Climate averages 1991–2020
Adelaide weather
in March.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and one of the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Adelaide: daytime highs average 24.8°C and nights cool to about 15.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Adelaide Hills (10 km away). In March its highs average 23.2°C, 1.6°C cooler than Adelaide, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Adelaide ranks 17th of 32 for the warmest March highs and 4th of 32 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 32 cities is 25.1°C; Adelaide is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 3.6°C to 21.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 36 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Adelaide climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 19 | 3.3 | 14.214 h |
| February | 27.5°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 19 | 2.7 | 13.413 h |
| March, selected | 24.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 19 | 3.5 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.2°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 36 | 5.6 | 11.211 h |
| May | 17.4°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 52 | 8.3 | 10.310 h |
| June | 14.5°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 61 | 9.6 | 9.810 h |
| July | 13.7°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 64 | 10.4 | 10.010 h |
| August | 14.6°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 58 | 10.8 | 10.811 h |
| September | 17.0°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 53 | 9.8 | 11.812 h |
| October | 20.1°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 35 | 6.4 | 12.913 h |
| November | 23.1°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 30 | 5.3 | 13.914 h |
| December | 25.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 25 | 4.8 | 14.414 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Adelaide Hills in MarchAustralia · 10 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 12.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Bendigo in MarchAustralia · 551 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 13.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Ballarat in MarchAustralia · 555 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 11.2°C · 29 mm rain
- Geelong in MarchAustralia · 627 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Melbourne in MarchAustralia · 654 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 13.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Canberra in MarchAustralia · 958 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Sydney in MarchAustralia · 1162 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in MarchAustralia · 1235 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 98 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Adelaide) is explained once on the Adelaide year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.