Built as Emperor Hadrian’s mausoleum, later a papal fortress and refuge, today it’s a museum with one of the finest terraces in Rome. Here you’ll find which Castel Sant’Angelo tickets to buy, the weather during opening hours, opening times and tips for your visit.
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Weather at 5:00 PM. The castle opens at 09:00.
The standard ticket covers the whole castle: the Roman ramp, the courtyards, the papal apartments, the exhibitions and the Terrace of the Angel. The Passetto di Borgo, the corridor to the Vatican, is visited separately.
Our pick: entry + audio guide app on Tiqets. For €4 more than the official ticket you’ll really understand what you’re looking at, from the Roman mausoleum to the papal rooms. If you’d like a real guide, the guided tour is the best rated (4.7 out of 5) and can be cancelled.
Your ticket works elsewhere too: until 31 December 2026 it gives free entry to the Hendrik Christian Andersen House Museum and the Boncompagni Ludovisi House Museum, on the same day or the two days after.
On the first Monday of the month the castle opens from 2 pm to 8 pm with a special €5 ticket, sold on site only, no booking.
Non-refundable ticket · 4.5 from over 6,700 reviews
Costs €4 more than the official ticket (€18), but includes an English audio guide on your phone.
Groups of up to 20 · free cancellation up to 24 hours before · 4.7 from over 240 reviews
Costs more because a live guide is with you for two hours, on top of entry.
Self-guided, no guide · non-refundable ticket · 4.2 from over 90 reviews
Also includes the Passetto di Borgo, which isn’t part of the standard ticket; according to Tiqets the combined list price is €24.
Indicative prices, checked onOctober 27, 2026: they may change: the final price is the one shown by the seller.
Perfect day
Perfect day: clear, 14 to 15 degrees, no rain.
Perfect day
Perfect day: clear, 12 to 19 degrees, no rain.
| Time | Sky | Temperature | Rain | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Fair | 12° | – | 12 km/h |
| 10:00 | Clear | 14° | – | 13 km/h |
| 11:00 | Clear | 16° | – | 12 km/h |
| 12:00 | Clear | 18° | – | 9 km/h |
| 13:00 | Clear | 19° | – | 7 km/h |
| 14:00 | Clear | 19° | – | 7 km/h |
| 15:00 | Clear | 19° | – | 5 km/h |
| 16:00 | Clear | 18° | – | 5 km/h |
| 17:00 | Fair | 16° | – | 6 km/h |
| 18:00 | Clear | 15° | – | 6 km/h |
| 19:00 | Clear | 14° | – | 13 km/h |
The best days are Friday, October 30, Saturday, October 31 and Sunday, November 1. The rating only looks at opening hours: rain at night doesn’t spoil the visit.
Today and tomorrow the forecast is accurate hour by hour; up to day seven it is reliable on the trend; the last days give a rough idea. Updated every hour.
Today, Friday, October 30: open 09:00–19:30.
| Period | Hours |
|---|---|
| 09:00–19:30 |
Closed every Monday.
Closed on January 1 and December 25.
Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 9 am to 7:30 pm (last entry 6:30 pm). Closed on Mondays, 1 January and 25 December; on the first Monday of the month it opens from 2 pm to 8 pm.
Best time to visit: April, May and October. Mild days between 19 and 22°C, perfect for the terrace.
| Month | Average high | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12° | 7 |
| Feb | 13° | 7 |
| Mar | 16° | 7 |
| AprRecommended | 19° | 7 |
| MayRecommended | 22° | 6 |
| Jun | 28° | 3 |
| Jul | 31° | 2 |
| Aug | 32° | 2 |
| Sep | 27° | 6 |
| OctRecommended | 22° | 7 |
| Nov | 17° | 9 |
| Dec | 13° | 9 |
1991–2020 normals for the Rome Ciampino weather station: average high and days with at least 1 mm of rain. Source: NOAA, table published on Wikipedia (article “Climate of Rome”).
Much of the visit is indoors: the Roman spiral ramp, the halls and the papal apartments.
An hour-by-hour crowd estimate is coming later, always marked as an estimate and with its source.
Address: Lungotevere Castello 50, on the bank of the Tiber facing Ponte Sant’Angelo.
On foot: about a kilometre from St Peter’s Square along Via della Conciliazione, and a short walk from the historic centre across Ponte Sant’Angelo, lined with angel statues.
By metro: line A to Lepanto, then about a kilometre on foot.
Perfect day: clear, 14 to 15 degrees, no rain.
Saturday, October 31: Perfect day: clear, 12 to 19 degrees, no rain. Sunday, November 1: Perfect day: partly cloudy, 11 to 16 degrees, no rain.
From 1 July 2026 the full ticket costs €18, EU citizens aged 18–25 pay €2, and under 18s go free. On Tiqets, entry with an audio guide app costs from €22.
No, the Passetto di Borgo is visited separately. Tiqets sells a skip-the-line ticket covering both the castle and the Passetto, from €49.
Tuesday to Sunday, 9 am to 7:30 pm, with last entry at 6:30 pm. It’s closed on Mondays, 1 January and 25 December; on the first Monday of the month it opens from 2 pm to 8 pm with a €5 ticket.
About an hour and a half to two hours, climbing from the Roman ramp up to the Terrace of the Angel. The guided tour lasts two hours.
It’s not compulsory, but it’s recommended, especially at weekends and on holidays. On free-entry Sundays booking isn’t possible.
Reliable forecasts reach about 10 days: here you get the next 10, hour by hour for today and tomorrow and as a trend after that. To pick a month, check the climate month by month.
Forecasts come from MET Norway, the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, calculated for the castle’s coordinates and updated every hour during the day and every 3 hours at night. Crowd figures are labelled as estimates, with their source.
Entry ticket + audio guide app · from €22
Forecast by MET Norway, the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, calculated for the castle’s coordinates. Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0), updated every hour. Updated: October 27, 2026.