Climate averages 1991–2020
Gold Coast weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Gold Coast: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 21.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 116 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes March a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Logan City (51 km away). In March its highs average 26.7°C, 1.2°C warmer than Gold Coast, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Gold Coast ranks joint 15th of 32 for the warmest March highs and 25th of 32 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 32 cities is 25.1°C; Gold Coast is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 116 mm to 73 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
Gold Coast climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 130 | 12.7 | 13.714 h |
| February | 26.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 150 | 13.7 | 13.113 h |
| March, selected | 25.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 116 | 15.0 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.7°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 73 | 12.2 | 11.411 h |
| May | 21.4°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 97 | 10.7 | 10.811 h |
| June | 19.4°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 94 | 9.5 | 10.410 h |
| July | 19.1°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 48 | 6.3 | 10.511 h |
| August | 20.2°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 47 | 5.6 | 11.111 h |
| September | 22.2°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 40 | 5.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 75 | 8.7 | 12.713 h |
| November | 24.8°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 82 | 9.2 | 13.513 h |
| December | 26.1°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 109 | 11.1 | 13.914 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
- Logan City in MarchAustralia · 51 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 20.0°C · 81 mm rain
- Brisbane in MarchAustralia · 71 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.9°C · 93 mm rain
- Caloundra in MarchAustralia · 137 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 122 mm rain
- Toowoomba in MarchAustralia · 153 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Sunshine Coast in MarchAustralia · 153 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 122 mm rain
- Coffs Harbour in MarchAustralia · 257 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 19.6°C · 163 mm rain
- Bundaberg in MarchAustralia · 365 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.4°C · 98 mm rain
- Maitland in MarchAustralia · 556 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 74 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 Gold Coast) is explained once on the Gold Coast year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.