Climate averages 1991–2020
Blue Mountains weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Blue Mountains: daytime highs average 19.9°C and nights cool to about 10.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 115 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sydney (83 km away). In March its highs average 23.6°C, 3.8°C warmer than Blue Mountains, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Blue Mountains ranks 31st of 32 for the warmest March highs and 24th of 32 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 32 cities is 25.1°C; Blue Mountains is 5.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 3.1°C to 16.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 115 mm to 56 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
Blue Mountains climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.6°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 126 | 15.5 | 14.114 h |
| February | 22.2°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 148 | 15.4 | 13.313 h |
| March, selected | 19.9°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 115 | 15.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 16.8°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 56 | 9.1 | 11.311 h |
| May | 13.3°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 48 | 6.6 | 10.410 h |
| June | 10.4°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 62 | 7.7 | 10.010 h |
| July | 9.9°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 37 | 6.3 | 10.110 h |
| August | 11.5°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 46 | 6.7 | 10.911 h |
| September | 15.0°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 53 | 8.3 | 11.912 h |
| October | 18.0°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 75 | 10.5 | 12.913 h |
| November | 20.1°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 109 | 13.7 | 13.814 h |
| December | 22.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 121 | 13.5 | 14.314 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
- Sydney in MarchAustralia · 83 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Wollongong in MarchAustralia · 95 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 109 mm rain
- Central Coast in MarchAustralia · 101 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 89 mm rain
- Maitland in MarchAustralia · 158 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in MarchAustralia · 160 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 98 mm rain
- Canberra in MarchAustralia · 206 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in MarchAustralia · 222 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.7°C · 55 mm rain
- Coffs Harbour in MarchAustralia · 462 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 19.6°C · 163 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 Blue Mountains) is explained once on the Blue Mountains year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.