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Papeete in March

Hot and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Papeete is hot: highs near 86°F, lows near 77°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, and the days shorten by 28 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Papeete is hot: highs near 30°C, lows near 25°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, and the days shorten by 28 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
86°F30°Caverage
Low
77°F25°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 78% of days
Daylight
12h 13mon average

Is March a good time to visit Papeete?

March sits outside Papeete's best months, which run from July to September. Expect hot 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 86°F in March, against 82°F to 86°F through the year.Highs near 30°C in March, against 28°C to 30°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

78% of days in March, against 40% to 84% through the year.

Cloud cover

68% cover in March, against 35% to 75% through the year.

Daylight

12h 13m in March, against 11h 06m to 13h 10m 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 77°low 25°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  2. March86°30°low 77°low 25°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. April86°30°low 77°low 25°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Papeete sits, in March

Pacific/Tahiti
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:01 AMsets 6:14 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
17.5°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Arue57 km north

The land around Papeete, 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 French Polynesia in March

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 18 km south of Papeete. 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, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (10 m) against the climate model's (234 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (10 m) against the climate model's (234 m). 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.