Climate averages 1991–2020
New Plymouth weather
in March.
A mild, 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 New Plymouth: daytime highs average 19.2°C and nights cool to about 13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a 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 Hamilton, New Zealand (177 km away). In March its highs average 21.4°C, 2.1°C warmer than New Plymouth, with 72 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, New Plymouth ranks 8th of 11 for the warmest March highs and 11th of 11 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 11 cities is 19.6°C; New Plymouth is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 16.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 109 mm to 154 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
New Plymouth climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 106 | 10.3 | 14.615 h |
| February | 20.7°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 104 | 9.0 | 13.614 h |
| March, selected | 19.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 109 | 10.5 | 12.412 h |
| April | 16.9°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 154 | 12.6 | 11.111 h |
| May | 14.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 183 | 14.1 | 10.010 h |
| June | 12.7°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 185 | 14.7 | 9.59 h |
| July | 11.9°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 189 | 16.2 | 9.710 h |
| August | 12.4°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 177 | 16.0 | 10.611 h |
| September | 13.4°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 173 | 15.6 | 11.812 h |
| October | 14.7°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 171 | 14.9 | 13.113 h |
| November | 16.3°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 134 | 12.4 | 14.214 h |
| December | 18.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 160 | 13.4 | 14.815 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
- Hamilton, New Zealand in MarchNew Zealand · 177 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 12.8°C · 72 mm rain
- Palmerston North in MarchNew Zealand · 194 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 11.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Tauranga in MarchNew Zealand · 238 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Manukau City in MarchNew Zealand · 241 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 15.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Hastings, New Zealand in MarchNew Zealand · 246 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Lower Hutt in MarchNew Zealand · 249 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 13.6°C · 59 mm rain
- Auckland in MarchNew Zealand · 254 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 15.8°C · 69 mm rain
- Wellington in MarchNew Zealand · 254 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 New Plymouth) is explained once on the New Plymouth year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.