Climate averages 1991–2020
Auckland weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Auckland: daytime highs average 21.1°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manukau City (19 km away). In March its highs average 21.2°C, about as warm as Auckland, with 67 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Auckland ranks 3rd of 11 for the warmest March highs and 8th of 11 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 11 cities is 19.6°C; Auckland is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 18.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 69 mm to 75 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
Auckland climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.0°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 68 | 8.7 | 14.414 h |
| February | 22.6°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 65 | 8.0 | 13.513 h |
| March, selected | 21.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 69 | 8.6 | 12.312 h |
| April | 18.9°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 75 | 9.5 | 11.211 h |
| May | 16.5°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 96 | 11.5 | 10.210 h |
| June | 14.4°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 101 | 11.8 | 9.710 h |
| July | 13.6°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 114 | 14.0 | 9.910 h |
| August | 13.8°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 104 | 14.6 | 10.711 h |
| September | 15.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 93 | 13.6 | 11.812 h |
| October | 16.4°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 77 | 11.9 | 13.013 h |
| November | 18.0°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 74 | 10.8 | 14.114 h |
| December | 20.2°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 92 | 11.0 | 14.615 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
- Manukau City in MarchNew Zealand · 19 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 15.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Hamilton, New Zealand in MarchNew Zealand · 114 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 12.8°C · 72 mm rain
- Tauranga in MarchNew Zealand · 155 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 96 mm rain
- New Plymouth in MarchNew Zealand · 254 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 109 mm rain
- Hastings, New Zealand in MarchNew Zealand · 360 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Palmerston North in MarchNew Zealand · 397 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 11.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Lower Hutt in MarchNew Zealand · 486 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 13.6°C · 59 mm rain
- Wellington in MarchNew Zealand · 493 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 14.0°C · 59 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 Auckland) is explained once on the Auckland year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.