Average Sunshine in Italy for March

The tables below give March averages for the hours of sunshine and number of sunny days at dozens of cities and vacation spots throughout Italy.

The numbers for hours of sunshine a place gets this month are averages from 1961 to 1990. These data are available for only some locations.

The monthly totals of days with sun are averages of weather data collected during 1971 to 2000. These are counts of the days when at least half the sky is clear of cloud. The morning figure is for 7 am and the evening is for 7 pm local time, Central European Time.

You can jump to a separate table for each section of the country: Northeast, Northwest, Central , South and Italy's Mediterranean Islands.

Northeastern Italy

This section takes in the regions of Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino-Alto Adige and Veneto. Three weather stations on the list are located at over 2000 metres (6560 feet) elevation: Paganella and Passo Rolle in the Dolomites and Monte Cimone of the Apennine Mountains.

Total March sunshine

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
152	Bologna	16	17
149	Bolzano	14	17
	Cervia	14	15
121	Monte Cimone	15	13
	Paganella	15	13
	Passo Rolle	16	13
	Rimini	15	15
	Tarvisio	15	16
143	Trieste	15	14
143	Venice (Venezia)	15	16
	Verona	14	16
	Vicenza	14	16

Northwestern Italy

The cities here are in the regions of Liguria, Lombardy (Lombardia) and Piedmont.

Average amount of sun in March

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
	Bergamo	15	16
	Brescia	15	17
158	Genoa (Genova)	16	15
152	Milan (Milano)	15	17
158	Turin (Torino)	16	17

Central Italy

The regions of central Italy include Lazio and Tuscany (Toscana) along the west coast, Umbria in the interior and Marche on the east coast. The highest weather station of this group sits at 1875 metres (6150 feet) on Monte Terminillo.

Average March sun

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
158	Ancona	14	18
	Arezzo	13	15
	Civitavecchia	16	16
	Florence (Firenze)	13	15
	Monte Argentario	16	15
124	Monte Terminillo	15	12
	Perugia	15	15
152	Pisa	13	14
	Ponza Island	18	20
	Rome (Roma)	13	18
	Volterra	13	12

Southern Italy

The regions covered here make up Italy's boot, ranging from Abruzzo in the north to Calabria in the south and include Apulia (Puglia), Campania and Molise. Capo Palinuro is in the National Park of Cilento on Italy's west coast.

Number of sunny hours and days in March on average

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
	Bari	16	14
171	Capo Palinuro	16	14
	Foggia	13	13
	Lecce	15	15
158	Naples (Napoli)	13	13
152	Pescara	14	13
	Reggio Calabria	18	16
	Santa Maria di Leuca	16	15
	Termoli	14	14

Mediterranean Islands

The weather data given in this table are for the Italian islands of Sardinia (Sardegna) and Sicily (Sicilia). Also included are two smaller islands: Ustica located north of Sicily, and Pantelleria to the southwest of Sicily.

Average total sunshine in March

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
186	Alghero, Sardinia	16	14
186	Cagliari, Sardinia	15	13
	Catania, Sicily	18	16
171	Messina, Sicily	12	12
	Palermo, Sicily	16	15
186	Pantelleria Island	13	15
186	Ustica Island	15	16