Piombino weather in March

In March, Piombino sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 53 mm of rain across 7.6 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 13°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 54 min at the start of March to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Piombino's 6th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Piombino's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 53 mm; 7.6 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 6:38 AM – 6:17 PM
Cloud cover: 45%; 6th clearest
Wind: 18 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 4.17 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.0; out of 10

Air quality: Good; PM10 17.1 µg/m³ · 2019

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 13°C through the month.

A typical March day in Piombino reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 3°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 2°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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

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

Piombino weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	12° / 9°	67	9.4	9.2	3.1
Feb	12° / 9°	62	8.5	10.2	3.1
Mar	13° / 11°	53	7.6	11.6	4.0
Apr	15° / 13°	55	8.4	13.1	4.9
May	19° / 16°	39	6.1	14.4	6.8
Jun	22° / 20°	26	4	15.1	8.2
Jul	25° / 23°	14	2	14.8	9.1
Aug	25° / 23°	19	3	13.8	8.6
Sep	23° / 20°	73	7.4	12.3	7.6
Oct	19° / 17°	103	10.1	10.8	6.4
Nov	16° / 14°	130	13	9.5	4.6
Dec	13° / 11°	94	11.3	8.9	3.5

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 38%.

	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 (%)	59	59	59	59	59	60	61	62	63	63	65	65	65	66	66	65	65	64	63	63	63	62	61	61	61	62	61	61	62	63	63
Cloudier (%)	41	41	41	41	41	40	39	38	37	37	35	35	35	34	34	35	35	36	37	37	37	38	39	39	39	38	39	39	38	37	37

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

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Piombino gets around 53 mm of rain over 7.6 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 24% 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	31	30	29	28	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	19	19	20	20	21	22	22	23	24	24	25	25	26	26	26	26	26

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

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 100% 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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in March

Winds average 18 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 19 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)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
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	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	19	light breeze
2	19	light breeze
3	19	light breeze
4	19	light breeze
5	19	light breeze
6	19	light breeze
7	19	light breeze
8	18	light breeze
9	18	light breeze
10	18	light breeze
11	18	light breeze
12	18	light breeze
13	18	light breeze
14	18	light breeze
15	17	light breeze
16	17	light breeze
17	17	light breeze
18	17	light breeze
19	17	light breeze
20	17	light breeze
21	17	light breeze
22	17	light breeze
23	17	light breeze
24	17	light breeze
25	17	light breeze
26	17	light breeze
27	17	light breeze
28	17	light breeze
29	17	light breeze
30	17	light breeze
31	17	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 54 min at the start of March to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 90 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:04 AM to 6:11 AM, and sunset from 5:58 PM to 6:34 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)	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:04	7:02	7:01	6:59	6:58	6:56	6:54	6:52	6:51	6:49	6:47	6:45	6:44	6:42	6:40	6:38	6:37	6:35	6:33	6:31	6:29	6:28	6:26	6:24	6:22	6:20	6:19	6:17	6:15	6:13	6:11
Sunset (PM)	5:58	5:59	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.9	7:04	5:58
2	10.9	7:02	5:59
3	11.0	7:01	6:01
4	11.0	6:59	6:02
5	11.1	6:58	6:03
6	11.1	6:56	6:04
7	11.2	6:54	6:06
8	11.2	6:52	6:07
9	11.3	6:51	6:08
10	11.3	6:49	6:09
11	11.4	6:47	6:11
12	11.4	6:45	6:12
13	11.5	6:44	6:13
14	11.5	6:42	6:14
15	11.6	6:40	6:15
16	11.6	6:38	6:17
17	11.7	6:37	6:18
18	11.7	6:35	6:19
19	11.8	6:33	6:20
20	11.8	6:31	6:21
21	11.9	6:29	6:23
22	11.9	6:28	6:24
23	12.0	6:26	6:25
24	12.0	6:24	6:26
25	12.1	6:22	6:27
26	12.1	6:20	6:29
27	12.2	6:19	6:30
28	12.2	6:17	6:31
29	12.3	6:15	6:32
30	12.3	6:13	6:33
31	12.4	6:11	6:34

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.17 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.56 kWh/m² to a high of 7.12 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 4.17 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)	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.4	Moderate
2	3.4	Moderate
3	3.5	Moderate
4	3.5	Moderate
5	3.6	Moderate
6	3.6	Moderate
7	3.7	Moderate
8	3.8	Moderate
9	3.8	Moderate
10	3.9	Moderate
11	4.0	Moderate
12	4.0	Bright
13	4.1	Bright
14	4.1	Bright
15	4.2	Bright
16	4.2	Bright
17	4.3	Bright
18	4.3	Bright
19	4.4	Bright
20	4.4	Bright
21	4.5	Bright
22	4.5	Bright
23	4.5	Bright
24	4.6	Bright
25	4.6	Bright
26	4.7	Bright
27	4.7	Bright
28	4.7	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.8	Bright
31	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Piombino

In seasonPeak

None of Piombino's seasonal hazards are active in March. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Piombino's rainy season runs September–February, 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 Piombino?

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

4.0

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Piombino for sightseeing.

What to pack for Piombino in March

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

In March, Piombino sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Piombino 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 25°C and coldest in February near 14°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 3 to Oct 26 — about 4.8 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	14	14	14	15	18	22	24	25	23	21	18	16
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	14	Bracing
Feb	14	Bracing
Mar	14	Bracing
Apr	15	Cool
May	18	Cool
Jun	22	Refreshing
Jul	24	Warm
Aug	25	Warm
Sep	23	Refreshing
Oct	21	Refreshing
Nov	18	Cool
Dec	16	Cool

UV index in Piombino 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 Piombino peaks around July 13 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 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)	1	3	5	5	6	8	9	7	5	3	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	5	High
May	6	High
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	7	High
Sep	5	High
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Piombino?

Piombino sits at 42.9°N, 10.5°E, 21 m above sea level, in Italy. The nearest listed city is Follonica, 19 km away.

Topography around Piombino

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Piombino has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 207 m around an average of 20 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 418 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,166 m.

The land around Piombino is covered by water (62%) within 3 km, water (74%) within 16 km, and water (61%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

207 m

water 62%

16 km

418 m

water 74%

80 km

1,166 m

water 61%

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

March weather nearby: Follonica 19 km · Cecina 42 km · Grosseto 51 km · Rosignano Solvay-Castiglioncello 52 km · Livorno 71 km · Colle di Val d'Elsa 74 km · Siena 79 km · Poggibonsi 79 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 Piombino (42.9255°, 10.5259°, elevation 21 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	12	10
2	12	10
3	12	10
4	12	10
5	12	10
6	12	10
7	13	10
8	13	10
9	13	10
10	13	10
11	13	10
12	13	10
13	13	10
14	13	10
15	13	11
16	13	11
17	13	11
18	13	11
19	13	11
20	13	11
21	13	11
22	13	11
23	13	11
24	13	11
25	14	11
26	14	11
27	14	11
28	14	11
29	14	11
30	14	11
31	14	11

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

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

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

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

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

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100