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Italy

Venice

Tessera, the airport on the mainland. March's average high is blank in the source, and it stays blank here.

Figures
FieldFigureSource
Plugs and voltageType C, F, and L, 230 V, 50 HzIEC World Plugs
Driving sideRightCodice della Strada, d.lgs. 285/1992, articolo 143, Normattiva
TippingNot required, about 10% if you doItalia.it, money, payments and tipping
Tap waterNo yes-or-no line from CDCCDC Travelers' Health, Italy
CurrencyEuro (EUR)ISO 4217 currency list (SIX)
Time zoneEurope/RomeIANA tzdb zone1970.tab, Europe/Rome
EntryLink only. No visa rule is restated.Ministero degli Affari Esteri

Venezia Tessera is WMO 16105, the airport station on the mainland, not a gauge on the Riva. The WMO file leaves the March mean daily maximum blank even though it prints a year-count for that month. We do not calculate a replacement. The cell is empty, and the strip skips it.

The rest of the year is in the file: a cool winter, a warm summer, and precipitation that does not collapse into one peak the way a Mexican summer does. Acqua alta is a tide, not a row in this normals file, so it is not given a season on this page.

Month by month

The highest average daily high is 29.02°C in July. The lowest average daily low is 0.23°C in January. The heaviest month in the water column is May at 80.15 mm, and the lightest is January at 40.21 mm. These sentences only restate the table. They are not a ranking of the best month to go.

Station: Venezia Tessera, WMO 16105. March maximum temperature is blank in the source. Averages for 1991-2020. Elevation: 2 m. The rule runs from that month’s average low to its average high, on this station’s own scale. The black bar under the water figure is that month against the wettest month here.
MonthHigh °CLow °CLow to highPrecipitation (mm)
January7.660.2340.21
February9.340.9056.50
March—4.36—60.48
April17.608.8470.48
May22.2213.4980.15
June26.3617.5164.24
July29.0219.4057.88
August28.6418.7665.76
September24.1714.8973.26
October18.7110.3671.96
November13.135.7371.52
December8.441.1049.82

World Meteorological Organization 1991–2020 climatological standard normals, submitted for Italy and distributed by NOAA NCEI. Blank months are blank in the source file and are left blank here: March. Source: WMO climate normals 1991-2020, Venezia Tessera (16105). As of 2026-11-14.

The facts, in sentences

Plugs and voltage

The IEC world-plugs list shows Italy at 230 volts and 50 hertz, with plug type C, F, and L.

IEC World Plugs. As of 14 November 2026.

Driving side

Article 143 of the Codice della Strada says vehicles must travel on the right side of the carriageway and close to its right edge, even when the road is clear.

Codice della Strada, d.lgs. 285/1992, articolo 143, Normattiva. As of 14 November 2026.

Tap water

CDC's traveler page for Italy, last reviewed 25 August 2026, does not say whether tap water is safe or unsafe. It says food and water standards vary by destination and by what you are doing, and it points readers to CDC's food and water precautions. This page does not turn that into medical advice.

CDC Travelers' Health, Italy. As of 14 November 2026.

Currency

ISO 4217 lists the currency name Euro and the code EUR for Italy.

ISO 4217 currency list (SIX). As of 14 November 2026.

Time zone

Venice is in Italy, which IANA places in Europe/Rome.

IANA tzdb zone1970.tab, Europe/Rome. As of 14 November 2026.

Tipping

The national tourism site Italia.it says tipping is not compulsory and there are no established rules, but it is customary to leave an amount close to 10% of the bill when you are satisfied with the service.

Italia.it, money, payments and tipping. As of 14 November 2026.

Entry requirements

The foreign ministry's entry page, which sends you to the Visa for Italy database. We do not restate a visa rule. Ministero degli Affari Esteri: Official entry requirements. Checked 14 November 2026. We do not rewrite the rule.

Hotels, tours, and a plug

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