Frederick II’s octagonal castle, alone on a hilltop in the Murgia, 18 km from Andria in Puglia and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996. Here you’ll find which Castel del Monte tickets to buy, the weather during opening hours, opening times and tips for your visit.
Queues and crowds → · Andria, Puglia, Italy
Weather at 5:00 PM. The castle opens at 09:00.
The ticket is cheap and the visit is short: the rooms are bare, so an explanation makes all the difference.
Our pick: the guided tour. Castel del Monte fascinates because of its shape and the theories about its meaning, which are hard to grasp without a guide. If your dates aren’t fixed, or you want to spend as little as possible, get the official ticket: it’s €10 and there’s an audio guide on site.
Free entry: on the first Sunday of every month and on 4 November 2026.
Non-refundable · 4.7 from 41 reviews
Twice the price of the ticket alone (€10), but a guide explains the castle’s symbols and mysteries.
Indicative prices, checked onOctober 26, 2026: they may change: the final price is the one shown by the seller.
Good
Good: rain, 11 to 11 degrees, 0.3 mm.
Fair
Fair: heavy rain, 11 to 14 degrees, 3.9 mm.
| Time | Sky | Temperature | Rain | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Light rain | 11° | 0.1 mm | 14 km/h |
| 10:00 | Cloudy | 12° | – | 13 km/h |
| 11:00 | Cloudy | 13° | – | 10 km/h |
| 12:00 | Rain | 14° | 0.9 mm | 11 km/h |
| 13:00 | Heavy rain | 12° | 1.7 mm | 13 km/h |
| 14:00 | Rain | 13° | 0.8 mm | 14 km/h |
| 15:00 | Rain | 12° | 0.3 mm | 13 km/h |
| 16:00 | Light rain | 12° | 0.1 mm | 12 km/h |
| 17:00 | Fair | 11° | – | 10 km/h |
The best days are Wednesday, November 4, Thursday, November 5 and Sunday, November 8. The rating only looks at opening hours: rain at night doesn’t spoil the visit.
Today and tomorrow the forecast is accurate hour by hour; up to day seven it is reliable on the trend; the last days give a rough idea. Updated every hour.
Opening hours change during the year: check the day’s hours on the official website before you go.
Open every day, with seasonal hours. Today (26 October 2026) it’s open 9 am–5:30 pm, ticket desk until 5 pm. In summer the Ministry lists 10 am–6:45 pm, ticket desk until 6 pm. Check the day’s hours at the official ticket office.
Best time to visit: April, May and October. Mild temperatures and little rain, perfect for enjoying the Murgia landscape too.
| Month | Average high | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13° | 7 |
| Feb | 13° | 6 |
| Mar | 16° | 7 |
| AprRecommended | 19° | 6 |
| MayRecommended | 24° | 5 |
| Jun | 28° | 3 |
| Jul | 31° | 2 |
| Aug | 31° | 2 |
| Sep | 26° | 5 |
| OctRecommended | 22° | 6 |
| Nov | 18° | 7 |
| Dec | 14° | 7 |
1991–2020 normals for Bari airport, about 50 km away: average high and days with at least 1 mm of rain. The castle sits on a hill over 500 metres up, where it’s a few degrees cooler. Source: NOAA, table published on Wikipedia (article “Bari”).
Almost the whole visit is indoors: the sixteen rooms on two floors and the towers.
An hour-by-hour crowd estimate is coming later, always marked as an estimate and with its source.
The visit takes about an hour.
By car: the easiest option. The castle is 18 km from Andria, in the Alta Murgia National Park, and is also reachable from Bari, Trani and Barletta.
By public transport: connections are limited; without a car, an organised trip from Bari or Trani is the easier choice.
Accessibility: the raised floor can be reached by a platform lift (maximum load 210 kg).
Good: rain, 11 to 11 degrees, 0.3 mm.
Saturday, October 31: Fair: heavy rain, 11 to 14 degrees, 3.9 mm. Sunday, November 1: Fair: rain, 10 to 12 degrees, 1.1 mm.
A full ticket costs €10, reduced €2 (ages 18–25). Under-18s go free. The guided tour with entry on GetYourGuide is from €20.
On the first Sunday of every month, as at all Italian state museums, and on some public holidays: in 2026 also on 4 November.
It’s open every day, with seasonal hours. In late October 2026, 9 am to 5:30 pm (ticket desk until 5 pm); in summer, 10 am to 6:45 pm (ticket desk until 6 pm). Always check the day’s hours at the official ticket office.
About an hour: the castle isn’t large and the rooms are bare. On a guided tour that hour is spent understanding its shape, symbols and history.
By car is easiest: the castle is 18 km from Andria, in the Murgia hills. Public transport is limited, so without a car an organised trip from Bari or Trani is the better option.
Reliable forecasts reach about 10 days: here you get the next 10, hour by hour for today and tomorrow and as a trend after that. To pick a month, check the climate month by month.
Forecasts come from MET Norway, the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, calculated for the castle’s coordinates and updated every hour during the day and every 3 hours at night. Crowd figures are labelled as estimates, with their source.
Guided tour with entry ticket · from €20
Forecast by MET Norway, the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, calculated for the castle’s coordinates. Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0), updated every hour. Updated: October 26, 2026.