Acireale weather in March

In March, Acireale sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 52 mm of rain across 6.7 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 06 min at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Acireale's 7th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Acireale's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 52 mm; 6.7 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:18 AM – 6:00 PM
Cloud cover: 43%; 7th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 4.65 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.2; out of 10

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month.

A typical March day in Acireale reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 1°C warmer than February and about 2°C cooler than April.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	11
2	15	11
3	15	11
4	15	11
5	15	11
6	15	11
7	15	11
8	15	11
9	15	11
10	15	12
11	15	12
12	15	12
13	15	12
14	15	12
15	15	12
16	15	12
17	15	12
18	15	12
19	15	12
20	15	12
21	15	12
22	15	12
23	16	12
24	16	12
25	16	12
26	16	12
27	16	12
28	16	13
29	16	13
30	16	13
31	16	13

Acireale weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 10th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	14° / 11°	83	8.4	9.7	4.4
Feb	14° / 11°	61	6.9	10.5	4.5
Mar	15° / 12°	52	6.7	11.7	5.2
Apr	17° / 14°	33	6.1	12.9	6.3
May	20° / 17°	16	3.4	14	7.8
Jun	24° / 21°	12	1.9	14.5	8.9
Jul	27° / 24°	4	1	14.3	8.8
Aug	28° / 25°	8	1.4	13.4	8.3
Sep	25° / 22°	50	5.5	12.3	8.0
Oct	22° / 19°	77	8.2	11	7.3
Nov	19° / 16°	83	8.4	10	6.4
Dec	16° / 12°	77	8.8	9.4	5.1

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 31%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	66	65	65	65	65	65	66	66	66	66	66	68	69	69	70	71	72	72	73	73	73	73	73	73	72	72	72	71	71	71	71
Cloudier (%)	34	35	35	35	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	32	31	31	30	29	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	29	29	29	29

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	68	32
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	70	30
16	71	29
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	71	29
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	71	29

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Acireale gets around 52 mm of rain over 6.7 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 22% and peaks near 25% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

	Rain chance (%)
1	24
2	24
3	24
4	25
5	25
6	25
7	25
8	25
9	24
10	24
11	24
12	24
13	23
14	23
15	23
16	22
17	22
18	21
19	21
20	21
21	20
22	20
23	20
24	20
25	21
26	21
27	21
28	21
29	21
30	21
31	21

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of March feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, March lands in the dry band about 97% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	97	97	97	96	96	96	95	95	94	94	93	93
Comfortable (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	7

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	93	7
31	93	7

Wind in March

Winds average 12 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	13	light breeze
7	12	light breeze
8	12	light breeze
9	12	light breeze
10	12	light breeze
11	12	light breeze
12	12	light breeze
13	12	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	12	calm
22	12	calm
23	12	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 06 min at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:40 AM to 5:55 AM, and sunset from 5:45 PM to 6:14 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:40	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:34	6:33	6:31	6:30	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:24	6:23	6:21	6:20	6:18	6:16	6:15	6:13	6:12	6:10	6:09	6:07	6:06	6:04	6:02	6:01	5:59	5:58	5:56	5:55
Sunset (PM)	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.1	6:40	5:45
2	11.1	6:38	5:46
3	11.2	6:37	5:47
4	11.2	6:36	5:48
5	11.3	6:34	5:49
6	11.3	6:33	5:50
7	11.3	6:31	5:51
8	11.4	6:30	5:52
9	11.4	6:28	5:53
10	11.5	6:27	5:54
11	11.5	6:26	5:55
12	11.5	6:24	5:56
13	11.6	6:23	5:57
14	11.6	6:21	5:58
15	11.7	6:20	5:59
16	11.7	6:18	6:00
17	11.7	6:16	6:01
18	11.8	6:15	6:02
19	11.8	6:13	6:03
20	11.9	6:12	6:04
21	11.9	6:10	6:05
22	11.9	6:09	6:06
23	12.0	6:07	6:07
24	12.0	6:06	6:07
25	12.1	6:04	6:08
26	12.1	6:02	6:09
27	12.2	6:01	6:10
28	12.2	5:59	6:11
29	12.2	5:58	6:12
30	12.3	5:56	6:13
31	12.3	5:55	6:14

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.65 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.11 kWh/m² to a high of 7.32 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 4.65 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.9	Moderate
2	4.0	Moderate
3	4.0	Bright
4	4.0	Bright
5	4.1	Bright
6	4.1	Bright
7	4.2	Bright
8	4.2	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.3	Bright
11	4.4	Bright
12	4.4	Bright
13	4.5	Bright
14	4.5	Bright
15	4.6	Bright
16	4.7	Bright
17	4.7	Bright
18	4.8	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.9	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
22	5.0	Bright
23	5.0	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.2	Bright
31	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Acireale?

Our two travel scores rate March for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.2

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.2

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Acireale for sightseeing.

What to pack for Acireale in March

From March's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In March, Acireale sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

Sea temperature near Acireale in March

The nearest coast averages about 15°C in March — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 19 km away) is warmest in August at about 26°C and coldest in February near 15°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 2 to Nov 11 — about 5.4 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	15	15	15	16	18	22	25	26	25	23	20	17
Comfort	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	15	Cool
Feb	15	Bracing
Mar	15	Bracing
Apr	16	Cool
May	18	Cool
Jun	22	Refreshing
Jul	25	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	25	Warm
Oct	23	Refreshing
Nov	20	Cool
Dec	17	Cool

UV index in Acireale in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Acireale peaks around July 15 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	4	6	5	6	9	10	9	7	5	3	2
Level	Low	Moderate	High	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	5	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Air quality in Acireale in March

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where March falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Acireale is worst in April — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	12	15	16	17	17	16	14	15	14	13	12	11
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Good
Feb	15	Moderate
Mar	16	Moderate
Apr	17	Moderate
May	17	Moderate
Jun	16	Moderate
Jul	14	Moderate
Aug	15	Moderate
Sep	14	Moderate
Oct	13	Moderate
Nov	12	Good
Dec	11	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Acireale?

Acireale sits at 37.6°N, 15.2°E, 161 m above sea level, in Italy. The nearest listed city is Aci Catena, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Acireale

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Acireale.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Acireale has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 308 m around an average of 113 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,925 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,306 m.

The land around Acireale is covered by trees (39%), water (35%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, water (50%) and trees (31%) within 16 km, and water (38%), trees (28%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

308 m

trees 39%

16 km

1,925 m

water 50%

80 km

3,306 m

water 38%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← February Acireale year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Aci Catena 2.0 km · Aci Castello 6.0 km · San Giovanni la Punta 7.0 km · Gravina di Catania 11 km · Mascalucia 11 km · Giarre 13 km · Catania 15 km · Belpasso 16 km

Italy travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F / L; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 69% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $43,309; 2025
Happiness: 6.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 97%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.6; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 5.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 513
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Acireale (37.6089°, 15.1658°, elevation 161 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	11
2	15	11
3	15	11
4	15	11
5	15	11
6	15	11
7	15	11
8	15	11
9	15	11
10	15	12
11	15	12
12	15	12
13	15	12
14	15	12
15	15	12
16	15	12
17	15	12
18	15	12
19	15	12
20	15	12
21	15	12
22	15	12
23	16	12
24	16	12
25	16	12
26	16	12
27	16	12
28	16	13
29	16	13
30	16	13
31	16	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	68	32
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	70	30
16	71	29
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	71	29
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	71	29

	Rain chance (%)
1	24
2	24
3	24
4	25
5	25
6	25
7	25
8	25
9	24
10	24
11	24
12	24
13	23
14	23
15	23
16	22
17	22
18	21
19	21
20	21
21	20
22	20
23	20
24	20
25	21
26	21
27	21
28	21
29	21
30	21
31	21

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	93	7
31	93	7

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	11
2	15	11
3	15	11
4	15	11
5	15	11
6	15	11
7	15	11
8	15	11
9	15	11
10	15	12
11	15	12
12	15	12
13	15	12
14	15	12
15	15	12
16	15	12
17	15	12
18	15	12
19	15	12
20	15	12
21	15	12
22	15	12
23	16	12
24	16	12
25	16	12
26	16	12
27	16	12
28	16	13
29	16	13
30	16	13
31	16	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	68	32
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	70	30
16	71	29
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	71	29
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	71	29

	Rain chance (%)
1	24
2	24
3	24
4	25
5	25
6	25
7	25
8	25
9	24
10	24
11	24
12	24
13	23
14	23
15	23
16	22
17	22
18	21
19	21
20	21
21	20
22	20
23	20
24	20
25	21
26	21
27	21
28	21
29	21
30	21
31	21

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	93	7
31	93	7

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	11
2	15	11
3	15	11
4	15	11
5	15	11
6	15	11
7	15	11
8	15	11
9	15	11
10	15	12
11	15	12
12	15	12
13	15	12
14	15	12
15	15	12
16	15	12
17	15	12
18	15	12
19	15	12
20	15	12
21	15	12
22	15	12
23	16	12
24	16	12
25	16	12
26	16	12
27	16	12
28	16	13
29	16	13
30	16	13
31	16	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	68	32
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	70	30
16	71	29
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	71	29
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	71	29

	Rain chance (%)
1	24
2	24
3	24
4	25
5	25
6	25
7	25
8	25
9	24
10	24
11	24
12	24
13	23
14	23
15	23
16	22
17	22
18	21
19	21
20	21
21	20
22	20
23	20
24	20
25	21
26	21
27	21
28	21
29	21
30	21
31	21

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	93	7
31	93	7