Climate averages 1991–2020

Townsville weather
in March.

A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.6°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 23.5°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 127 mm 13 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a hot month in Townsville: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 127 mm of rain on roughly 13 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 Cairns (283 km away). In March its highs average 28.7°C, 0.9°C cooler than Townsville, with 206 mm of rain.

Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Townsville ranks 2nd of 32 for the warmest March highs and 28th of 32 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 32 cities is 25.1°C; Townsville is 4.5°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 127 mm to 49 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Townsville climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Townsville, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	30.7°C24.5°C	24.5°C	208	16.6	13.113 h
February	30.2°C24.5°C	24.5°C	219	17.7	12.713 h
March, selected	29.6°C23.5°C	23.5°C	127	12.7	12.212 h
April	28.3°C21.6°C	21.6°C	49	6.9	11.712 h
May	26.2°C19.0°C	19.0°C	29	4.9	11.211 h
June	24.3°C16.5°C	16.5°C	20	3.8	11.011 h
July	23.9°C15.4°C	15.4°C	16	2.7	11.111 h
August	25.0°C16.2°C	16.2°C	15	2.2	11.511 h
September	27.3°C18.9°C	18.9°C	9.8	3.3	12.012 h
October	28.8°C21.3°C	21.3°C	22	5.1	12.513 h
November	30.0°C23.1°C	23.1°C	47	8.0	13.013 h
December	30.9°C24.3°C	24.3°C	88	12.5	13.313 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

Distance from Townsville

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Townsville) is explained once on the Townsville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.