Local information about visiting the Eternal city
Travel plans start with being prepared with not only getting to your destination but your destination in general. Being prepared for your Rome holiday is essential to enjoying your visit and also relaxing and not worrying about details as temporary as the weather.
The info below and in the following pages will guide you during your holiday in Rome and if you need more assistance contact the following company for a free brochure about Rome.
Eternal City Info
Rome Population: approximately 2,778,000
Estimated visitors annually: 15 million
Time Zone: Greenwich Mean Time plus one hour – Time in Rome is 6 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time
National Holidays
January 1 New Year’s Day in Rome
January 6 Epiphany
Good Friday and Easter Monday (March or April – dates vary each year)
1st Monday of May – Labor Day
June 29 SS. Peter and Paul’s Day
August 15 Feast of the Assumption
November 1 All Saints’ Day
December 8 Feast of the Immaculate Conception
December 25 Christmas Day
Dececember 26 St. Stephen’s Day (Boxing Day).
Average Monthly Temperature
| Month | High | Low |
| January | 52F | 11C | 40F | 4C |
| February | 55F | 12C | 42F | 6C |
| March | 59F | 15C | 45F | 7C |
| April | 66F | 19C | 50F | 10C |
| May | 74F | 23C | 57F | 14C |
| June | 82F | 28C | 63F | 17C |
| July | 87F | 30C | 67F | 19C |
| August | 86F | 30C | 67F | 19C |
| September | 79F | 26C | 62F | 17C |
| October | 71F | 22C | 55F | 12C |
| November | 61F | 16C | 49F | 9C |
| December | 55F | 12C | 44F | 6C |
