Climate averages 1991–2020
Tauranga weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Tauranga: daytime highs average 20.7°C and nights cool to about 14.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a wet month (the joint 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 Hamilton, New Zealand (78 km away). In March its highs average 21.4°C, 0.7°C warmer than Tauranga, with 72 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in New Zealand, Tauranga ranks 5th of 11 for the warmest March highs and 10th of 11 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 11 cities is 19.6°C; Tauranga is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 18.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 96 mm to 117 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
Tauranga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 86 | 9.6 | 14.414 h |
| February | 22.2°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 97 | 8.4 | 13.514 h |
| March, selected | 20.7°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 96 | 9.4 | 12.412 h |
| April | 18.3°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 117 | 9.8 | 11.111 h |
| May | 15.8°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 113 | 9.9 | 10.110 h |
| June | 13.7°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 129 | 10.7 | 9.610 h |
| July | 12.9°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 133 | 11.6 | 9.810 h |
| August | 13.4°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 117 | 12.5 | 10.711 h |
| September | 14.8°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 112 | 12.0 | 11.812 h |
| October | 16.4°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 96 | 12.0 | 13.013 h |
| November | 18.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 89 | 10.5 | 14.114 h |
| December | 20.2°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 112 | 11.9 | 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
- Hamilton, New Zealand in MarchNew Zealand · 78 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 12.8°C · 72 mm rain
- Manukau City in MarchNew Zealand · 137 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 15.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Auckland in MarchNew Zealand · 155 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 15.8°C · 69 mm rain
- Hastings, New Zealand in MarchNew Zealand · 225 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.0°C · 56 mm rain
- New Plymouth in MarchNew Zealand · 238 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 109 mm rain
- Palmerston North in MarchNew Zealand · 301 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 11.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Lower Hutt in MarchNew Zealand · 407 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 13.6°C · 59 mm rain
- Wellington in MarchNew Zealand · 418 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 Tauranga) is explained once on the Tauranga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.