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Rome in December

Cool and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Rome is cool: highs near 58°F, lows near 42°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 11 minutes.December in Rome is cool: highs near 14°C, lows near 6°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 11 minutes.

High
58°F14°Caverage
Low
42°F6°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 41% of days
Daylight
9h 11mon average

Is December a good time to visit Rome?

December sits outside Rome's best months, which run in two parts: May to June, or September to October. Expect cool days and rain on about three days 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 December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 58°F in December, against 56°F to 90°F through the year.Highs near 14°C in December, against 13°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

41% of days in December, against 13% to 44% through the year.

Cloud cover

50% cover in December, against 17% to 52% through the year.

Daylight

9h 11m in December, against 9h 11m to 15h 10m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. November66°19°low 50°low 10°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. December58°14°low 42°low 6°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. January56°13°low 39°low 4°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Rome sits, in December

Europe/Rome
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
7:30 AMsets 4:40 PM
Above the sea
40 mlow-lying
Latitude
41.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Monte Argentario128 km north-west

The land around Rome, shaded by its typical high in December, 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 December

high · low · wet days
See December on the planning mapThe whole year in Rome

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Rome. 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.