Climate averages 1991–2020
Rockhampton weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Rockhampton: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bundaberg (249 km away). In March its highs average 27.9°C, 1.4°C cooler than Rockhampton, with 98 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Rockhampton ranks 3rd of 32 for the warmest March highs and 16th of 32 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 32 cities is 25.1°C; Rockhampton is 4.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 75 mm to 37 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
Rockhampton climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 99 | 10.8 | 13.413 h |
| February | 30.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 122 | 11.7 | 12.913 h |
| March, selected | 29.3°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 75 | 7.2 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.5°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 37 | 4.2 | 11.612 h |
| May | 24.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 29 | 3.2 | 11.011 h |
| June | 22.5°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 29 | 3.3 | 10.711 h |
| July | 22.2°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 24 | 2.6 | 10.811 h |
| August | 23.6°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 22 | 2.3 | 11.311 h |
| September | 26.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 20 | 2.4 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 35 | 4.7 | 12.613 h |
| November | 29.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 50 | 6.1 | 13.213 h |
| December | 30.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 85 | 9.5 | 13.514 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
- Bundaberg in MarchAustralia · 249 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.4°C · 98 mm rain
- Mackay in MarchAustralia · 283 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 171 mm rain
- Sunshine Coast in MarchAustralia · 447 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 122 mm rain
- Caloundra in MarchAustralia · 463 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 122 mm rain
- Toowoomba in MarchAustralia · 487 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Brisbane in MarchAustralia · 520 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.9°C · 93 mm rain
- Logan City in MarchAustralia · 541 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 20.0°C · 81 mm rain
- Gold Coast in MarchAustralia · 591 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 116 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 Rockhampton) is explained once on the Rockhampton year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.