According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Italy is April to May and September to October. Plan 10–14 days.
Best months for Italy
- Best months
- April to May and September to October
- How long to stay
- 10–14 days
- Continent
- Europe
What Italy is best for
Explore ancient Roman landmarks, medieval Sardinian beaches, Milanese urban life, and world-class regional food.
- Prices
- €€ · about the same as in Slovakia
Weather in Italy by month
Monthly averages around Rome; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about 7 °C | some rain (69 mm) |
| February | about 8 °C | some rain (81 mm) |
| March | about 10 °C | some rain (66 mm) |
| April best | about 14 °C | some rain (57 mm) |
| May best | about 18 °C | some rain (54 mm) |
| June | about 23 °C | some rain (33 mm) |
| July | about 26 °C | little rain (24 mm) |
| August | about 26 °C | little rain (24 mm) |
| September best | about 21 °C | some rain (69 mm) |
| October best | about 17 °C | some rain (78 mm) |
| November | about 12 °C | a lot of rain (114 mm) |
| December | about 8 °C | some rain (90 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Italy
- Capital
- Rome
- Language
- Italian
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- Time
- UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
- Plugs
- Type C, F, L · 230 V
- Driving
- On the right
- Calling code
- +39
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
Our posts about Italy
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