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Italy in March
Around 13 °C with 86 mm of rain and 6.8 hours of sun a day.
March is a mixed month for Italy — worth planning around specific regions. Around 13 °C with 86 mm of rain and 6.8 hours of sun a day. Use the regional grid below to find where this month works best — national averages hide the swings between coast, highlands, and inland.
Italy · typical month
- Day / night5 – 13 °CYear range 2 – 28 °C
- Rainfall86 mmYear range 63 – 124 mm
- Sunshine6.8 hr / dayYear range 4.0 – 9.0 hr / day
Things to do in Italy in March
March closes 2 things below; the rest run as normal.
- ClosedStelvio Pass
shut for the winter under snow — it normally opens in the second half of May and closes again in the first days of November
Sources: en.wikipedia.org, italyplanner.com
- ClosedSummer skiing at Stelvio
the only true summer ski area in Italy, and it runs on the opposite calendar to the rest of the country's resorts
Sources: powderhounds.com, mondoneve.it
Opening seasons are checked by hand against the operators and parks themselves, not derived from the climate figures on this page. Last reviewed 2026-08-28. Dates move — confirm before you book.
Italy, taken apart
- Agrigento16°C now · 14–31 °C yr
- Alessandria14°C now · 8–30 °C yr
- Ancona14°C now · 10–30 °C yr
- Aosta1°C now · -4–18 °C yr
- Arezzo13°C now · 8–29 °C yr
- Ascoli Piceno12°C now · 8–27 °C yr
- Asti14°C now · 8–30 °C yr
- Avellino13°C now · 9–30 °C yr
- Bari15°C now · 12–31 °C yr
- Barletta-Andria-Trani15°C now · 12–31 °C yr
- Belluno6°C now · 1–21 °C yr
- Benevento13°C now · 9–30 °C yr
- Bergamo11°C now · 5–25 °C yr
- Biella11°C now · 6–25 °C yr
- Bologna14°C now · 8–31 °C yr
- Brescia10°C now · 5–25 °C yr
- Brindisi16°C now · 13–31 °C yr
- Cagliari17°C now · 14–32 °C yr
- Caltanissetta16°C now · 13–32 °C yr
- Campobasso13°C now · 10–29 °C yr
- Carbonia-Iglesias17°C now · 15–32 °C yr
- Caserta14°C now · 11–30 °C yr
- Catania15°C now · 13–31 °C yr
- Catanzaro14°C now · 11–28 °C yr
- Chieti14°C now · 10–29 °C yr
- Como11°C now · 6–26 °C yr
- Cosenza13°C now · 10–28 °C yr
- Cremona15°C now · 8–31 °C yr
- Crotone15°C now · 12–30 °C yr
- Cuneo10°C now · 5–25 °C yr
- Enna15°C now · 12–31 °C yr
- Fermo13°C now · 10–29 °C yr
- Ferrara15°C now · 9–31 °C yr
- Florence13°C now · 8–29 °C yr
- Foggia15°C now · 11–32 °C yr
- Forlì-Cesena13°C now · 8–30 °C yr
- Frosinone13°C now · 9–29 °C yr
- Gorizia12°C now · 8–28 °C yr
- Grosseto15°C now · 11–30 °C yr
- Imperia12°C now · 9–25 °C yr
- Isernia11°C now · 7–27 °C yr
- L'Aquila10°C now · 6–26 °C yr
- La Spezia12°C now · 9–27 °C yr
- Latina15°C now · 12–29 °C yr
- Lecce16°C now · 13–31 °C yr
- Lecco11°C now · 6–25 °C yr
- Liguria12°C now · 8–26 °C yr
- Livorno14°C now · 12–28 °C yr
- Lodi15°C now · 8–31 °C yr
- Lucca12°C now · 8–27 °C yr
- Macerata13°C now · 9–29 °C yr
- Mantua15°C now · 8–31 °C yr
- Massa-Carrara11°C now · 8–26 °C yr
- Matera15°C now · 11–32 °C yr
- Medio Campidano17°C now · 14–32 °C yr
- Messina14°C now · 12–28 °C yr
- Milan15°C now · 8–30 °C yr
- Modena13°C now · 7–29 °C yr
- Monza and Brianza14°C now · 8–29 °C yr
- Naples14°C now · 12–29 °C yr
- Novara14°C now · 8–29 °C yr
- Nuoro14°C now · 12–30 °C yr
- Ogliastra14°C now · 12–30 °C yr
- Olbia-Tempio15°C now · 13–30 °C yr
- Oristano16°C now · 13–31 °C yr
- Padua15°C now · 8–31 °C yr
- Palermo15°C now · 12–30 °C yr
- Parma13°C now · 7–28 °C yr
- Pavia15°C now · 8–31 °C yr
- Perugia13°C now · 8–30 °C yr
- Pesaro and Urbino13°C now · 9–29 °C yr
- Pescara13°C now · 9–28 °C yr
- Piacenza13°C now · 7–29 °C yr
- Pisa14°C now · 11–30 °C yr
- Pistoia13°C now · 8–28 °C yr
- Pordenone11°C now · 6–26 °C yr
- Potenza13°C now · 9–29 °C yr
- Prato13°C now · 8–29 °C yr
- Ragusa15°C now · 14–29 °C yr
- Ravenna15°C now · 9–31 °C yr
- Reggio Calabria14°C now · 12–28 °C yr
- Reggio Emilia13°C now · 7–29 °C yr
- Rieti12°C now · 8–28 °C yr
- Rimini13°C now · 9–28 °C yr
- Rome15°C now · 12–30 °C yr
- Rovigo14°C now · 8–30 °C yr
- Salerno13°C now · 10–28 °C yr
- Sassari15°C now · 13–30 °C yr
- Savona12°C now · 9–26 °C yr
- Siena14°C now · 10–31 °C yr
- Sondrio3°C now · -2–18 °C yr
- Syracuse16°C now · 14–31 °C yr
- Taranto15°C now · 12–31 °C yr
- Teramo13°C now · 9–28 °C yr
- Terni14°C now · 10–31 °C yr
- Trapani16°C now · 15–31 °C yr
- Trentino7°C now · 2–21 °C yr
- Trentino-South Tyrol4°C now · -2–19 °C yr
- Treviso13°C now · 7–28 °C yr
- Trieste12°C now · 7–27 °C yr
- Turin9°C now · 4–24 °C yr
- Udine10°C now · 5–26 °C yr
- Varese13°C now · 8–28 °C yr
- Venice13°C now · 8–29 °C yr
- Verbano-Cusio-Ossola6°C now · 1–21 °C yr
- Vercelli11°C now · 6–26 °C yr
- Verona14°C now · 7–29 °C yr
- Vibo Valentia14°C now · 12–28 °C yr
- Vicenza12°C now · 6–27 °C yr
- Viterbo15°C now · 11–31 °C yr
What the governments say about Italy
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A decade of weather, in one page
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| Month | Average daytime high (°C) | Average overnight low (°C) | Typical low | Typical high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.4 | 1.7 | -2.3 | 11.9 |
| February | 10.6 | 3.1 | -1.2 | 14.1 |
| March | 12.7 | 4.7 | 0.7 | 16.8 |
| April | 16.1 | 7.5 | 3.0 | 21.6 |
| May | 19.7 | 11.5 | 8.1 | 24.8 |
| June | 25.6 | 16.4 | 12.9 | 30.0 |
| July | 28.1 | 18.6 | 15.8 | 31.4 |
| August | 28.0 | 18.6 | 15.3 | 31.8 |
| September | 23.5 | 15.0 | 10.9 | 27.1 |
| October | 18.9 | 11.2 | 7.5 | 22.7 |
| November | 13.2 | 6.7 | 2.0 | 16.8 |
| December | 9.7 | 3.2 | -0.5 | 12.6 |
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| Month | Rainfall (mm) |
|---|---|
| January | 72 |
| February | 75 |
| March | 86 |
| April | 82 |
| May | 115 |
| June | 75 |
| July | 63 |
| August | 74 |
| September | 92 |
| October | 106 |
| November | 124 |
| December | 83 |
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| Month | Sunshine hours (hr / day) |
|---|---|
| January | 4.5 |
| February | 5.5 |
| March | 6.8 |
| April | 7.7 |
| May | 7.4 |
| June | 8.8 |
| July | 9.0 |
| August | 8.3 |
| September | 6.8 |
| October | 5.6 |
| November | 4.2 |
| December | 4.0 |
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| Month | Average wind speed (km/h) | Typical low | Typical high |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5 | 5.0 | 13.3 |
| February | 8.4 | 4.9 | 13.7 |
| March | 8.6 | 5.6 | 13.0 |
| April | 8.1 | 5.7 | 12.1 |
| May | 7.5 | 5.1 | 10.6 |
| June | 6.8 | 5.0 | 8.8 |
| July | 6.8 | 5.1 | 9.7 |
| August | 6.6 | 5.0 | 9.6 |
| September | 7.0 | 4.9 | 10.5 |
| October | 7.3 | 4.7 | 11.8 |
| November | 8.0 | 4.8 | 12.5 |
| December | 8.0 | 4.6 | 13.2 |
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