Climate averages 1991–2020
Rome weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Rome: daytime highs average 12.3°C and nights cool to about 3.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 33 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Acilia-Castel Fusano-Ostia Antica (21 km away). In February its highs average 12.3°C, about as warm as Rome, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Rome ranks joint 19th of 79 for the warmest February highs and 53rd of 79 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 79 cities is 10.9°C; Rome is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 15.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 72 mm to 74 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Rome climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.5°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 63 | 8.6 | 9.510 h |
| February, selected | 12.3°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 72 | 9.2 | 10.611 h |
| March | 15.0°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 74 | 9.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.9°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 77 | 10.5 | 13.313 h |
| May | 22.3°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 58 | 8.4 | 14.515 h |
| June | 26.8°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 34 | 5.5 | 15.215 h |
| July | 30.0°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 23 | 4.0 | 14.915 h |
| August | 30.4°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 22 | 4.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 25.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 84 | 8.8 | 12.513 h |
| October | 20.9°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 116 | 10.4 | 11.111 h |
| November | 16.1°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 128 | 12.2 | 9.910 h |
| December | 12.3°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 94 | 10.6 | 9.29 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
February in nearby cities
- Acilia-Castel Fusano-Ostia Antica in FebruaryItaly · 21 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 6.4°C · 79 mm rain
- Guidonia Montecelio in FebruaryItaly · 21 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 2.1°C · 77 mm rain
- Fiumicino in FebruaryItaly · 26 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 6.8°C · 79 mm rain
- Aprilia in FebruaryItaly · 35 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 4.9°C · 85 mm rain
- Latina in FebruaryItaly · 58 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 4.3°C · 86 mm rain
- Terni in FebruaryItaly · 75 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 2.2°C · 82 mm rain
- Perugia in FebruaryItaly · 136 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low -0.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Pescara in FebruaryItaly · 153 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 3.2°C · 58 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 Rome) is explained once on the Rome year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.