Climate averages 1991–2020
Catania weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Catania: daytime highs average 16.7°C and nights cool to about 8.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Siracusa (50 km away). In March its highs average 16.3°C, about as warm as Catania, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Catania ranks 1st of 79 for the warmest March highs and 15th of 79 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 79 cities is 14.2°C; Catania is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 19.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 57 mm to 47 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
Catania climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.1°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 76 | 7.8 | 9.910 h |
| February | 14.6°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 60 | 7.2 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 16.7°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 57 | 7.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 47 | 7.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 29 | 4.5 | 14.214 h |
| June | 28.6°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 20 | 3.0 | 14.715 h |
| July | 31.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 9.5 | 1.9 | 14.514 h |
| August | 32.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 15 | 2.9 | 13.614 h |
| September | 27.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 54 | 6.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 64 | 8.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.9°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 66 | 7.9 | 10.210 h |
| December | 15.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 64 | 7.6 | 9.610 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
- Siracusa in MarchItaly · 50 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 10.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Ragusa in MarchItaly · 70 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 6.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Reggio Calabria in MarchItaly · 86 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 8.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Gela in MarchItaly · 87 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 9.0°C · 41 mm rain
- Messina in MarchItaly · 89 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 9.8°C · 78 mm rain
- Palermo in MarchItaly · 165 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 10.0°C · 64 mm rain
- Valletta in MarchMalta · 184 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 12.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Lamezia Terme in MarchItaly · 196 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 9.0°C · 107 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 Catania) is explained once on the Catania year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.