Climate averages 1991–2020
Catanzaro weather
in March.
A mild, 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 mild month in Catanzaro: daytime highs average 15.6°C and nights cool to about 7.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 101 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lamezia Terme (27 km away). In March its highs average 14.9°C, 0.8°C cooler than Catanzaro, with 107 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Catanzaro ranks joint 8th of 79 for the warmest March highs and joint 74th of 79 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 79 cities is 14.2°C; Catanzaro is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 18.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 101 mm to 91 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
Catanzaro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.7°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 100 | 12.8 | 9.810 h |
| February | 13.1°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 99 | 12.8 | 10.711 h |
| March, selected | 15.6°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 101 | 13.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.4°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 91 | 13.3 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.9°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 80 | 11.5 | 14.314 h |
| June | 27.8°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 54 | 8.6 | 14.815 h |
| July | 30.4°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 53 | 8.1 | 14.615 h |
| August | 30.7°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 52 | 8.8 | 13.714 h |
| September | 26.1°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 90 | 11.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.1°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 95 | 11.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 17.5°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 108 | 12.5 | 10.110 h |
| December | 13.7°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 103 | 12.5 | 9.59 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
- Lamezia Terme in MarchItaly · 27 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 9.0°C · 107 mm rain
- Reggio Calabria in MarchItaly · 119 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 8.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Messina in MarchItaly · 119 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 9.8°C · 78 mm rain
- Taranto in MarchItaly · 184 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 8.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Catania in MarchItaly · 204 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 8.8°C · 57 mm rain
- Lecce in MarchItaly · 212 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 8.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Altamura in MarchItaly · 216 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 3.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Brindisi in MarchItaly · 226 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 8.1°C · 61 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 Catanzaro) is explained once on the Catanzaro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.