Climate averages 1991–2020
Austin weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Austin: daytime highs average 21.8°C and nights cool to about 11.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Round Rock (28 km away). In March its highs average 21.4°C, about as warm as Austin, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Austin ranks joint 61st of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 245th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Austin is 6.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 74 mm to 83 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
Austin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.9°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 61 | 7.1 | 10.410 h |
| February | 18.1°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 62 | 7.5 | 11.111 h |
| March, selected | 21.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 74 | 9.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 83 | 8.6 | 12.913 h |
| May | 29.3°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 116 | 10.8 | 13.714 h |
| June | 32.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 77 | 9.2 | 14.114 h |
| July | 34.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 42 | 5.7 | 13.914 h |
| August | 35.0°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 59 | 5.6 | 13.213 h |
| September | 31.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 75 | 8.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 85 | 7.2 | 11.511 h |
| November | 20.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 74 | 6.7 | 10.711 h |
| December | 16.6°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 70 | 7.4 | 10.210 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
- Round Rock in MarchUnited States · 28 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 11.0°C · 74 mm rain
- New Braunfels in MarchUnited States · 73 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 11.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Killeen in MarchUnited States · 95 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.3°C · 78 mm rain
- Temple in MarchUnited States · 100 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.4°C · 85 mm rain
- San Antonio in MarchUnited States · 118 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 12.1°C · 79 mm rain
- Bryan in MarchUnited States · 139 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 11.0°C · 90 mm rain
- College Station in MarchUnited States · 141 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 90 mm rain
- Waco in MarchUnited States · 154 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.3°C · 88 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 Austin) is explained once on the Austin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.