How is Italy in March?

Question

I'm going to Italy in the middle of march. Verona, Venice, Rome, Assisi, and a few other places, but is it going to be warm? Am going to get to go to the beach or no...?? Either way is cool, but is it going to be freezing?

Answer 1

verona and venice will be cold and if you drive through the mountains you have snow. but the further south you get the warmer it will be.

Answer 2

March won't be freezing but still cold, although in mid-March I see in Venice American ladies with t-shirts and bellies exposed, in the same time when Italians wear their wool coats. Anyway, March is a crazy month (we call it "Marzo pazzerello") and it can be cold or warm, sunny or cloudy and even rainy (at least in Verona and Venice). Rome is warmer than Verona, Venice, Rome.

Answer 3

I live in Abruzzo in central Italy (basically on the eastern side of the Italian peninsula opposite Roma).

March is a lovely time of year to visit Italy because there will be lots of wildflowers in bloom, the countryside will be very green and the place will not be full of tourists.

However, the reason the countryside will be green is because of rain. If you're going to be here for a week or more, you're just about guaranteed to get some rain during your stay. But the nice thing about rainy weather in Italy is that - apart from periods during the winter - it's normally a case of a day or two of cloud and rain among the sunshine. In other words, it's rarely like Britain and places in the States where, once the clouds roll in and the rain starts, you might as well accept you're going to have lousy weather for several days.

The temperatures in March can be cool, especially if you're going out in the evening, and you'd have to be a pretty hardy sort to go to the beach for a swim then.

Barring any seriously weird weather caused by really cold weather coming down from the continental landmass to the North, it's almost a certainty that it will not be literally freezing when you're here.

When you're packing, I suggest a layered approach: bring things that you'll be comfortable in if you're outdoors, being active and it's fairly warm, but also stuff you can put on over and under in case it gets chilly and wet. One of those pocket umbrellas might be a good idea.

As for you learning Italian, since you have a few months, I think the best approach might be to see if there's an evening class in conversational Italian in your area.

Answer 4

In the north is bloody freezing

rome should be a bit more pleasant

No way to go beach in march...is freezing

the language is similar to spanish but very far to be same...

Answer 5

Verona and Venice will be cold in March. South Italy will be pleasant but I don't think you will be able to enjoy the beach because the water will be cold.

Italian is similar to Spanish but if you want to communicate once you are there I would suggest an Italian frase book which you can find in any bookstore or online.

Answer 6

No, it's perfect. April is also VERY nice, but March is perfectly fine. The water will always be cold because of where it's geographically located, and trust me, it IS cold. But I'm sure you'll be able to beach, just bring back up incase it gets chilly.

Italian is similar to Spanish only because they're both Latin languages. If you haven't grasped Spanish, Italian will be harder, but not impossible. EVERYONE in Italy ALWAYS makes an effort to cater to tourists. So if communication with locals is your worry, you'll have no problem. However, if you do want to learn the basics, there is a very good resource called Oxford that I know helps a lot of people when they want to learn Italian. It's a set with CDs and a booklet and I don't think it's expensive. Look it up on Amazon, I'm sure it'll be there.

Have fun!