Average Temperatures for Italy in March

Average temperatures for March at cities and vacation spots all over Italy are listed below in degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit.

You can jump to a separate table for each section of the country: Northeast, Northwest, Central , South and Italy's Mediterranean Islands.

The tables give the normals for maximum and minimum monthly temperatures based on weather data collected from 1971 to 2000.

Northeastern Italy

This section takes in the regions of Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino-Alto Adige and Veneto. Three weather stations on the list are located at over 2000 metres (6560 feet) elevation: Paganella and Passo Rolle in the Dolomites and Monte Cimone of the Apennine Mountains.

Average March temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
58 39 Bologna 14 4
59 36 Bolzano 15 2
57 37 Cervia 14 3
31 23 Monte Cimone 0 -5
31 22 Paganella 0 -6
34 21 Passo Rolle 1 -6
56 39 Rimini 13 4
47 30 Tarvisio 9 -1
54 44 Trieste 12 7
55 39 Venice (Venezia) 13 4
56 38 Verona 13 3
56 38 Vicenza 14 3

Northwestern Italy

The cities here are in the regions of Liguria, Lombardy (Lombardia) and Piedmont.

Average daily temperatures in March
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
55 38 Bergamo 13 3
56 37 Brescia 14 3
58 47 Genoa (Genova) 15 8
58 39 Milan (Milano) 14 4
56 37 Turin (Torino) 13 3

Central Italy

The regions of central Italy include Lazio and Tuscany (Toscana) along the west coast, Umbria in the interior and Marche on the east coast. The highest weather station of this group sits at 1875 metres (6150 feet) on Monte Terminillo.

March temperatures: daily averages
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
57 39 Ancona 14 4
57 36 Arezzo 14 2
58 47 Civitavecchia 15 9
60 41 Florence (Firenze) 16 5
51 41 Monte Argentario 11 5
36 27 Monte Terminillo 2 -3
57 37 Perugia 14 3
59 40 Pisa 15 4
56 49 Ponza Island 14 9
62 40 Rome (Roma) 17 4
51 41 Volterra 11 5

Southern Italy

The regions covered here make up Italy's boot, ranging from Abruzzo in the north to Calabria in the south and include Apulia (Puglia), Campania and Molise. Capo Palinuro is in the National Park of Cilento on Italy's west coast.

Average March temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
59 43 Bari 15 6
59 47 Capo Palinuro 15 9
60 40 Foggia 15 5
60 42 Lecce 16 6
60 43 Naples (Napoli) 16 6
58 39 Pescara 14 4
63 48 Reggio Calabria 17 9
57 48 Santa Maria di Leuca 14 9
56 46 Termoli 13 8

Mediterranean Islands

The weather data given in this table are for the Italian islands of Sardinia (Sardegna) and Sicily (Sicilia). Also included are two smaller islands: Ustica located north of Sicily, and Pantelleria to the southwest of Sicily.

Average March temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
60 44 Alghero, Sardinia 16 7
62 45 Cagliari, Sardinia 17 7
64 43 Catania, Sicily 18 6
61 52 Messina, Sicily 16 11
62 49 Palermo, Sicily 16 10
59 51 Pantelleria Island 15 10
58 49 Ustica Island 14 10
Reference

Climatologia del Centro. Nazionale di Meteorologia e Climatologia Aeronautica. Repubblica Italiana. Atlante climatico.

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