Climate averages 1991–2020
Lower Hutt 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 Lower Hutt: daytime highs average 18.5°C and nights cool to about 13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 59 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 23 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wellington (14 km away). In March its highs average 17.2°C, 1.3°C cooler than Lower Hutt, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Lower Hutt ranks 9th of 11 for the warmest March highs and joint 3rd of 11 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 11 cities is 19.6°C; Lower Hutt is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 16.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 59 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
Lower Hutt climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.5°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 58 | 8.4 | 14.815 h |
| February | 19.9°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 56 | 7.4 | 13.714 h |
| March, selected | 18.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 59 | 8.2 | 12.412 h |
| April | 16.3°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 69 | 9.6 | 11.011 h |
| May | 14.3°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 70 | 10.4 | 9.910 h |
| June | 12.3°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 88 | 12.1 | 9.39 h |
| July | 11.5°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 84 | 12.2 | 9.510 h |
| August | 11.8°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 80 | 13.1 | 10.510 h |
| September | 13.0°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 76 | 11.8 | 11.812 h |
| October | 14.4°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 88 | 11.9 | 13.213 h |
| November | 15.8°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 73 | 10.7 | 14.414 h |
| December | 17.9°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 68 | 10.8 | 15.115 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
- Wellington in MarchNew Zealand · 14 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 14.0°C · 59 mm rain
- Palmerston North in MarchNew Zealand · 112 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 11.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Hastings, New Zealand in MarchNew Zealand · 240 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.0°C · 56 mm rain
- New Plymouth in MarchNew Zealand · 249 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 109 mm rain
- Christchurch in MarchNew Zealand · 319 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 10.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Hamilton, New Zealand in MarchNew Zealand · 383 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 12.8°C · 72 mm rain
- Tauranga in MarchNew Zealand · 407 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Manukau City in MarchNew Zealand · 470 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 15.3°C · 67 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 Lower Hutt) is explained once on the Lower Hutt year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.