Climate averages 1991–2020
Newcastle, Australia weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Newcastle, Australia: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 19.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 98 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Maitland (30 km away). In March its highs average 25.7°C, 1.7°C warmer than Newcastle, Australia, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Newcastle, Australia ranks 20th of 32 for the warmest March highs and joint 21st of 32 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 32 cities is 25.1°C; Newcastle, Australia is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 21.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 98 mm to 86 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
Newcastle, Australia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.1°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 76 | 9.6 | 14.114 h |
| February | 25.5°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 98 | 9.8 | 13.313 h |
| March, selected | 23.9°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 98 | 11.6 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.7°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 86 | 11.1 | 11.311 h |
| May | 18.9°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 94 | 10.8 | 10.510 h |
| June | 16.6°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 113 | 11.6 | 10.010 h |
| July | 16.1°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 73 | 8.9 | 10.210 h |
| August | 17.4°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 56 | 7.1 | 10.911 h |
| September | 20.0°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 53 | 7.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 21.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 63 | 8.4 | 12.913 h |
| November | 23.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 81 | 9.7 | 13.814 h |
| December | 24.7°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 70 | 9.8 | 14.314 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
- Maitland in MarchAustralia · 30 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Central Coast in MarchAustralia · 67 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 89 mm rain
- Sydney in MarchAustralia · 117 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Blue Mountains in MarchAustralia · 160 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.8°C · 115 mm rain
- Wollongong in MarchAustralia · 185 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 109 mm rain
- Coffs Harbour in MarchAustralia · 319 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 19.6°C · 163 mm rain
- Canberra in MarchAustralia · 358 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in MarchAustralia · 372 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.7°C · 55 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 Newcastle) is explained once on the Newcastle, Australia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.