Climate averages 1991–2020
Melbourne weather
in March.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Melbourne: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 13.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Geelong (65 km away). In March its highs average 22.2°C, 1.0°C cooler than Melbourne, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Melbourne ranks joint 23rd of 32 for the warmest March highs and 9th of 32 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 32 cities is 25.1°C; Melbourne is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 3.7°C to 19.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 35 mm to 46 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
Melbourne climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.5°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 49 | 5.9 | 14.514 h |
| February | 25.4°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 44 | 5.7 | 13.514 h |
| March, selected | 23.2°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 35 | 5.5 | 12.412 h |
| April | 19.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 46 | 7.0 | 11.111 h |
| May | 16.1°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 43 | 8.7 | 10.110 h |
| June | 13.5°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 49 | 10.2 | 9.610 h |
| July | 12.9°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 44 | 11.0 | 9.810 h |
| August | 13.9°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 51 | 11.3 | 10.711 h |
| September | 16.1°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 60 | 11.7 | 11.812 h |
| October | 18.8°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 60 | 10.3 | 13.013 h |
| November | 21.2°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 61 | 9.3 | 14.114 h |
| December | 23.3°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 60 | 7.7 | 14.715 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
- Geelong in MarchAustralia · 65 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Ballarat in MarchAustralia · 102 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 11.2°C · 29 mm rain
- Bendigo in MarchAustralia · 132 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 13.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Launceston in MarchAustralia · 444 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 10.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in MarchAustralia · 453 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.7°C · 55 mm rain
- Canberra in MarchAustralia · 466 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Hobart in MarchAustralia · 598 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 11.3°C · 45 mm rain
- Adelaide Hills in MarchAustralia · 646 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 12.8°C · 18 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 Melbourne) is explained once on the Melbourne year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.