Climate averages 1991–2020
Siracusa weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Siracusa: daytime highs average 16.3°C and nights cool to about 10.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 6th 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 Catania (50 km away). In March its highs average 16.7°C, about as warm as Siracusa, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Siracusa ranks 4th of 79 for the warmest March highs and 3rd of 79 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 79 cities is 14.2°C; Siracusa is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 18.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 48 mm to 27 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
Siracusa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.4°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 73 | 8.3 | 9.910 h |
| February | 14.6°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 59 | 7.5 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 16.3°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 48 | 6.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.6°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 27 | 5.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.5°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 14 | 3.1 | 14.114 h |
| June | 27.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 10 | 1.4 | 14.715 h |
| July | 30.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 4.2 | 0.9 | 14.414 h |
| August | 30.5°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 9.8 | 1.7 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.8°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 48 | 6.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 68 | 8.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.1°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 73 | 8.2 | 10.210 h |
| December | 15.7°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 80 | 9.1 | 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
- Catania in MarchItaly · 50 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 8.8°C · 57 mm rain
- Ragusa in MarchItaly · 53 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 6.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Gela in MarchItaly · 93 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 9.0°C · 41 mm rain
- Reggio Calabria in MarchItaly · 120 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 8.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Messina in MarchItaly · 127 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 9.8°C · 78 mm rain
- Valletta in MarchMalta · 148 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 12.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Palermo in MarchItaly · 205 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 10.0°C · 64 mm rain
- Lamezia Terme in MarchItaly · 228 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 9.0°C · 107 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 Siracusa) is explained once on the Siracusa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.