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ROME · SEPTEMBER · 41.9° N September takes 9.3°F off Rome’s afternoons. The average daily high drops from August’s 87.0°F to 77.7°F, the overnight low from 68.0°F to 61.6°F, and the sun still sets at 7:20 p.m. on the 15th. What the month charges for that is water: 3.20 inches of rain across 6.4 wet … Read more
ROME · AUGUST · 41.89° N Rome in August is hot, dry and long-lit, and the normals are not subtle about it: an average high of 87.0°F, an average low of 68.0°F and 0.88 inch of rain spread across all 31 days. On August 15 the sun rises at 6:17 am and sets at 8:11 … Read more
ROME · JULY · 41.89° N Rome’s July normals put the average afternoon at 86.4°F (30.2°C) and the average night at 66.9°F (19.4°C), with 0.87 inches of rain for the whole month and measurable rain on just 2.2 days. Light does the rest of the work: about 14 hours 58 minutes of daylight on July … Read more
ROME · JUNE · 41.89° N June gives Rome its long evenings and takes most of its rain away. The 1991-2020 normals for the month run to an average high of 80.6°F (27.0°C), an average low of 61.7°F (16.5°C) and 1.31 inches of precipitation. On June 15 the sun is up for 15 hours and … Read more
ROME · APRIL · 41.9° N Rome in April averages 64.5°F by day and 47.2°F at night, with 3.05 inches of rain falling across seven or eight days of the month. On April 15 the sun is up for 13 hours and 25 minutes, setting at 7:52 p.m. local time. That combination buys long walking … Read more
ROME · MARCH · 41.9° N Afternoons in central Rome average 59.3°F in March and mornings 42.4°F, so the walk you would never attempt in August (Forum to Trastevere, with a detour up the Aventine) fits between breakfast and an early dinner. That single figure decides most of what a March trip looks like: legs … Read more
