Rome (Roma) weather in November

April's weather is the easy part in Rome; the crowd calendar is what regulars actually argue about. "The week leading up to Easter is the beginning of high season" — and if you want to dodge it, one expert is blunt: "you'd need to go at least a week prior to Easter to avoid the crowds. After Easter is high season." Easter Monday specifically is called out as busy, while the days before it "won't be hugely busy" because most families can't pull children out of school. The two Italian public holidays on 25 April and 1 May pull the same trick at the other end of the month. The scale is worth keeping in proportion, though: even Easter is "not as bad as, say, June." Posters split on whether to avoid it at all if you pre-book. Our record: 17.7°C days, 9.8 rain days.

Rome's October threads describe a month that's genuinely pleasant and genuinely erratic: highs around 22°C with midday sun that can reach 23–24°, cool evenings that want a light jacket, or a stretch that turns cold and wet instead. Two practical notes regulars repeat — early October is still very high season with big crowds, and you'll want trousers rather than shorts for the Vatican and other churches whatever the thermometer says.

In Rome in May (1st stop of your tour), we watched the Campo de' Fiori market come down. From start to finish. It was amazing watching it all happen. The vendors, street washers, and garbage collectors all working in tandem while the restaurant staff built out their outdoor patios. Fascinating.

May is what everyone imagines Rome to be — 24°C, long evenings, wisteria still out in the Aventine. It's also the month the Vatican queues start at dawn. Book everything; walk everywhere; the fountains are drinkable.