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Rome in May

Warm and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Rome is warm: highs near 75°F, lows near 55°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 54 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Rome is warm: highs near 24°C, lows near 13°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 54 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
75°F24°Caverage
Low
55°F13°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 31% of days
Daylight
14h 33mon average

Is May a good time to visit Rome?

Yes. May is one of Rome's best months (May to June, or September to October).

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 May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 75°F in May, against 56°F to 90°F through the year.Highs near 24°C in May, against 13°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

31% of days in May, against 13% to 44% through the year.

Cloud cover

45% cover in May, against 17% to 52% through the year.

Daylight

14h 33m in May, against 9h 11m to 15h 10m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. April67°19°low 47°low 8°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. May75°24°low 55°low 13°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. June84°29°low 62°low 17°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Rome sits, in May

Europe/Rome
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:51 AMsets 8:22 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 May, 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 May

high · low · wet days
See May 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.