Rome month by month
Plan your visit to Rome by month. Compare weather, crowds, events, and prices across all twelve months with historical climate data.
- January
- High
- 13°C
- Low
- 5°C
- Rain
- 76 mm
January in Rome is cold, grey, and quiet — and that might be exactly what you want. The city that spends most of the year drowning in tour groups finally belongs to its residents…
- February
- High
- 15°C
- Low
- 5°C
- Rain
- 67 mm
February in Rome is the city at its quietest — and its cheapest. The tourist hordes that pack the Colosseum and Trevi Fountain in summer are mostly gone, and you'll find yourself…
- March
- High
- 17°C
- Low
- 7°C
- Rain
- 98 mm
March in Rome is the city waking up from winter. That's the single most important thing to understand — you're catching Rome in transition, somewhere between the grey dampness of…
- April
- High
- 19°C
- Low
- 9°C
- Rain
- 64 mm
April in Rome is, quite simply, one of the best times to be there. The single most important thing to know: Easter typically falls in April, and when it does, the city transforms.…
- May
- High
- 24°C
- Low
- 13°C
- Rain
- 83 mm
May is when Rome finally hits its stride. The oppressive summer heat hasn't arrived yet — daytime temperatures hover around 23.8°C (75°F), dropping to a comfortable 13.4°C (56°F)…
- June
- High
- 31°C
- Low
- 19°C
- Rain
- 38 mm
June is when Rome gets properly hot and properly crowded. That's the headline. Daytime temperatures push past 30°C (87°F), the sun is relentless on all that pale travertine, and…
- July
- High
- 34°C
- Low
- 22°C
- Rain
- 18 mm
July in Rome is hot. Not pleasantly warm, not sun-kissed —, relentlessly hot. Daytime temperatures regularly push past 34°C (93°F), and the old stone streets and piazzas seem to…
- August
- High
- 33°C
- Low
- 21°C
- Rain
- 45 mm
Here is the single most important thing about Rome in August: half the city leaves. Ferragosto, the national holiday on August 15, is not just a day off — it is the culmination of…
- September
- High
- 28°C
- Low
- 18°C
- Rain
- 104 mm
September is when Rome exhales. The suffocating August heat — the kind that sends Romans fleeing to the coast in droves — finally loosens its grip, and the city starts to feel like…
- October
- High
- 23°C
- Low
- 14°C
- Rain
- 79 mm
October might be the single best month to visit Rome. That's not hyperbole — the brutal summer heat has finally broken, the worst of the tourist crush has thinned out, and the city…
- November
- High
- 18°C
- Low
- 9°C
- Rain
- 151 mm
November in Rome is wet. That's the headline. With around 151mm of rain spread across roughly 12 days, this is the city's rainiest month, and you'll feel it — grey skies rolling in…
- December
- High
- 14°C
- Low
- 6°C
- Rain
- 104 mm
December in Rome is defined by one thing above all else: Christmas. The city transforms into the spiritual and aesthetic epicenter of the Catholic world, and that pull — pilgrims,…