Climate averages 1991–2020
Hastings, New Zealand weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th 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 Hastings, New Zealand: daytime highs average 20.8°C and nights cool to about 13.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Palmerston North (132 km away). In March its highs average 19.6°C, 1.1°C cooler than Hastings, New Zealand, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Hastings, New Zealand ranks 4th of 11 for the warmest March highs and 2nd of 11 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 11 cities is 19.6°C; Hastings, New Zealand is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 18.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 56 mm to 69 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
Hastings, New Zealand climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.2°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 61 | 8.1 | 14.615 h |
| February | 22.8°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 55 | 7.7 | 13.614 h |
| March, selected | 20.8°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 56 | 8.1 | 12.412 h |
| April | 18.0°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 69 | 8.2 | 11.111 h |
| May | 15.5°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 54 | 8.5 | 10.010 h |
| June | 13.0°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 71 | 9.4 | 9.49 h |
| July | 12.2°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 85 | 10.7 | 9.710 h |
| August | 13.0°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 65 | 11.1 | 10.611 h |
| September | 14.9°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 60 | 10.0 | 11.812 h |
| October | 17.1°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 65 | 10.2 | 13.113 h |
| November | 18.9°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 57 | 9.3 | 14.314 h |
| December | 21.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 63 | 10.0 | 14.915 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
- Palmerston North in MarchNew Zealand · 132 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 11.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Tauranga in MarchNew Zealand · 225 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Lower Hutt in MarchNew Zealand · 240 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 13.6°C · 59 mm rain
- New Plymouth in MarchNew Zealand · 246 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 109 mm rain
- Hamilton, New Zealand in MarchNew Zealand · 247 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 12.8°C · 72 mm rain
- Wellington in MarchNew Zealand · 254 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 14.0°C · 59 mm rain
- Manukau City in MarchNew Zealand · 341 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 15.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Auckland in MarchNew Zealand · 360 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 15.8°C · 69 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 Hastings) is explained once on the Hastings, New Zealand year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.