Climate averages 1991–2020
Tuggeranong weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 4th 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 Tuggeranong: daytime highs average 22.5°C and nights cool to about 11.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Canberra (16 km away). In March its highs average 22.5°C, about as warm as Tuggeranong, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Tuggeranong ranks joint 26th of 32 for the warmest March highs and 13th of 32 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 32 cities is 25.1°C; Tuggeranong is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 4.0°C to 18.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 55 mm to 34 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
Tuggeranong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 72 | 9.8 | 14.214 h |
| February | 25.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 78 | 9.5 | 13.413 h |
| March, selected | 22.5°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 55 | 7.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 18.5°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 34 | 5.1 | 11.211 h |
| May | 14.2°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 34 | 5.0 | 10.310 h |
| June | 10.8°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 58 | 7.2 | 9.810 h |
| July | 10.0°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 44 | 7.6 | 10.010 h |
| August | 11.4°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 57 | 8.4 | 10.811 h |
| September | 14.9°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 67 | 8.8 | 11.812 h |
| October | 18.6°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 75 | 9.4 | 13.013 h |
| November | 21.5°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 84 | 10.4 | 14.014 h |
| December | 24.3°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 81 | 9.6 | 14.514 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
- Canberra in MarchAustralia · 16 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Wollongong in MarchAustralia · 200 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 109 mm rain
- Blue Mountains in MarchAustralia · 222 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.8°C · 115 mm rain
- Sydney in MarchAustralia · 261 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Central Coast in MarchAustralia · 306 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 89 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in MarchAustralia · 372 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 98 mm rain
- Maitland in MarchAustralia · 376 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Melbourne in MarchAustralia · 453 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 13.5°C · 35 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 Tuggeranong) is explained once on the Tuggeranong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.