Climate averages 1991–2020
Coffs Harbour weather
in March.
A warm, 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 Coffs Harbour: daytime highs average 24.6°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 163 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes March a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gold Coast (257 km away). In March its highs average 25.5°C, 0.9°C warmer than Coffs Harbour, with 116 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Coffs Harbour ranks joint 18th of 32 for the warmest March highs and 29th of 32 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 32 cities is 25.1°C; Coffs Harbour is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 22.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 163 mm to 78 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
Coffs Harbour climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 160 | 15.5 | 13.914 h |
| February | 26.0°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 166 | 16.0 | 13.213 h |
| March, selected | 24.6°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 163 | 17.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 78 | 12.4 | 11.411 h |
| May | 19.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 74 | 9.1 | 10.611 h |
| June | 17.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 81 | 7.4 | 10.210 h |
| July | 17.5°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 36 | 5.7 | 10.410 h |
| August | 19.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 45 | 5.2 | 11.011 h |
| September | 21.5°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 43 | 6.7 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 88 | 10.5 | 12.813 h |
| November | 24.5°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 131 | 14.1 | 13.614 h |
| December | 25.7°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 150 | 15.8 | 14.114 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
- Gold Coast in MarchAustralia · 257 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 116 mm rain
- Logan City in MarchAustralia · 295 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 20.0°C · 81 mm rain
- Maitland in MarchAustralia · 309 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Brisbane in MarchAustralia · 315 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.9°C · 93 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in MarchAustralia · 319 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 98 mm rain
- Toowoomba in MarchAustralia · 324 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Central Coast in MarchAustralia · 385 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 89 mm rain
- Caloundra in MarchAustralia · 388 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 122 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 Coffs Harbour) is explained once on the Coffs Harbour year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.