Best time to visit Rome
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
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Month by month
| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13° | 8d | 77% | 7.1h | ok | 13C max, 8 rainy days |
| Feb | 14° | 7d | 78% | 8.5h | good | 14C max, 7 rainy days |
| Mar | 16° | 8d | 76% | 9.4h | good | 16C max, 8 rainy days |
| Apr | 18° | 6d | 75% | 11.1h | goodbusy | shoulder season |
| May | 22° | 7d | 75% | 11.9h | sweet spot | 22C max, 7 rainy days |
| Jun | 27° | 2d | 71% | 13.5h | sweet spot busy | peak: This is the summer peak when tourist activity is at its highest… |
| Jul | 30° | 2d | 69% | 13.8h | sweet spot busy | peak: This is the summer peak when tourist activity is at its highest… |
| Aug | 30° | 3d | 70% | 12.7h | sweet spot busy | peak: This is the summer peak when tourist activity is at its highest… |
| Sep | 26° | 7d | 74% | 10.9h | sweet spot | 26C max, 7 rainy days |
| Oct | 22° | 8d | 78% | 9.0h | good | 22C max, 8 rainy days |
| Nov | 17° | 12d | 79% | 7.1h | ok | 17C max, 12 rainy days |
| Dec | 14° | 9d | 79% | 6.7h | ok | 14C max, 9 rainy days |
A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.
Getting there
How far Rome is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
- from Zurich
- from Munich
- from Vienna
- from Barcelona
- from Prague
- from Frankfurt
- from Paris
- from Brussels
The year in Rome
Rome experiences a Mediterranean climate, with mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers. The information is based on climate normals computed from ERA5 reanalysis.
| Busiest |
early Jun to late Aug — This is the summer peak when tourist activity is at its highest and many attractions are open.
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|---|---|
| Quieter, still good |
early Apr to late May — Spring offers pleasant weather and fewer tourists compared to summer.
early Sep to late Oct — Early autumn is still warm and has fewer crowds.
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| Watch out for | haze |
This section was written by a language model from the climate figures above, and nobody has checked it. The month-by-month table is measured — ten years of ERA5 readings and published holiday calendars — and where the two disagree, the table is the one to believe. The busiest and quieter periods here also count toward the crowd score, which is 20% of the ranking.
The rest of the trip
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