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.
Rome's year splits on temperature and rain, and the two don't always move together. Highs run from January's 13°C to July's 34°C. Rain ranges from 3 days in July to 12 in both May and November. Winter holds from December through February at 13°C to 15°C with 7 to 10 rain days. Summer runs June through August at 31°C to 34°C with 3 to 7 rain days. April reaches 19°C with 10 rain days, October 23°C with 10. September, at 28°C and 8 rain days, is the warmest month outside the summer band.
All 12 month guides sit below this page. For mild weather, start with April at 19°C or October at 23°C, both with 10 rain days. For summer, compare July and August. July reaches 34°C with 3 rain days. August drops to 33°C but rain days climb to 7. September still holds at 28°C with 8 rain days, well above October's 23°C.
November drops to 18°C with 12 rain days after October's 23°C and 10. May reaches 24°C but also logs 12 rain days, more than any summer month. February, at 15°C and 7 rain days, is the driest of the cool months.
July reaches 34°C with 3 rain days, the highest temperature and lowest rainfall in Rome's measured year.
- 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) at…
- 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,…