Climate averages 1991–2020
Canberra weather
in March.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 4th 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 Canberra: daytime highs average 22.5°C and nights cool to about 11.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tuggeranong (16 km away). In March its highs average 22.5°C, about as warm as Canberra, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Canberra ranks joint 26th of 32 for the warmest March highs and 10th of 32 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 32 cities is 25.1°C; Canberra is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 4.0°C to 18.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 38 mm to 27 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
Canberra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 48 | 6.5 | 14.214 h |
| February | 25.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 52 | 6.0 | 13.413 h |
| March, selected | 22.5°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 38 | 5.3 | 12.312 h |
| April | 18.5°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 27 | 3.9 | 11.211 h |
| May | 14.3°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 28 | 4.3 | 10.310 h |
| June | 10.9°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 52 | 6.9 | 9.810 h |
| July | 10.0°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 37 | 6.7 | 10.010 h |
| August | 11.4°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 49 | 7.5 | 10.811 h |
| September | 14.9°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 51 | 7.3 | 11.812 h |
| October | 18.5°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 56 | 7.3 | 13.013 h |
| November | 21.5°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 58 | 8.3 | 13.914 h |
| December | 24.3°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 55 | 6.9 | 14.514 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
- Tuggeranong in MarchAustralia · 16 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.7°C · 55 mm rain
- Wollongong in MarchAustralia · 187 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 109 mm rain
- Blue Mountains in MarchAustralia · 206 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.8°C · 115 mm rain
- Sydney in MarchAustralia · 247 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Central Coast in MarchAustralia · 291 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 89 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in MarchAustralia · 358 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 98 mm rain
- Maitland in MarchAustralia · 361 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Bendigo in MarchAustralia · 466 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 13.4°C · 26 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 Canberra) is explained once on the Canberra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.