Climate averages 1991–2020
Hamilton, New Zealand weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Hamilton, New Zealand: daytime highs average 21.4°C and nights cool to about 12.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 2nd 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 Tauranga (78 km away). In March its highs average 20.7°C, 0.7°C cooler than Hamilton, New Zealand, with 96 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Hamilton, New Zealand ranks 1st of 11 for the warmest March highs and 9th of 11 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 11 cities is 19.6°C; Hamilton, New Zealand is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 18.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 72 mm to 92 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
Hamilton, New Zealand climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.5°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 70 | 8.8 | 14.414 h |
| February | 23.2°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 72 | 8.0 | 13.514 h |
| March, selected | 21.4°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 72 | 7.6 | 12.412 h |
| April | 18.6°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 92 | 9.4 | 11.111 h |
| May | 15.8°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 107 | 11.4 | 10.110 h |
| June | 13.5°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 114 | 12.1 | 9.610 h |
| July | 12.9°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 127 | 13.3 | 9.810 h |
| August | 13.5°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 122 | 14.8 | 10.711 h |
| September | 14.8°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 114 | 13.9 | 11.812 h |
| October | 16.4°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 100 | 12.7 | 13.013 h |
| November | 18.1°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 88 | 11.0 | 14.114 h |
| December | 20.5°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 99 | 11.0 | 14.715 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
- Tauranga in MarchNew Zealand · 78 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Manukau City in MarchNew Zealand · 95 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 15.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Auckland in MarchNew Zealand · 114 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 15.8°C · 69 mm rain
- New Plymouth in MarchNew Zealand · 177 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 109 mm rain
- Hastings, New Zealand in MarchNew Zealand · 247 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Palmerston North in MarchNew Zealand · 288 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 11.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Lower Hutt in MarchNew Zealand · 383 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 13.6°C · 59 mm rain
- Wellington in MarchNew Zealand · 392 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 Hamilton) is explained once on the Hamilton, New Zealand year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.