Climate averages 1991–2020
Sydney weather
in March.
A warm, moderately 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 Sydney: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 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 Central Coast (51 km away). In March its highs average 23.7°C, about as warm as Sydney, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Sydney ranks 22nd of 32 for the warmest March highs and joint 17th of 32 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 32 cities is 25.1°C; Sydney is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 21.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 81 mm to 77 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
Sydney climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.6°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 73 | 9.3 | 14.114 h |
| February | 25.0°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 93 | 10.5 | 13.313 h |
| March, selected | 23.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 81 | 11.7 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.5°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 77 | 10.5 | 11.311 h |
| May | 18.7°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 79 | 9.6 | 10.410 h |
| June | 16.4°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 97 | 10.1 | 9.910 h |
| July | 15.9°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 56 | 7.8 | 10.110 h |
| August | 17.1°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 53 | 6.4 | 10.911 h |
| September | 19.4°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 50 | 6.7 | 11.912 h |
| October | 21.3°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 59 | 8.1 | 12.913 h |
| November | 22.6°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 72 | 9.2 | 13.914 h |
| December | 24.2°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 60 | 8.7 | 14.414 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
- Central Coast in MarchAustralia · 51 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 89 mm rain
- Wollongong in MarchAustralia · 68 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 109 mm rain
- Blue Mountains in MarchAustralia · 83 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.8°C · 115 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in MarchAustralia · 117 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 98 mm rain
- Maitland in MarchAustralia · 130 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Canberra in MarchAustralia · 247 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in MarchAustralia · 261 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.7°C · 55 mm rain
- Coffs Harbour in MarchAustralia · 436 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 19.6°C · 163 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 Sydney) is explained once on the Sydney year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.