Climate averages 1991–2020
Ragusa weather
in March.
A cool, 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 cool month in Ragusa: daytime highs average 13.6°C and nights cool to about 6.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 8 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 Gela (46 km away). In March its highs average 16.4°C, 2.8°C warmer than Ragusa, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Ragusa ranks joint 57th of 79 for the warmest March highs and 6th of 79 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 79 cities is 14.2°C; Ragusa is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 16.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 52 mm to 40 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
Ragusa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.2°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 64 | 8.5 | 9.910 h |
| February | 11.5°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 57 | 8.3 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 13.6°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 52 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 40 | 7.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 20.7°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 24 | 4.6 | 14.114 h |
| June | 25.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 17 | 2.9 | 14.615 h |
| July | 28.1°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 6.8 | 1.5 | 14.414 h |
| August | 28.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 15 | 3.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 24.3°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 45 | 7.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 62 | 8.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 63 | 9.2 | 10.210 h |
| December | 12.4°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 60 | 8.5 | 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
- Gela in MarchItaly · 46 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 9.0°C · 41 mm rain
- Siracusa in MarchItaly · 53 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 10.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Catania in MarchItaly · 70 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 8.8°C · 57 mm rain
- Valletta in MarchMalta · 116 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 12.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Reggio Calabria in MarchItaly · 156 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 8.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Messina in MarchItaly · 159 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 9.8°C · 78 mm rain
- Palermo in MarchItaly · 179 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 10.0°C · 64 mm rain
- Marsala in MarchItaly · 224 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 Ragusa) is explained once on the Ragusa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.