Climate averages 1991–2020
Ancona weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Ancona: daytime highs average 13.2°C and nights cool to about 6.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pesaro (58 km away). In March its highs average 12.8°C, about as warm as Ancona, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Ancona ranks joint 65th of 79 for the warmest March highs and joint 26th of 79 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 79 cities is 14.2°C; Ancona is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 16.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 63 mm to 62 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Ancona climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.0°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 49 | 8.7 | 9.39 h |
| February | 10.6°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 53 | 8.8 | 10.510 h |
| March, selected | 13.2°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 63 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.3°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 62 | 9.5 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.8°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 57 | 8.3 | 14.715 h |
| June | 25.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 38 | 6.2 | 15.415 h |
| July | 28.2°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 28 | 4.5 | 15.115 h |
| August | 28.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 41 | 5.8 | 14.014 h |
| September | 23.7°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 60 | 7.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 19.4°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 59 | 8.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.8°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 71 | 10.5 | 9.710 h |
| December | 11.1°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 67 | 10.1 | 9.09 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Pesaro in MarchItaly · 58 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 7.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Rimini in MarchItaly · 91 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 6.8°C · 66 mm rain
- San Marino in MarchSan Marino · 93 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 1.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Perugia in MarchItaly · 106 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 2.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Cesena in MarchItaly · 118 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 4.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Arezzo in MarchItaly · 132 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 4.0°C · 81 mm rain
- Terni in MarchItaly · 136 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 4.5°C · 92 mm rain
- Forlì in MarchItaly · 136 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 4.0°C · 59 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ancona) is explained once on the Ancona year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.