Climate averages 1991–2020
Central Coast weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Central Coast: daytime highs average 23.7°C and nights cool to about 18.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 11th 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 (51 km away). In March its highs average 23.6°C, about as warm as Central Coast, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Central Coast ranks 21st of 32 for the warmest March highs and 19th of 32 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 32 cities is 25.1°C; Central Coast is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 21.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 89 mm to 77 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
Central Coast climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 78 | 10.4 | 14.114 h |
| February | 25.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 102 | 11.2 | 13.313 h |
| March, selected | 23.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 89 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.5°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 77 | 10.2 | 11.311 h |
| May | 18.8°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 70 | 9.2 | 10.410 h |
| June | 16.5°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 86 | 9.7 | 10.010 h |
| July | 16.0°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 49 | 7.2 | 10.210 h |
| August | 17.3°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 49 | 6.5 | 10.911 h |
| September | 19.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 51 | 6.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 21.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 62 | 8.6 | 12.913 h |
| November | 22.9°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 81 | 10.0 | 13.814 h |
| December | 24.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 70 | 10.2 | 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 · 51 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in MarchAustralia · 67 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 98 mm rain
- Maitland in MarchAustralia · 79 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Blue Mountains in MarchAustralia · 101 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.8°C · 115 mm rain
- Wollongong in MarchAustralia · 119 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 109 mm rain
- Canberra in MarchAustralia · 291 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in MarchAustralia · 306 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.7°C · 55 mm rain
- Coffs Harbour in MarchAustralia · 385 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 Central Coast) is explained once on the Central Coast year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.