Climate averages 1991–2020
Manukau City weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 3rd 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 Manukau City: daytime highs average 21.2°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 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 21 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Auckland (19 km away). In March its highs average 21.1°C, about as warm as Manukau City, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Manukau City ranks 2nd of 11 for the warmest March highs and 7th of 11 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 11 cities is 19.6°C; Manukau City is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 18.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 67 mm to 78 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
Manukau City climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.2°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 65 | 8.4 | 14.414 h |
| February | 22.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 64 | 8.1 | 13.513 h |
| March, selected | 21.2°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 67 | 7.7 | 12.312 h |
| April | 18.9°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 78 | 9.2 | 11.211 h |
| May | 16.4°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 92 | 10.5 | 10.210 h |
| June | 14.3°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 100 | 11.2 | 9.710 h |
| July | 13.5°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 112 | 12.9 | 9.910 h |
| August | 13.8°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 97 | 13.7 | 10.711 h |
| September | 15.0°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 86 | 12.9 | 11.812 h |
| October | 16.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 76 | 11.4 | 13.013 h |
| November | 18.1°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 71 | 10.2 | 14.114 h |
| December | 20.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 87 | 10.9 | 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
- Auckland in MarchNew Zealand · 19 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 15.8°C · 69 mm rain
- Hamilton, New Zealand in MarchNew Zealand · 95 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 12.8°C · 72 mm rain
- Tauranga in MarchNew Zealand · 137 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 96 mm rain
- New Plymouth in MarchNew Zealand · 241 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 109 mm rain
- Hastings, New Zealand in MarchNew Zealand · 341 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Palmerston North in MarchNew Zealand · 379 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 11.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Lower Hutt in MarchNew Zealand · 470 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 13.6°C · 59 mm rain
- Wellington in MarchNew Zealand · 478 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 Manukau City) is explained once on the Manukau City year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.