Rome from Los Angeles
10,203 km, about 13h 22m in the air. Every month scored for the weather at Rome and for the holidays that crowd it out at both ends.
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Public holidays at Los Angeles move this destination's year too little to make it a different answer, so the Rome page is the one of record. This one is kept for the distance and the flight it implies.
No fare history on LAX–FCO yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only. The price column fills in as the scanner collects.
Month by month from Los Angeles
| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Crowds | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13° | 8d | 80 | ok | 13C max, 8 rainy days |
| Feb | 14° | 7d | 100 | good | 14C max, 7 rainy days |
| Mar | 16° | 8d | 80 | good | 16C max, 8 rainy days |
| Apr | 18° | 6d | 65 | goodbusy | shoulder season |
| May | 22° | 7d | 85 | sweet spot | 22C max, 7 rainy days |
| Jun | 27° | 2d | 65 | sweet spot busy | peak: This is the summer peak when tourist activity is at its highest… |
| Jul | 30° | 2d | 65 | sweet spot busy | peak: This is the summer peak when tourist activity is at its highest… |
| Aug | 30° | 3d | 65 | sweet spot busy | peak: This is the summer peak when tourist activity is at its highest… |
| Sep | 26° | 7d | 85 | sweet spot | 26C max, 7 rainy days |
| Oct | 22° | 8d | 65 | okbusy | shoulder season |
| Nov | 17° | 12d | 80 | ok | 17C max, 12 rainy days |
| Dec | 14° | 9d | 80 | ok | 14C max, 9 rainy days |
Crowds is a score out of 100 where higher is quieter. It counts public-holiday clusters in US as well as at Rome, which is why this table differs from the same one read from another country. A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. Crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.
The year in Rome
Rome experiences a Mediterranean climate, with mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers. The information is based on climate normals computed from ERA5 reanalysis.
| Busiest |
early Jun to late Aug — This is the summer peak when tourist activity is at its highest and many attractions are open.
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|---|---|
| Quieter, still good |
early Apr to late May — Spring offers pleasant weather and fewer tourists compared to summer.
early Sep to late Oct — Early autumn is still warm and has fewer crowds.
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| Watch out for | haze |
This section was written by a language model from the climate figures above, and nobody has checked it. The month-by-month table is measured — ten years of ERA5 readings and published holiday calendars — and where the two disagree, the table is the one to believe. The busiest and quieter periods here also count toward the crowd score, which is 20% of the ranking.
The rest of the trip
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