Climate averages 1991–2020
Perugia weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Perugia: daytime highs average 12.1°C and nights cool to about 2.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arezzo (57 km away). In March its highs average 13.6°C, 1.6°C warmer than Perugia, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Perugia ranks joint 77th of 79 for the warmest March highs and 50th of 79 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 79 cities is 14.2°C; Perugia is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 15.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 75 mm to 79 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
Perugia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.2°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 57 | 9.0 | 9.49 h |
| February | 8.4°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 67 | 9.2 | 10.510 h |
| March, selected | 12.1°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 75 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.6°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 79 | 11.5 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.1°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 69 | 9.9 | 14.615 h |
| June | 24.9°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 49 | 7.9 | 15.315 h |
| July | 28.2°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 31 | 4.6 | 15.015 h |
| August | 28.4°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 38 | 6.5 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.6°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 79 | 9.2 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.6°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 88 | 9.8 | 11.111 h |
| November | 12.1°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 104 | 11.6 | 9.810 h |
| December | 8.0°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 83 | 10.5 | 9.19 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
- Arezzo in MarchItaly · 57 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 4.0°C · 81 mm rain
- Terni in MarchItaly · 64 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 4.5°C · 92 mm rain
- San Marino in MarchSan Marino · 92 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 1.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Pesaro in MarchItaly · 98 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 7.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Ancona in MarchItaly · 106 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 6.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Rimini in MarchItaly · 106 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 6.8°C · 66 mm rain
- Cesena in MarchItaly · 115 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 4.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Florence in MarchItaly · 118 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 4.2°C · 73 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 Perugia) is explained once on the Perugia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.