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Brisbane in March

Warm and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Brisbane is warm: highs near 84°F, lows near 69°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 47 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Brisbane is warm: highs near 29°C, lows near 21°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 47 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
84°F29°Caverage
Low
69°F21°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 47% of days
Daylight
12h 18mon average

Is March a good time to visit Brisbane?

March sits outside Brisbane's best months, which run from June to September. Expect warm days and rain on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 84°F in March, against 71°F to 87°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in March, against 22°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

47% of days in March, against 16% to 48% through the year.

Cloud cover

36% cover in March, against 18% to 40% through the year.

Daylight

12h 18m in March, against 10h 26m to 13h 51m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with March shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. February87°31°low 71°low 22°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. March84°29°low 69°low 21°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. April81°27°low 63°low 17°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Brisbane sits, in March

Australia/Brisbane
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
5:49 AMsets 6:06 PM
Above the sea
20 mlow-lying
Latitude
27.5°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Gold Coast70 km south-east

The land around Brisbane, shaded by its typical high in March, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Australia in March

high · low · wet days
See March on the planning mapThe whole year in Brisbane

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Brisbane. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.