (Copernicus Climate Change Service).
Frequently asked questions about the best time to visit Basilikata
Short answers on timing, weather and getting there, all from the data on this page.
When is the best time to visit Basilikata?
- The best time to visit Basilikata is October (Wk 40–42): in this window the crowd level is low at around 14 out of 100 and weather comfort is good at about 74 out of 100.
When is Basilikata quietest?
- January–February (Wk 3–5) is the quietest time in Basilikata. Crowd levels there sit at 0 out of 100, the lowest across the year.
When is Basilikata busiest?
- Basilikata is busiest in August (Wk 32) with around 144,690 overnight stays in the peak week.
What is the weather like in Basilikata and when is it warmest?
- It is warmest in Basilikata in July with an average of 26 °C and around 13 mm of rain in the month.
All figures are approximations derived from open data (crowd level from Eurostat overnight stays, climate from Copernicus/ERA5-Land), not measurements.
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v1 approximation, calculated from Eurostat overnight stays. Day tourism and cruises (Venice, Dubrovnik …) are still missing, so we show these destinations as quieter than they are. The crowd score is a model-based forecast, not a measurement.