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Rome in March

Mild and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Rome is mild: highs near 61°F, lows near 42°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 20 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Rome is mild: highs near 16°C, lows near 6°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 20 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
61°F16°Caverage
Low
42°F6°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 35% of days
Daylight
11h 52mon average

Is March a good time to visit Rome?

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

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 61°F in March, against 56°F to 90°F through the year.Highs near 16°C in March, against 13°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

35% of days in March, against 13% to 44% through the year.

Cloud cover

48% cover in March, against 17% to 52% through the year.

Daylight

11h 52m in March, against 9h 11m to 15h 10m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. February57°14°low 39°low 4°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. March61°16°low 42°low 6°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. April67°19°low 47°low 8°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Rome sits, in March

Europe/Rome
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:24 AMsets 6:15 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 March, 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 March

high · low · wet days
See March 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.