Climate averages 1991–2020
Hobart weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Hobart: daytime highs average 19.7°C and nights cool to about 11.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Launceston (161 km away). In March its highs average 20.7°C, 1.0°C warmer than Hobart, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Hobart ranks 32nd of 32 for the warmest March highs and 11th of 32 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 32 cities is 25.1°C; Hobart is 5.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 16.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 45 mm to 47 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
Hobart climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.8°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 48 | 7.8 | 14.915 h |
| February | 21.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 44 | 7.6 | 13.814 h |
| March, selected | 19.7°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 45 | 8.1 | 12.412 h |
| April | 16.7°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 47 | 8.7 | 11.011 h |
| May | 14.1°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 44 | 9.3 | 9.710 h |
| June | 12.0°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 46 | 8.8 | 9.19 h |
| July | 11.6°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 47 | 10.5 | 9.39 h |
| August | 12.3°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 58 | 11.6 | 10.410 h |
| September | 14.1°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 53 | 11.2 | 11.812 h |
| October | 16.0°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 55 | 11.2 | 13.213 h |
| November | 17.9°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 60 | 11.5 | 14.515 h |
| December | 19.8°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 58 | 9.8 | 15.315 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
- Launceston in MarchAustralia · 161 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 10.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Geelong in MarchAustralia · 583 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Melbourne in MarchAustralia · 598 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 13.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Ballarat in MarchAustralia · 660 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 11.2°C · 29 mm rain
- Bendigo in MarchAustralia · 729 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 13.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Sydney in MarchAustralia · 1057 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Adelaide in MarchAustralia · 1162 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 19 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in MarchAustralia · 1173 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 98 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 Hobart) is explained once on the Hobart year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.