Gallipoli weather in March

In March, Gallipoli sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 61 mm of rain across 8 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 14°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 49% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 hours at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Gallipoli's 8th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gallipoli's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 61 mm; 8 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:08 AM – 5:48 PM
Cloud cover: 45%; 8th clearest
Wind: 20 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 4.45 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.3; out of 10

Gallipoli is chief town of the homonym municipality.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month.

A typical March day in Gallipoli reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 15°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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

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

Gallipoli 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	13° / 10°	73	9.2	9.5	3.6
Feb	12° / 10°	61	8.1	10.4	3.6
Mar	14° / 11°	61	8	11.7	4.3
Apr	16° / 13°	44	7	13	5.4
May	19° / 17°	27	4.2	14.2	7.4
Jun	23° / 21°	12	2.1	14.8	8.8
Jul	26° / 24°	8	1.2	14.6	9.0
Aug	27° / 24°	12	1.8	13.6	8.6
Sep	24° / 22°	59	6.5	12.3	7.9
Oct	21° / 18°	99	8.5	10.9	7.0
Nov	17° / 15°	115	10	9.8	5.6
Dec	14° / 12°	86	10.1	9.2	4.2

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 49% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 35%.

	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 (%)	60	59	60	60	61	62	63	64	65	65	67	67	68	68	69	69	68	68	67	67	66	66	65	64	64	64	63	63	63	64	64
Cloudier (%)	40	41	40	40	39	38	37	36	35	35	33	33	32	32	31	31	32	32	33	33	34	34	35	36	36	36	37	37	37	36	36

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	59	41
3	60	40
4	60	40
5	61	39
6	62	38
7	63	37
8	64	36
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	65	35
24	64	36
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	63	37
30	64	36
31	64	36

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Gallipoli gets around 61 mm of rain over 8 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 26% and peaks near 32% 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 (%)	32	32	31	31	30	30	29	28	28	27	26	25	25	24	23	23	22	22	22	22	23	23	24	24	24	25	25	26	26	27	27

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	32
3	31
4	31
5	30
6	30
7	29
8	28
9	28
10	27
11	26
12	25
13	25
14	24
15	23
16	23
17	22
18	22
19	22
20	22
21	23
22	23
23	24
24	24
25	24
26	25
27	25
28	26
29	26
30	27
31	27

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 96% 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 (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	96	96	96	95	95	95	94	94	94	94	94	93	93	93	93
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7

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

Wind in March

Winds average 20 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 21 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)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 hours 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 78 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:31 AM to 5:43 AM, and sunset from 5:31 PM to 6:04 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)	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	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	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:31	6:30	6:28	6:27	6:25	6:23	6:22	6:20	6:19	6:17	6:16	6:14	6:12	6:11	6:09	6:08	6:06	6:04	6:03	6:01	5:59	5:58	5:56	5:54	5:53	5:51	5:49	5:48	5:46	5:44	5:43
Sunset (PM)	5:31	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:43	5:44	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	6:04

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.0	6:31	5:31
2	11.1	6:30	5:33
3	11.1	6:28	5:34
4	11.1	6:27	5:35
5	11.2	6:25	5:36
6	11.2	6:23	5:37
7	11.3	6:22	5:38
8	11.3	6:20	5:39
9	11.4	6:19	5:40
10	11.4	6:17	5:41
11	11.4	6:16	5:43
12	11.5	6:14	5:44
13	11.5	6:12	5:45
14	11.6	6:11	5:46
15	11.6	6:09	5:47
16	11.7	6:08	5:48
17	11.7	6:06	5:49
18	11.8	6:04	5:50
19	11.8	6:03	5:51
20	11.9	6:01	5:52
21	11.9	5:59	5:53
22	11.9	5:58	5:54
23	12.0	5:56	5:55
24	12.0	5:54	5:56
25	12.1	5:53	5:57
26	12.1	5:51	5:58
27	12.2	5:49	5:59
28	12.2	5:48	6:00
29	12.3	5:46	6:01
30	12.3	5:44	6:02
31	12.3	5:43	6:04

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.84 kWh/m² to a high of 7.37 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 4.45 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)	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.7	Moderate
2	3.8	Moderate
3	3.8	Moderate
4	3.9	Moderate
5	3.9	Moderate
6	4.0	Moderate
7	4.0	Bright
8	4.1	Bright
9	4.1	Bright
10	4.2	Bright
11	4.2	Bright
12	4.3	Bright
13	4.3	Bright
14	4.4	Bright
15	4.5	Bright
16	4.5	Bright
17	4.5	Bright
18	4.6	Bright
19	4.6	Bright
20	4.7	Bright
21	4.7	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.8	Bright
24	4.8	Bright
25	4.9	Bright
26	4.9	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.1	Bright
31	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Gallipoli

In seasonPeak

In March, Gallipoli sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Gallipoli's rainy season runs September–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Gallipoli?

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

4.3

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Gallipoli for sightseeing.

What to pack for Gallipoli in March

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

In March, Gallipoli sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and a windbreaker. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Gallipoli in March

The nearest coast averages about 14°C in March — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 26°C and coldest in February near 13°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 30 to Oct 30 — about 5.1 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	14	13	14	15	18	22	25	26	25	22	18	16
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	14	Bracing
Feb	13	Bracing
Mar	14	Bracing
Apr	15	Cool
May	18	Cool
Jun	22	Refreshing
Jul	25	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	25	Warm
Oct	22	Refreshing
Nov	18	Cool
Dec	16	Cool

UV index in Gallipoli in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Gallipoli peaks around July 16 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	5	6	7	9	10	9	6	4	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Gallipoli?

Gallipoli sits at 40.1°N, 18.0°E, 12 m above sea level, in Italy. The nearest listed city is Nardò, 14 km away.

Topography around Gallipoli

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gallipoli has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 55 m around an average of 6 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 199 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 406 m.

The land around Gallipoli is covered by water (69%) within 3 km, water (53%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and water (64%) within 80 km.

3 km

55 m

water 69%

16 km

199 m

water 53%

80 km

406 m

water 64%

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

March weather nearby: Nardò 14 km · Casarano 15 km · Galatina 20 km · Copertino 24 km · Lecce 37 km · Manduria 49 km · Sava 54 km · Mesagne 58 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 Gallipoli (40.0559°, 17.9909°, elevation 12 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. 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	13	11
2	13	11
3	13	11
4	13	11
5	13	11
6	13	11
7	13	11
8	13	11
9	13	11
10	13	11
11	13	11
12	13	11
13	13	11
14	13	11
15	14	11
16	14	11
17	14	11
18	14	11
19	14	11
20	14	11
21	14	12
22	14	12
23	14	12
24	14	12
25	14	12
26	14	12
27	14	12
28	14	12
29	14	12
30	14	12
31	14	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	59	41
3	60	40
4	60	40
5	61	39
6	62	38
7	63	37
8	64	36
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	65	35
24	64	36
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	63	37
30	64	36
31	64	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	32
3	31
4	31
5	30
6	30
7	29
8	28
9	28
10	27
11	26
12	25
13	25
14	24
15	23
16	23
17	22
18	22
19	22
20	22
21	23
22	23
23	24
24	24
25	24
26	25
27	25
28	26
29	26
30	27
31	27

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	59	41
3	60	40
4	60	40
5	61	39
6	62	38
7	63	37
8	64	36
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	65	35
24	64	36
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	63	37
30	64	36
31	64	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	32
3	31
4	31
5	30
6	30
7	29
8	28
9	28
10	27
11	26
12	25
13	25
14	24
15	23
16	23
17	22
18	22
19	22
20	22
21	23
22	23
23	24
24	24
25	24
26	25
27	25
28	26
29	26
30	27
31	27

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	59	41
3	60	40
4	60	40
5	61	39
6	62	38
7	63	37
8	64	36
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	65	35
24	64	36
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	63	37
30	64	36
31	64	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	32
3	31
4	31
5	30
6	30
7	29
8	28
9	28
10	27
11	26
12	25
13	25
14	24
15	23
16	23
17	22
18	22
19	22
20	22
21	23
22	23
23	24
24	24
25	24
26	25
27	25
28	26
29	26
30	27
31	27

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