Climate averages 1991–2020
Mackay 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 Mackay: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 171 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 13 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rockhampton (283 km away). In March its highs average 29.3°C, 2.0°C warmer than Mackay, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Mackay ranks 8th of 32 for the warmest March highs and 30th of 32 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 32 cities is 25.1°C; Mackay is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 171 mm to 89 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
Mackay climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 212 | 15.9 | 13.313 h |
| February | 28.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 225 | 17.4 | 12.813 h |
| March, selected | 27.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 171 | 15.2 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 89 | 13.0 | 11.612 h |
| May | 23.7°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 54 | 10.6 | 11.111 h |
| June | 21.7°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 43 | 7.8 | 10.911 h |
| July | 21.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 32 | 4.3 | 11.011 h |
| August | 21.8°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 25 | 4.3 | 11.411 h |
| September | 23.8°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 16 | 3.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 25.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 34 | 5.9 | 12.613 h |
| November | 26.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 64 | 8.3 | 13.113 h |
| December | 28.0°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 117 | 11.6 | 13.413 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
- Rockhampton in MarchAustralia · 283 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Townsville in MarchAustralia · 324 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 127 mm rain
- Bundaberg in MarchAustralia · 526 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.4°C · 98 mm rain
- Cairns in MarchAustralia · 591 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 206 mm rain
- Sunshine Coast in MarchAustralia · 730 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 122 mm rain
- Caloundra in MarchAustralia · 746 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 122 mm rain
- Toowoomba in MarchAustralia · 766 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Sydney in MarchAustralia · 1428 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 Mackay) is explained once on the Mackay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.