Climate averages 1991–2020
Palermo weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Palermo: daytime highs average 16.4°C and nights cool to about 10.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 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 Marsala (89 km away). In March its highs average 15.8°C, 0.5°C cooler than Palermo, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Palermo ranks joint 2nd of 79 for the warmest March highs and 31st of 79 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 79 cities is 14.2°C; Palermo is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 18.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 64 mm to 61 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
Palermo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.1°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 65 | 10.3 | 9.810 h |
| February | 14.1°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 68 | 10.3 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 16.4°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 64 | 10.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.9°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 61 | 9.6 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.8°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 37 | 6.2 | 14.214 h |
| June | 27.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 16 | 3.6 | 14.815 h |
| July | 30.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 5.6 | 1.6 | 14.515 h |
| August | 30.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 19 | 3.4 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.8°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 61 | 8.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.3°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 81 | 9.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 18.9°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 64 | 10.3 | 10.210 h |
| December | 15.3°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 67 | 11.3 | 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
- Marsala in MarchItaly · 89 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 10.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Gela in MarchItaly · 139 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 9.0°C · 41 mm rain
- Catania in MarchItaly · 165 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 8.8°C · 57 mm rain
- Ragusa in MarchItaly · 179 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 6.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Messina in MarchItaly · 192 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 9.8°C · 78 mm rain
- Reggio Calabria in MarchItaly · 201 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 8.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Siracusa in MarchItaly · 205 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 10.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Valletta in MarchMalta · 267 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 12.5°C · 32 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 Palermo) is explained once on the Palermo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.