Rome - Post Report Question and Answers
What is the overall climate: is it extremely hot or cold, wet or dry, at any time of year, for example?
Summers are so terribly hot, it's the most miserable part of the year. We call it the months of 2-3 showers a day due to excessive heat and just so much sweating. Lots of shops and places don't believe in A/C either and there isn't any on public transportation either. Carry around a hand fan. We absolutely hate summers in Rome. Spring and fall are really nice, but often extremely rainy, it's when the parks shine with greenery. It hasn't snowed here in forever, but it does get cold. Rome has a schedule for when they turn on their heating in the apartments, so expect a few weeks of living with it being 60 degrees or lower in the apartment before the radiators turns on. And even then, the radiators go off in the middle of the night for a few hours. So bring warm warm bedding for the winter months. A lot of the split pack unit will also pump out warm air if it gets too cold. - Aug 2024
Hot Summers, mild winters. It is a dry climate, although there is a rainy season around November/December - Sep 2022
Scorching hot and humid July/August (35C degrees) to wet and rainy (5C degrees) winter. Spring and fall are long and pleasant. Due to construction and cost of energy, Italian buildings tend to minimize use of both heating and A/C. - Oct 2014
Very humid and unbearably hot in late July/August, but otherwise fairly mild compared to, say, New England weather. - May 2013
The weather is superb in the spring and fall. Summer in Rome reminds me of a little Florida. Winter is generally rainy and overcast beginning in November. - Apr 2012
Unbearably hot and humid in the summer. Cold, damp and windy in the winter. Spring and Fall are nice. - Aug 2010
40s and 50s (F) in the winter with lots of rain; warm and sunny in the summer... it's nice, but it gets hot! Air conditioning is not very common in shops and restaurants. - Apr 2009
Just listen to Vivaldi's Four Seasons. Okay, fine... hot and dry in the summer, cold and somewhat rainy in winter. It rarely snows (I haven't seen snow in Rome), and although summer afternoons are very hot, the evenings cool down nicely. - Feb 2008
Very mild winter, extremely rainy fall and winter, hot summer. In general, the spring and fall is a lovely time of year (if it isn't raining!) - Feb 2008
