Rome climate
Rome is warmest in August, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 3.5 °C. November is the wettest month (130 mm) and July the driest (22 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Rome averages 843 mm of rain, 106 days above 25 °C and 10 days below freezing.
Italy · 20 m elevation · population 2,318,895 · 1991–2020 normals
Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month
- Warmest month August 31 °C
- Coldest month January 3.5 °C
- Driest month July 22 mm
- Wettest month November 130 mm
- Least cloud July 19 % cloud
- Hottest on record August 39 °C
- Coldest on record February -10 °C
What to expectRome through the year
Rome has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 12 °C in January to 31 °C in August, a swing of 18 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 106 days a year reach 25 °C, 44 of them reach 30 °C, 10 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in August.
Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 130 mm against 22 mm in July — 5.8 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.6 °C | 63 mm | 51 % |
| February | 12.3 °C | 72 mm | 48 % |
| March | 15.1 °C | 75 mm | 50 % |
| April | 18.0 °C | 78 mm | 51 % |
| May | 22.4 °C | 58 mm | 45 % |
| June | 27.0 °C | 33 mm | 32 % |
| July | 30.2 °C | 22 mm | 19 % |
| August | 30.6 °C | 22 mm | 22 % |
| September | 25.4 °C | 81 mm | 39 % |
| October | 21.0 °C | 116 mm | 49 % |
| November | 16.1 °C | 130 mm | 55 % |
| December | 12.4 °C | 92 mm | 51 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.6 °C | 3.5 °C | 7.3 °C | 20.0 °C | -3.9 °C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| February | 12.3 °C | 3.6 °C | 7.8 °C | 20.9 °C | -10.2 °C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| March | 15.1 °C | 5.8 °C | 10.4 °C | 24.1 °C | -2.2 °C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| April | 18.0 °C | 8.4 °C | 13.4 °C | 27.2 °C | 0.0 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 22.4 °C | 12.5 °C | 17.7 °C | 31.5 °C | 5.2 °C | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 27.0 °C | 16.5 °C | 22.0 °C | 37.8 °C | 9.3 °C | 21 | 6 | 0 |
| July | 30.2 °C | 19.4 °C | 25.0 °C | 38.7 °C | 13.1 °C | 29 | 17 | 0 |
| August | 30.6 °C | 20.0 °C | 25.3 °C | 39.3 °C | 13.5 °C | 30 | 18 | 0 |
| September | 25.4 °C | 16.5 °C | 20.9 °C | 34.2 °C | 9.3 °C | 16 | 2 | 0 |
| October | 21.0 °C | 12.9 °C | 16.8 °C | 27.9 °C | 5.0 °C | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 16.1 °C | 8.8 °C | 12.3 °C | 26.4 °C | -0.2 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 12.4 °C | 4.9 °C | 8.4 °C | 18.9 °C | -4.9 °C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63 mm | 9 | 9.5 h/day | 51 % | 80 % | 13 km/h |
| February | 72 mm | 9 | 11 h/day | 48 % | 77 % | 14 km/h |
| March | 75 mm | 9 | 12 h/day | 50 % | 76 % | 15 km/h |
| April | 78 mm | 10 | 13 h/day | 51 % | 76 % | 15 km/h |
| May | 58 mm | 8 | 15 h/day | 45 % | 73 % | 14 km/h |
| June | 33 mm | 5 | 15 h/day | 32 % | 68 % | 15 km/h |
| July | 22 mm | 4 | 15 h/day | 19 % | 63 % | 15 km/h |
| August | 22 mm | 4 | 14 h/day | 22 % | 65 % | 15 km/h |
| September | 81 mm | 9 | 13 h/day | 39 % | 73 % | 14 km/h |
| October | 116 mm | 10 | 11 h/day | 49 % | 79 % | 13 km/h |
| November | 130 mm | 12 | 9.8 h/day | 55 % | 81 % | 14 km/h |
| December | 92 mm | 10 | 9.2 h/day | 51 % | 80 % | 14 km/h |
Where Rome ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| The warmest places in Europe in August | 24th of 50 | 31 °C |
| The warmest places in Europe in July | 29th of 50 | 30 °C |
| The warmest places in Europe year-round | 31st of 50 | 20 °C |
| The warmest places in Europe in April | 32nd of 50 | 18 °C |
| The warmest places in Europe in June | 32nd of 50 | 27 °C |
| The warmest places in Europe in September | 33rd of 50 | 25 °C |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Rome.
QuestionsCommon questions about Rome’s climate
When is the best time to visit Rome?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, June, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Rome get?
In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 44 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 3.5 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 10 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Rome?
November, averaging 130 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is July with 22 mm. The year as a whole averages 843 mm.
Are these figures a forecast?
No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Rome rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.
Data sources and method
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- Normal period
- 1991–2020
- Data point
- 41.892°, 12.511° , 20 m above sea level (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.