October–November
Wk 42–44
The quietest stretch among this region's best weather weeks: crowd level around 66 out of 100, weather comfort near 67.
- Crowd level
- 56–72
- Comfort
- 61–72
Italy · Rom
Rome: seven hills and a state of its own at its centre
Founded on the Tiber, the city became the capital of an empire and later the seat of the Catholic Church. Since the Lateran Treaties of 1929, the Vatican City has stood as an independent state within its boundaries.
Busiest week
JulyCrowd level 100
Wk 30 · 1,246,072 overnight stays
Quietest weeks
JanuaryCrowd level 0–1
Wk 2–4 · measured against the region's own year, not against other regions
Sweet spot
October–NovemberCrowd level 56–72
Wk 42–44 · quietest while the weather still holds
Warmest month
28 °CComfort 74
July · around 24 mm of rain in the month
Rom in brief
Rome lies on the Tiber, roughly in the middle of the Apennine Peninsula, and, with a municipal area of 1,287.36 square kilometres, is the most extensive city in Italy by area. Around three million people live in the city itself, and around four million in the wider agglomeration. According to the founding legend, the city was founded by Romulus on 21 April 753 BC; under Emperor Trajan, the Roman Empire it once ruled reached its greatest extent around AD 100. Since the Lateran Treaties of 1929, the Vatican City, an independent state whose head of state is the Pope, has stood within the city's boundaries. Rome has been divided into 15 municipi since 2013; the historic centre with its 22 rioni, along with St Peter's Basilica and the Vatican City, are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
When is Rom busy, when is it quiet?
Click a week. The panel on the right explains why it is busy or quiet.
Weather profile
Weather comfort is an absolute scale (0 = poor, 100 = ideal) and a second axis next to the season-relative crowd level.
JanuaryØ 4
FebruaryØ 19
MarchØ 37
AprilØ 67
MayØ 72
JuneØ 85
JulyØ 95
AugustØ 79
SeptemberØ 73
OctoberØ 69
NovemberØ 40
DecemberØ 29
Colour = season-relative crowd levelBar = weather comfort (Sun & warmth), absolute 0–100
Why this week?
October · Wk 42
Crowd level70/100 · peak season
quietbusy
Weather comfort38/100 · Sun & warmth
+11 % versus the region's annual average.
- Contributing months
- October (100 %)
- Overnight stays/week
- 1,036,374
- School-holiday pressure (source markets)
- 9 % of source markets on school holidays · +1 % crowding from holidays
- Main source markets
- Italy (57 %) · Germany (17 %) · France (4 %) · 87% of guests modelled
- Region range
- 541,127–1,246,072 (avg 931,420)
- Base years
- 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 (excluding 2020, 2021)
v1: Crowd-Score aus der Eurostat-Basisschicht (Übernachtungen), moduliert vom Schulferien-Druck der Quellmärkte, region-spezifisch gewichtet mit dem Quellland-Mix. Season-relativ zur Region. Event-Schichten folgen.
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The travel year in Rom, month by month
The year as a table to read and to cite: crowd level for every month, plus weather comfort and temperature from the climate normals.
| Month | Crowd level0–100, season-relative | Weather comfort0–100, profile “mild” | Avg temperature |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4 | 33 | 8 °C |
| February | 19 | 40 | 10 °C |
| March | 37 | 49 | 12 °C |
| April | 67 | 64 | 15 °C |
| May | 72 | 71 | 19 °C |
| June | 85 | 78 | 25 °C |
| July | 95 | 74 | 28 °C |
| August | 79 | 72 | 27 °C |
| September | 73 | 77 | 22 °C |
| October | 69 | 73 | 18 °C |
| November | 40 | 51 | 13 °C |
| December | 29 | 37 | 9 °C |
The crowd level is season-relative: 100 is the annual peak of Rom itself, not the busiest destination in Europe. The figures say when it is quiet here — not where it is quieter than elsewhere.
Weather comfort 0–100 from the climate normals, profile “mild” – the same profile as the recommendation above, not the selection in the calendar. A “–” means the data for that month is missing.
Index 2.0 · As of 25/08/2026
The windows worth catching
Three windows from the model: first whether the weather suits the region, then how busy it gets.
April
Wk 15–17
A second option, also with usable weather: crowd level around 69, weather comfort near 65.
- Crowd level
- 67–72
- Comfort
- 63–67
July
Wk 28–30
The region's peak: crowd level around 97 out of 100. Only if the dates are fixed.
- Crowd level
- 94–100
- Comfort
- 72–74
Rom compared with Europe
How full the accommodation is here, measured against Europe – on the only measure on which two travel regions can be compared.
- Bed occupancy in Rom
- 19.1
- European median
- 23.1
per cent of bed places, annual mean
per cent of bed places, annual mean
Furthest from the median: August, at 0.5× the value. Closest to the median: October, at 1.0× the value.
Mean across 12 months, weighted by their weeks. This occupancy compares travel regions with one another. The crowding in the table above compares Rom with itself. The two measures are never combined.
Climate through the year
Average temperature with day/night range and precipitation across the twelve months.
- Avg temperature
- Day/night range
- Precipitation
| Month | Avg temperature (°C) | Day avg (°C) | Night avg (°C) | Precipitation (mm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6 | 8 | 5 | 96 |
| Feb | 8 | 10 | 6 | 89 |
| Mar | 10 | 12 | 8 | 110 |
| Apr | 13 | 15 | 10 | 90 |
| May | 16 | 19 | 14 | 129 |
| Jun | 22 | 25 | 19 | 56 |
| Jul | 25 | 28 | 22 | 24 |
| Aug | 25 | 27 | 22 | 58 |
| Sep | 20 | 22 | 18 | 109 |
| Oct | 16 | 18 | 14 | 110 |
| Nov | 11 | 13 | 10 | 170 |
| Dec | 8 | 9 | 6 | 130 |
The band shows mean daytime to nighttime temperature. Precipitation shown as monthly total (mm). Typical monthly value (climate normal), not a forecast.
How sunny?
How much sun a typical day delivers, month by month, expressed as hours of full midday sun.
Very sunny
≈ 4.3 h of full midday sun per day, annual average
Jul
Sunniest month
| Month | ≈ h of full midday sun per day |
|---|---|
| Jan | 1.9 |
| Feb | 2.8 |
| Mar | 4.0 |
| Apr | 5.5 |
| May | 6.1 |
| Jun | 7.1 |
| Jul | 7.1 |
| Aug | 6.2 |
| Sep | 4.6 |
| Oct | 3.2 |
| Nov | 2.0 |
| Dec | 1.7 |
Basis: mean daily solar irradiance in kWh/m²/day; 1 kWh/m² is roughly one hour of full midday sun (1,000 W/m²). Not the same as measured sunshine duration. Typical monthly value (climate normal), not a forecast.
Directly reachable from
Destination airports of Rom and every European departure airport with a direct connection to them.
Destination airports
Select a destination airport to see the direct departure airports.
“Directly reachable” means a direct connection exists according to our sources. We do not show a live timetable. Availability and flight days can vary by season and airline.
Ski areas in Rom
Mapped ski areas in this region with slope kilometres, lifts and elevation, plus the long-term snow average from our climate data.
- Ski areas
- 6
- Slopes in total
- 35 km
- Lifts
- 14
- Highest point
- 1,936 m
| Ski area | Slopes | Lifts | Elevation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campo Stella | 9.54 km | 2 | 1,170–1,722 m553 m vertical drop |
| Campo Staffi | 8.53 km | 4 | 1,692–1,930 m238 m vertical drop |
| Campocatino | 7.97 km | 5 | 1,619–1,936 m318 m vertical drop |
| Selvarotonda | 4.57 km | 2 | 1,545–1,783 m239 m vertical drop |
| Livata | 4.43 km | 1 | 1,609–1,738 m129 m vertical drop |
| Terminillo | not available | not available | not available |
Slope, lift and elevation figures come from open mapping and are complete to varying degrees. “Not available” means not mapped, not “does not exist”. Opening hours and season are not included. Snow figures are long-term averages for the whole region, not snow depth on the mountain and not a forecast.
Rom in detail
Location and shape
Rome lies on the Tiber, roughly in the middle of the Apennine Peninsula, and is the seat of the region of Lazio. The city was built on seven hills on the eastern bank of the Tiber: the Aventine, Caelian, Esquiline, Capitoline, Palatine, Quirinal and Viminal. The municipal area covers 1,287.36 square kilometres, making Rome the most extensive city in Italy by area; around three million people live in the city, and around four million in the agglomeration. A ring road, the Grande Raccordo Annulare, encircles the city at a radius of just over 10 kilometres from the centre.
Founding and antiquity
According to the founding legend, Rome was founded by Romulus on 21 April 753 BC; he was said to be a son of Mars and the Vestal Rhea Silvia, who, together with his twin brother Remus, was left on the banks of the Tiber, suckled by a she-wolf and raised by a shepherd. Excavations on the Palatine, by contrast, uncovered settlement remains from around 1000 BC; Latin and Sabine villages probably merged into a single city around 800 BC. According to tradition, Rome became a republic in 509 BC after the last king was expelled; under Emperor Trajan, the Roman Empire it ruled reached its greatest extent around AD 100. Two rings of walls protected the city: the Servian Wall, according to tradition built under Servius Tullius around 550 BC, and, from around AD 270, the roughly 19-kilometre Aurelian Wall with its 383 watchtowers, whose course still traces much of the historic centre today.
Population in antiquity
At the height of the empire, well over a million people lived in Rome; by around AD 530 there were only some 100,000 left. Around 650 and around 1000, the population stood at roughly 20,000.
The papacy and the Vatican state
Constantine officially tolerated Christianity in AD 313, and it became the state religion in 380; from around AD 400, the Bishop of Rome came to be called the Pope. The Donation of Pepin in 754 created the Papal States, which also gave the papacy secular power. When Italian troops conquered Rome in 1870, the papacy lost this territory; only in 1929 did the Lateran Treaties establish the independent state of Vatican City. The Vatican City, considered the smallest city-state in the world, has stood within the city's boundaries ever since; its head of state, the Pope, is also head of the Roman Catholic Church and Bishop of Rome.
City structure
Rome has been divided into 15 municipi since the administrative reform of 2013; the historic centre forms Municipio I, with its 22 rioni. Rome has more than 900 Catholic churches, including the four papal basilicas: St Peter's, St John Lateran, St Mary Major and St Paul Outside the Walls. The catacombs, underground burial sites some of which predate Christianity, held the burials of early Christians; examples lie on the Via Appia and in the north-east of the city. Since 1956, Rome's only exclusive twin-city partnership has been with Paris.
Three buildings from antiquity
The Forum Romanum was the centre of power in the Republican era and was not excavated again until the 19th century. The Colosseum, completed in AD 80 under Vespasian, is the largest surviving amphitheatre of antiquity and seated around 60,000 spectators. The Pantheon, founded in 27 BC and rebuilt between AD 118 and 128, is the only surviving domed building of antiquity and has been a church since 608. In 1980, UNESCO declared the historic centre, St Peter's Basilica and the Vatican City World Heritage Sites.
Frequently asked questions about the best time to visit Rom
Short answers on timing, weather and getting there, all from the data on this page.
When is the best time to visit Rom?
- The best time to visit Rom is October–November (Wk 42–44): it is the quietest stretch among the region's best weather weeks – crowd level around 66 out of 100, weather comfort about 67 out of 100.
When is Rom quietest?
- January (Wk 2–4) is the quietest time in Rom. Crowd levels there sit at 0–1 out of 100, the lowest across the year.
When is Rom busiest?
- Rom is busiest in July (Wk 30) with around 1,246,072 overnight stays in the peak week.
What is the weather like in Rom and when is it warmest?
- It is warmest in Rom in July with an average of 28 °C and around 24 mm of rain in the month.
How do you get to Rom?
- Rom is reachable via 2 destination airports with direct flights, including Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport (FCO) and Ciampino-G. B. Pastine International Airport (CIA).
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Sources and data vintages
Every provenance note on this page, collected in one place.
- Cover photo
- Photo by Matthias Schröder on Unsplash
- Cover video
- Video by Ludovic Delot on Pexels
- Crowding figures
- Index 2.0 · As of 25/08/2026. v1 approximation, calculated from Eurostat overnight stays. Day tourism and cruises (Venice, Dubrovnik …) are still missing, so we show these destinations as quieter than they are. The crowd score is a model-based forecast, not a measurement.
- Climate data
- Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2025.
- Reachability
Data sources: direct connections from Wikipedia (“Airlines and destinations”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, aggregated and modified by us), cross-checked with Eurostat, Destatis and the UK Civil Aviation Authority; airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain). The derived connection data is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Data as of: September 2026
- Ski areas
Data sources: ski areas from OpenSkiMap, based on OpenStreetMap, licensed under ODbL 1.0; snow depths from ERA5-Land (Copernicus Climate Change Service).
- Region text
- Text by HolidayHub, written from Wikivoyage „Rom“ (1798342) · Wikipedia „Rom“ (270231987) · Wikidata Q220. Wikivoyage and Wikipedia are licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikidata CC0.
- Data basis
- All figures are approximations derived from open data (crowd level from Eurostat overnight stays, climate from Copernicus/ERA5-Land), not measurements.