Re; Village Italy tour Anyone familiar with weather in Italy? Is September hot like summer? Or, is the first half of October too rainy? I live in Southern California, so I'm spoiled by the lovely fall climate. Is Italy similar to where I used to live New Jersey? In NJ September is lovely but October is brisk and rainy. Would love your advice!
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I would shoot for Sep 30–Oct 13.
September can still be pretty warm, but in the latter half of October you can get rain. A website like Wunderground will give you typical stats. I always look at a few years because one year can be an outlier.
I just got back from Best of Italy which was Sept 30-Oct 16. It was quite hot in Rome but still nice in the Lakes and Dolomites. I also did the VI tour a number of years ago the first few weeks of October. To me the weather was great, some rain...enough to need a waterproof jacket with hood but nothing that prevented us from participating in any activity.
This is a great tour!
We didn’t do the Village Italy tour but we were in Venice, Florence and Rome the first two weeks in October this year. It was very warm - up to 83 degrees in Rome. I wore short sleeves almost the entire trip and layered a lightweight sweater when needed.. Mornings and evenings were cooler. We only had one day with intermittent rain. It was a warmer than I cared for. Anyway hope this helps.
Thanks to all of you for helping me! it seems we have consensus - early October! Thanks so much for responding so quickly. I'm trying to snag frequent flyer miles and settle my trip now. Eileen
We were in Italy the last week of Oct and first week of Nov. this year. I know it is an usual year but it was in the ‘80s most of our trip. We also went to Siena and Oriveto and weather was also pretty warm. Both places I think are on the tour.
Just be prepared before you leave. We changed our clothes out before we left when we saw it was going to be warm.
Forgot to mention we had rain one day in the am in our 14 day trip & that was our last weekend in early Nov.
We have chosen October and hoping the weather will be really nice. We are on the 9 - 22 October Village Italy.
@ Eileen, copy of my post in response to a similar question.
My family and I spent Sept and Oct 2018 in Italy, then Switzerland and northern France. From my travel diary the following temperature entries may be of interest to you and yours. A little prose on what we did on a day.
Sept 5th 7.30am into Rome 13.5 hours flight from Hong Kong, Cathay Pacific. Other family members from Melbourne arrived at Rome approx. 6.30am. By 11am had picked up lease vehicles. 28c and humid in Roma. Drove to b&b at Tivoli. 27c, lovely.
Sept 6 Tivoli. 27C Villa D’Este, glorious
Sept 7 Drove to Carapelle Calvisio Abruzzo (Alt 900metres). Stopped at Lago di Sinizzo for picnic lunch 25c lovely
Sept 8 Rented farmhouse for a week. Carapelle and surrounds 27C ditto
Sept 9 Drove to Pescara for children to swim then to Vasto for lunch 26C ditto
Sept 10 Santo Stefano for lunch then Castelvecchio Calviso. Dined in local restaurant 25C ditto
Sept 11 Drove to Roccascalegna for lunch 26C ditto
Sept 12 Spent the day in Sulmona. Lunch and replenish food stocks 26C ditto
Sept 13 Castello Del Monte for dinner 25C Ditto, light rain at night.
Sept 14 to Roma 6am more family arriving from Melbourne. Roma early morning humid and Warm. Carapelle 28C beautiful.
Sept 15 Drove to Petroro Umbria (near Todi). Rented villa for the week. 26C blissful
Sept 16 At villa by pool and bbq. 26C ditto
Sept 17 Toured area to buy from local villages and farms. 26C A spectacular late evening thunderstorm. Superb meal at restaurant in Todi.
Sept 18 At villa 28C delightful.
Sept 19 Drove to San Feliciano, Lago Trasimeno for lunch 28C ditto
Sept 20 Drove to Norcia and picnicked at plain of Castelluccio. 26C ditto
Sept 21 At villa 28C ditto
Sept 22 drove to Villa at Montevarchi (rented for a week) via Montepulciano 24C A little cool.
Sept 23 At villa 28C glorious. The villa had a big pool.
Sept 24 Spent the day in Florence 23C was a little humid.
Sept 25 Toured Chianti area. Grape harvest underway. Lunch at Greve. Early dining in Radda. 22C occasional light breeze.
Sept 26 Day at Sienna 22C Lovely
Sept 27 Drove to Scarperia. My sons purchased some knives and discussed opportunities to import to Australia. Toured local Mugello GP racetrack. 26C glorious again.
Sept 28 At villa and around Todi 25C superb.
Next day drove via Lugano through the alps to Lauterbrunnen for a week. Then onto farm stays in northern France.
Do not recall need for AC. At home normally would only turn on AC when temperature reached 33c or more.
Regards
Ron
Ron, your 2018 trip sounds amazing - like a dream come true! Thanks for providing the daily temperatures. It truly helps my planning. Thanks to all of you, you've been so thoughtful. Eileen
