Climate averages 1991–2020

Messina 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.

Average high 15.6°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 9.8°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 78 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a mild month in Messina: daytime highs average 15.6°C and nights cool to about 9.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 11 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 Reggio Calabria (13 km away). In March its highs average 15.1°C, about as warm as Messina, with 63 mm of rain.

Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Messina ranks joint 8th of 79 for the warmest March highs and 51st of 79 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 79 cities is 14.2°C; Messina is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 18.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 78 mm to 57 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Messina climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Messina, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	13.5°C8.9°C	8.9°C	92	12.7	9.810 h
February	13.6°C8.5°C	8.5°C	85	11.9	10.711 h
March, selected	15.6°C9.8°C	9.8°C	78	10.8	11.912 h
April	18.0°C11.9°C	11.9°C	57	9.8	13.213 h
May	22.1°C15.5°C	15.5°C	30	5.8	14.214 h
June	26.3°C19.3°C	19.3°C	21	3.9	14.815 h
July	29.1°C21.9°C	21.9°C	8.5	2.3	14.515 h
August	29.7°C22.6°C	22.6°C	16	3.0	13.614 h
September	26.1°C20.1°C	20.1°C	65	9.4	12.512 h
October	22.6°C17.1°C	17.1°C	92	10.7	11.211 h
November	18.4°C13.7°C	13.7°C	87	11.7	10.110 h
December	14.8°C10.6°C	10.6°C	109	14.0	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

Distance from Messina

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Messina) is explained once on the Messina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.