Umbria Region in November, how is the weather?

The weather is just like Vermont on those dates, just add 10 degrees F. A good day is perfect, a bad day is cloudy wet and cold. It seems to me, one difference is the air masses in general move more slowly in Italy than New England, so rather than 'don't like the weather, wait a minute', in Italy it's 'what you see is what you get'.

Hey @mike thank you that seems about what I would expect. We were in northern Italy a few years back in April and had some cold/rainy days as well. Seems like I won't have much choice here, either lose a couple grand or go in November so the choice is pretty easy to make.

I like northern Italy in mid October and Rome (and areas just south of Rome) in early November. You are close to my ideal time.

I prefer to travel in cooler weather than in hot, muggy weather. I don't even mind wearing a light jacket or rain shell. If your plan includes laying out by the pool, maybe not. If the plan is exploring with lots of walking, bicycling, etc., it might be fine. My travel normally includes more walking.

Thanks Brad! Walking and exploring is for sure how we travel, we will have a rental car that week as well plus trains the week prior.

Unfortunately our hotel in Cortona (Hotel San Michele) offered to rebook us in 2021 but they are not open in November sadly. So that is $600 we lost.

We were in Italy in November a few years ago (stayed outside of Montepulciano for most of it, but had a few nights in Orvieto) and were there in the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas (so a little later than your dates, but not much) - we had such COLD and windy weather, it was a bummer. The worst part for us was that most of the towns and shops seem to close during that time before Christmas. I think if we were to go back to that region in November, we'd stay in a larger town that should be open. I would at least recommend taking layers. I was thankful that I had thrown in a fleece jacket and heavier leggings (that I had to wear to bed because the "heat" in our suite didn't do much).

Thanks Jennifer, it does seem like we could be cold that time of year for sure but we will plan accordingly. Essentially no choice but to lose our money or take the trip this time of year unfortunately. I think we will spend a week in the south before our week in Umbria. The place we are staying is in Passignano sul Trasimeno.

Update on our Cortona nights, to your point the hotel informed us they would not be open when we will be coming so we are SOL on those nights.

Kicking myself for booking non-refundables, lesson learned.

We plan to visit Umbria for a month or more in the winter as soon as it seems reasonable to do that. What we've learned about Italy in the winter is that, while the cold does not bother us at all either (we are Minnesotans, after all, plus my husband goes cold-tent winter camping up north), we were not expecting the humidity we found in Emilia-Romagna and the Veneto and Tuscany in November and December. One tip is do not wear cotton --- it gets damp and stays damp and really makes you feel chilled. Invest in some good, thin, miracle-fiber long underwear (you probably already have some!). Another tip is to bring slip-on rubber or silicone over-shoes --- easy to fold up and carry around all day in case it rains.

You will have a great time!

Hi, I'm originally from Marche region next to Umbria. During the winter temperatures usually range between 5 and 13 degrees (generally speaking)

Sounds like perfect temperatures to me! But we slept outdoors last night when it was 10 C (50F).

Awesome thanks everyone! We will make the best of it, fingers crossed things have returned to some type of normal by that time in 2021.

Was bummed that the hotel we were due to stay at will be closed in November (Cortona) so that money is a loss but at least the wedding venue is working with us.