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Whitsundays in March

Warm and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Whitsundays is warm: highs near 84°F, lows near 77°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 33 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Whitsundays is warm: highs near 29°C, lows near 25°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 33 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
84°F29°Caverage
Low
77°F25°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 66% of days
Daylight
12h 14mon average

Is March a good time to visit Whitsundays?

March sits outside Whitsundays's best months, which run from July to October. Expect warm days and rain on about five 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 73°F to 85°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in March, against 23°C to 29°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

66% of days in March, against 16% to 66% through the year.

Cloud cover

62% cover in March, against 30% to 64% through the year.

Daylight

12h 14m in March, against 10h 55m to 13h 20m 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. February85°29°low 78°low 26°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. March84°29°low 77°low 25°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. April82°28°low 75°low 24°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Whitsundays sits, in March

Australia/Brisbane
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:07 AMsets 6:21 PM
Above the sea
20 mlow-lying
Latitude
20.3°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Cairns499 km north-west

The land around Whitsundays, 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 Whitsundays

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 9 km east of Whitsundays. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. 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.