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Auckland in March

Warm and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Auckland is warm: highs near 74°F, lows near 62°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 7 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Auckland is warm: highs near 23°C, lows near 17°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 7 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
74°F23°Caverage
Low
62°F17°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 34% of days
Daylight
12h 23mon average

Is March a good time to visit Auckland?

Yes. March is one of Auckland's best months (January to April).

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 74°F in March, against 60°F to 77°F through the year.Highs near 23°C in March, against 16°C to 25°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

34% of days in March, against 34% to 49% through the year.

Cloud cover

40% cover in March, against 40% to 50% through the year.

Daylight

12h 23m in March, against 9h 41m to 14h 39m 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. February77°25°low 64°low 18°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. March74°23°low 62°low 17°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. April70°21°low 59°low 15°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Auckland sits, in March

Pacific/Auckland
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
7:19 AMsets 7:42 PM
Above the sea
20 mlow-lying
Latitude
36.9°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Taupō234 km south-east

The land around Auckland, 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 New Zealand in March

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

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