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Melbourne in March

Warm and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Melbourne is warm: highs near 78°F, lows near 58°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 10 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Melbourne is warm: highs near 26°C, lows near 14°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 10 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
78°F26°Caverage
Low
58°F14°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 20% of days
Daylight
12h 23mon average

Is March a good time to visit Melbourne?

Yes. March is one of Melbourne's best months (December to March).

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 78°F in March, against 58°F to 81°F through the year.Highs near 26°C in March, against 14°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

20% of days in March, against 20% to 41% through the year.

Cloud cover

38% cover in March, against 35% to 54% through the year.

Daylight

12h 23m in March, against 9h 35m to 14h 44m 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 60°low 16°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. March78°26°low 58°low 14°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. April71°22°low 53°low 12°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Melbourne sits, in March

Australia/Melbourne
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
7:18 AMsets 7:42 PM
Above the sea
20 mlow-lying
Latitude
37.8°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Merricks North61 km south

The land around Melbourne, 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 Melbourne

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