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Canberra in March

Warm and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Canberra is warm: highs near 77°F, lows near 55°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 3 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Canberra is warm: highs near 25°C, lows near 13°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 3 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
77°F25°Caverage
Low
55°F13°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 25% of days
Daylight
12h 22mon average

Is March a good time to visit Canberra?

Yes. March is one of Canberra's best months (February to April, or December).

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 77°F in March, against 53°F to 83°F through the year.Highs near 25°C in March, against 12°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

25% of days in March, against 18% to 34% through the year.

Cloud cover

39% cover in March, against 37% to 52% through the year.

Daylight

12h 22m in March, against 9h 49m to 14h 30m 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. February81°27°low 58°low 14°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. March77°25°low 55°low 13°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. April69°21°low 47°low 8°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Canberra sits, in March

Australia/Sydney
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
7:02 AMsets 7:24 PM
Above the sea
550 mlow-lying
Latitude
35.3°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Falls Creek239 km south-west

The land around Canberra, 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 Canberra

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Canberra. 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.