Climate averages 1991–2020
Varese weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Varese: daytime highs average 12.1°C and nights cool to about 2.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Como (20 km away). In March its highs average 13.3°C, 1.3°C warmer than Varese, with 83 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Varese ranks joint 77th of 79 for the warmest March highs and joint 66th of 79 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 79 cities is 14.2°C; Varese is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 15.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 87 mm to 129 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
Varese climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.1°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 67 | 7.2 | 9.19 h |
| February | 7.8°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 66 | 6.9 | 10.310 h |
| March, selected | 12.1°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 87 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.4°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 129 | 11.6 | 13.514 h |
| May | 19.6°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 145 | 12.9 | 14.915 h |
| June | 23.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 135 | 11.5 | 15.716 h |
| July | 26.0°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 99 | 9.8 | 15.315 h |
| August | 25.5°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 131 | 11.1 | 14.114 h |
| September | 20.7°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 163 | 10.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.6°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 181 | 11.0 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.3°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 187 | 10.5 | 9.510 h |
| December | 6.4°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 80 | 7.4 | 8.79 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
- Como in MarchItaly · 20 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 3.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Busto Arsizio in MarchItaly · 23 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 2.7°C · 79 mm rain
- Cinisello Balsamo in MarchItaly · 42 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 2.9°C · 71 mm rain
- Monza in MarchItaly · 44 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 2.6°C · 71 mm rain
- Novara in MarchItaly · 44 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 3.0°C · 94 mm rain
- Milan in MarchItaly · 49 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 3.2°C · 71 mm rain
- Bergamo in MarchItaly · 67 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 1.7°C · 81 mm rain
- Alessandria in MarchItaly · 103 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 3.2°C · 61 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 Varese) is explained once on the Varese year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.