Climate averages 1991–2020
Gela 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 Gela: daytime highs average 16.4°C and nights cool to about 9.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 6 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 Ragusa (46 km away). In March its highs average 13.6°C, 2.8°C cooler than Gela, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Gela ranks joint 2nd of 79 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 79 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 79 cities is 14.2°C; Gela is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 19.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 41 mm to 27 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
Gela climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.2°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 66 | 8.3 | 9.910 h |
| February | 14.4°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 54 | 7.5 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 16.4°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 41 | 6.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.0°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 27 | 5.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.2°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 11 | 2.5 | 14.114 h |
| June | 27.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 5.0 | 1.0 | 14.715 h |
| July | 30.1°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 1.6 | 0.2 | 14.414 h |
| August | 30.6°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 4.6 | 0.9 | 13.614 h |
| September | 27.0°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 29 | 4.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 54 | 6.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.0°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 70 | 9.0 | 10.210 h |
| December | 15.4°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 65 | 8.8 | 9.710 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
- Ragusa in MarchItaly · 46 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 6.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Catania in MarchItaly · 87 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 8.8°C · 57 mm rain
- Siracusa in MarchItaly · 93 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 10.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Valletta in MarchMalta · 133 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 12.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Palermo in MarchItaly · 139 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 10.0°C · 64 mm rain
- Messina in MarchItaly · 170 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 9.8°C · 78 mm rain
- Reggio Calabria in MarchItaly · 170 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 8.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Marsala in MarchItaly · 179 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 10.5°C · 51 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 Gela) is explained once on the Gela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.