Potenza
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Potenza is a city and comune (municipality) in the region of Basilicata in Southern Italy. Its territory is bounded by the comuni of Anzi, Avigliano, Brindisi Montagna, Picerno, Pietragalla, Pignola, Ruoti, Tito, and Vaglio Basilicata. As the capital of the province of Potenza and of Basilicata, the city is the highest regional capital and one of the highest provincial capitals in Italy, overlooking the valley of the Basento river in the Apennine Mountains of Lucania, east of Salerno. With a population of 63,403 as of 2026, it is also the largest city in Basilicata.
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The next week in Potenza
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Overcast
18° / 10°
UV High
Sat
Rain
13° / 9°
1.7 mm
UV High
Sun
Overcast
16° / 6°
UV High
Mon
Overcast
18° / 6°
UV High
Tue
Thunderstorm
16° / 9°
3.0 mm
UV High
Wed
Partly cloudy
19° / 8°
UV Very high
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
31° / 2°
Typical high / low
1 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
14.4h
05:40 – 20:05local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Potenza
3 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Salerno Costa d'Amalfi Airport (QSR) at 75 km.
Getting around Potenza
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
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- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
CC BY-SA 4.0, Ddurbmonnejg.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.