Palermo Travel Forum

hello all,

would someone who is lucky enough to live in Palermo let me know what kind of weather could we expect there at the beginning of March? we are planning to go for a long weekend to escape London's grey skies!!
thank you so much!!!

Hi, Although we don't live in Sicily, my wife and I have been holidaying there for more than 30 years. The weather in Palermo in March is usually anything between 50 and 65 degrees. It can feel a bit chilly in the evenings.
Hope this helps

I work in Palermo and live close in a village by the sea. The weather in March is warmer then in London I suppose. I came here from Holland and for us the hole winter was like what we used to call spring :-) I could be around 20 Celsius degrees during the day and colder at nights.
Anyway Palermo is a beautiful city and in March will be a pleasure to walk around without the heat above your heads and without million tourists assaulting the museums.You should consider that 23 of March will be the catholic Easter and the atmosphere will be even more interesting but also crowded and 19th March is San Giuseppe which is also an important religious day here in Siciliy.
And if you want to eat in a special place you should go to "Il covo dei Beati Paolo" in Piazza Marina. Food is great, wines are really good, the place looks mysterious and the service is perfect. Is not cheap, but is also not expensive. We paid with 2 of us 60 euro's for a night, a bottle of 15 euro's wine included.
Have a nice holiday,
Laura

thank you very much!!!
we thought of maybe posponing the Sicillian holiday until middle of May, should the weather then be hot? I mean, swimming in the sea, sunbathing, warm nights...? also, are the beaches sandy and good for swimming? we would be flying to Palermo and would like to travel around a bit, too. When holidaying we like to hire a scooter/car and travel around a bit for few days, is this quite easy to do in Sicily? also, how expensive are the restaurants, drinks, etc.?
we went to Sardinia last year and absolutely loved it, but want to discover another island...
thanks for your help, much appreciated!!!

May is the perfect month to visit Sicily. Warm evenings and sunny days.
There are beaches to be found in the Palermo area, but we have always found the east coast beaches to be the best. Cefalu on the north coast also has a reasonably good beach.

thank you - east coast, where abouts? could you please mention some resorts with great beaches, not too touristy..and how far from Palermo airport are they? thank you so much for all your advice!!!

Sicily is not known for its beaches. The nearest large beach to Palermo is in Mondello. There are lots of small beaches and you will find them everywhere.
Unfortunately, because of the lack of good, clean beaches, the better ones are usually crowded. The next nearest large beach is in Cefalu(about 1 hour's drive along the north coast from Palermo). We prefer the east coast beaches of Giardini Naxos and Taormina, but they are both about 2.5 hours away by car.
There is also a lovely small beach at Castallamare del Golfo. I'm sure there must be more, but these are the ones I know.