Weather in Rome in December 2024
Average weather
Average temperature in Rome in December
Going from a maximum of +20°C during the day to a minimum of 0°C during the night, the temperature in December averages around +15°C.
The average maximum temperature goes down 25% by the end of the month, compared with the beginning of the month, from +20°C to +15°C.
Is Rome warm or cold in December?
Rome is typically mild in December.
Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from +17°C to +13°C. The minimum temperature also goes down from +8°C to +5°C.
Pack a light jacket as it will be warm in the day and cool in the evenings.
December is one of the coolest months in Rome, here is the comparison with other months:
Climate in Rome in December
| November | December | January | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. temperature | ||||||
| +17°C | +13°C | +12°C | ||||
| Min. temperature | ||||||
| -2°C | -6°C | -9°C | ||||
| Max. temperature | ||||||
| +26°C | +20°C | +24°C | ||||
| Rainfall | ||||||
| 180 mm | 134 mm | 96 mm | ||||
| Wind | ||||||
| 2 m/s | 2 m/s | 2 m/s | ||||
| Humidity | ||||||
| 80% | 79% | 77% | ||||
| Air pressure | ||||||
| 1014 HPa | 1016 HPa | 1016 HPa | ||||
| Sunny days | ||||||
| 8 | 10 | 10 | ||||
| Cloudy days | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Rainy days | ||||||
| 13 | 14 | 13 | ||||
| Snowy days | ||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
December weather is still as ok as in November. It’s getting colder in December. From +17°C in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to +13°C. As December arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 180 mm to 134 mm. It feels drier, as humidity decreases from 80% to 79%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during December, staying around 2 m/s. The good news is there are likely to be more sunny days in December, from 8 to 10.
January brings much the same weather, it remains ok.
Wind
The average wind speed is 2 m/s getting up to 7 m/s which is a medium breeze. You can feel it, especially getting out of the water.
The average wind speed in Rome is gradually decreasing during December, going from 7 m/s to 2 m/s over the course of the month.
Rain
How was the weather last December in Rome?
Climate Change over Years
The climate in Rome in December has not changed much over the last 43 years.
The average temperature was the lowest in 1980 (+19°C) and the highest in 2022 (+23°C). The driest year was 2001 with only 513 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2020 with 2562 mm.
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Monthly weather in Rome
Source of the data
For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Rome, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.
For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.