# The Rain in the Mediterrean **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 9, 2000, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rain-in-the-mediterrean/28744 "2000-08-09T20:52:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2000, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rain-in-the-mediterrean/28744/1 "2000-08-09T20:52:31Z")
What’s the rainy season in Italy? Would I expect more pleasant (i.e. less rainy) weather during a November trip, or a March trip? ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2000, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rain-in-the-mediterrean/28744/2 "2000-08-09T21:50:50Z")
I’ll bet it stays mainly in Spain. ---
**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2000, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rain-in-the-mediterrean/28744/3 "2000-08-09T22:06:00Z")
No, no. The rain in the Mediterranean stays mainly on the Ukrainian. ---
**Author:** ![Phobos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Phobos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phobos)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2000, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rain-in-the-mediterrean/28744/4 "2000-08-09T22:24:01Z")
When I was in Italy (for 1 week in Sept)…it rained once every afternoon for about an hour. Seems to be a common thing…the locals had armfuls of umbrellas for sale. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2000, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rain-in-the-mediterrean/28744/5 "2000-08-09T22:29:20Z")
I don’t live in Italy, but I believe that the mediterranean is generally very hot and dry in the summer, and cool and rainy in the winter. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rain-in-the-mediterrean/28744/6 "2000-08-10T02:10:18Z")
The monsoons are restricted mainly to the SE Asian part of Italy and to years with el niño or la niña but not both or none. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rain-in-the-mediterrean/28744/7 "2000-08-10T02:17:48Z")
Rainfall in inches by month ```auto J F M A M J J A S O N D Rome 3.2 2.7 2.9 2.6 2.2 1.6 0.7 1.0 2.5 5.0 4.4 3.9 Palermo 3.2 2.7 2.8 1.9 1.1 0.7 0.2 0.4 1.8 3.2 3.3 3.6 ``` ---
**Author:** ![aseymayo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@aseymayo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aseymayo)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rain-in-the-mediterrean/28744/8 "2000-08-10T02:34:54Z")
**Uke,** Don’t Look Now - but Venice is always sorta wet. But watch out for knife-wielding dwarves in red raincoats if you go there. I’m not going to tell you about the weather - I hope it rains every day because I’m _extremely_ jealous you’re planning a trip to Italy. I do know there are cyber cafes in Rome, so at least stay in touch! ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rain-in-the-mediterrean/28744/9 "2000-08-10T03:02:37Z")
**Asey:** Luckily for you, I’m a Daphne du Maurier fan. Also a Thomas Mann buff, so I’d be equally careful to avoid gorgeous blond-tressed fifteen year old boys. Planning a trip to Italy? Why, no…I just promised **manny** I’d start proposing fascinating General Questions, and this was the only thing I could think of tonight.