Climate averages 1991–2020
Bologna weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Bologna: daytime highs average 14.5°C and nights cool to about 4.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Modena (37 km away). In March its highs average 14.2°C, about as warm as Bologna, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Bologna ranks joint 27th 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; Bologna is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 18.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 63 mm to 76 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
Bologna climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.2°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 45 | 7.4 | 9.29 h |
| February | 10.1°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 65 | 7.5 | 10.410 h |
| March, selected | 14.5°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 63 | 8.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.2°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 76 | 10.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 23.0°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 76 | 9.4 | 14.815 h |
| June | 27.8°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 60 | 7.7 | 15.515 h |
| July | 30.8°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 46 | 6.3 | 15.215 h |
| August | 30.5°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 53 | 7.6 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.9°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 68 | 8.0 | 12.613 h |
| October | 19.2°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 76 | 8.7 | 11.011 h |
| November | 13.3°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 91 | 10.0 | 9.610 h |
| December | 8.7°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 69 | 8.7 | 8.99 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
- Modena in MarchItaly · 37 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 3.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Ferrara in MarchItaly · 44 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 4.3°C · 56 mm rain
- Carpi in MarchItaly · 49 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 4.0°C · 54 mm rain
- Reggio nell'Emilia in MarchItaly · 60 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 3.5°C · 61 mm rain
- Forlì in MarchItaly · 64 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 4.0°C · 59 mm rain
- Ravenna in MarchItaly · 69 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 5.1°C · 53 mm rain
- Pistoia in MarchItaly · 71 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 4.1°C · 84 mm rain
- Prato in MarchItaly · 71 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 4.5°C · 84 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 Bologna) is explained once on the Bologna year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.