Climate averages 1991–2020
Launceston weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Launceston: daytime highs average 20.7°C and nights cool to about 10.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hobart (161 km away). In March its highs average 19.7°C, 1.0°C cooler than Launceston, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Launceston ranks 30th of 32 for the warmest March highs and 12th of 32 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 32 cities is 25.1°C; Launceston is 4.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 3.6°C to 17.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 53 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
Launceston climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.1°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 54 | 6.5 | 14.815 h |
| February | 22.6°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 46 | 6.5 | 13.714 h |
| March, selected | 20.7°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 49 | 6.9 | 12.412 h |
| April | 17.0°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 53 | 7.3 | 11.011 h |
| May | 14.0°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 60 | 8.3 | 9.810 h |
| June | 11.8°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 61 | 9.1 | 9.29 h |
| July | 11.3°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 74 | 10.3 | 9.59 h |
| August | 12.2°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 81 | 11.1 | 10.510 h |
| September | 14.0°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 76 | 11.4 | 11.812 h |
| October | 16.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 63 | 9.9 | 13.213 h |
| November | 18.8°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 61 | 9.5 | 14.414 h |
| December | 21.0°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 57 | 8.1 | 15.115 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
- Hobart in MarchAustralia · 161 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 11.3°C · 45 mm rain
- Geelong in MarchAustralia · 436 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Melbourne in MarchAustralia · 444 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 13.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Ballarat in MarchAustralia · 515 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 11.2°C · 29 mm rain
- Bendigo in MarchAustralia · 576 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 13.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in MarchAustralia · 690 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.7°C · 55 mm rain
- Canberra in MarchAustralia · 706 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Sydney in MarchAustralia · 915 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 81 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 Launceston) is explained once on the Launceston year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.