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About my
Rome statistics
 I prepared three essential
charts to help you determine the best month for your priorities.
My statistics are well-researched
and are based on multiple-year averages.
I created a "Tourist in
Rome"
chart for those of you who want to avoid competing with a myriad of tourists for
airline seats, museum tickets, restaurant tables, hotel accommodations, and
elbow space. That chart is also helpful should you want to escape peak tourist
season prices, in the air and on the ground.
Tips & insights
on when to go
to Rome
January - Rome busy
will tourists around New Year's, then the visitor count quickly drops.
March - This is
Rome's iffiest month for weather. I remember that on
the Ides of March, during my first visit to Rome, the water clock froze.
Easter Week - Avoid
it if possible because Rome becomes unbearably overcrowded with pilgrims
and tourists.
The dates
vary from year to year, but they fall between mid-March and mid-April.
May - It is Rome's second
best month. Typically, temperatures are neither hot nor cold. This is the month
when azaleas profusely adorn the Spanish
Steps.
June - You begin to
feel Rome's infamous summer humidity by
the middle of this month.
And tourist crowds thicken.
July and August -
Although they have significantly less rain than the other months, they can be
uncomfortably humid. And July and August are the peak of the tourist season.
Moreover, in August
Rome loses much of its renowned energy because many Romans close their
shops and leave town for their annual summer holidays.
October - This is Rome's
best all-around month. Temperatures are pleasant and the summer tourist count is
relatively small. Rains are above Rome's monthly average, but are not wicked.
November - It is the
rainiest month of the year.
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