Climate averages 1991–2020
Wollongong weather
in March.
A warm, 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 Wollongong: daytime highs average 23.0°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes March a 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 Sydney (68 km away). In March its highs average 23.6°C, 0.6°C warmer than Wollongong, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Wollongong ranks 25th of 32 for the warmest March highs and 23rd of 32 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 32 cities is 25.1°C; Wollongong is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 20.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 109 mm to 95 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
Wollongong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.8°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 84 | 10.8 | 14.214 h |
| February | 24.3°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 118 | 12.3 | 13.413 h |
| March, selected | 23.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 109 | 13.9 | 12.312 h |
| April | 20.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 95 | 11.8 | 11.311 h |
| May | 18.3°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 97 | 10.0 | 10.410 h |
| June | 16.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 123 | 10.3 | 9.910 h |
| July | 15.5°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 66 | 7.9 | 10.110 h |
| August | 16.6°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 63 | 6.8 | 10.811 h |
| September | 18.8°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 59 | 7.5 | 11.812 h |
| October | 20.6°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 73 | 9.7 | 12.913 h |
| November | 21.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 85 | 10.8 | 13.914 h |
| December | 23.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 72 | 11.4 | 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
- Sydney in MarchAustralia · 68 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Blue Mountains in MarchAustralia · 95 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.8°C · 115 mm rain
- Central Coast in MarchAustralia · 119 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 89 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in MarchAustralia · 185 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 98 mm rain
- Canberra in MarchAustralia · 187 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Maitland in MarchAustralia · 198 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in MarchAustralia · 200 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.7°C · 55 mm rain
- Coffs Harbour in MarchAustralia · 504 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 Wollongong) is explained once on the Wollongong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.