Climate averages 1991–2020

Darwin weather
in March.

A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 30.9°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 25.0°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 300 mm 24 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a hot month in Darwin: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 300 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Dili (721 km away). In March its highs average 29.5°C, 1.5°C cooler than Darwin, with 227 mm of rain.

Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Darwin ranks 1st of 32 for the warmest March highs and 32nd of 32 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 32 cities is 25.1°C; Darwin is 5.8°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 300 mm to 100 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Darwin climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Darwin, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	30.4°C25.6°C	25.6°C	438	27.7	12.813 h
February	30.2°C25.4°C	25.4°C	379	25.8	12.513 h
March, selected	30.9°C25.0°C	25.0°C	300	24.2	12.212 h
April	31.8°C24.3°C	24.3°C	100	10.0	11.812 h
May	31.5°C22.7°C	22.7°C	14	2.4	11.512 h
June	30.4°C20.5°C	20.5°C	1.8	0.3	11.411 h
July	30.4°C19.7°C	19.7°C	0.9	0.2	11.511 h
August	31.3°C20.1°C	20.1°C	1.7	0.5	11.712 h
September	33.1°C22.9°C	22.9°C	16	3.7	12.012 h
October	33.8°C24.8°C	24.8°C	76	11.1	12.412 h
November	33.1°C25.8°C	25.8°C	180	20.7	12.713 h
December	31.6°C25.9°C	25.9°C	323	24.9	12.813 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

Distance from Darwin

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Darwin) is explained once on the Darwin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.