Australia

Sydney in March

Historical averages 2016–2025 · not a forecast

March weather in Sydney

March in Sydney averages daily highs of 26°C and lows of 18°C, with 10 hours of sunshine a day and rain on about 15 of 31 days.

Daily high
26°C average
Overnight low
18°C average
Rain days
15 of 31 days with at least 1 mm (48% rain-day chance)
Sunshine
10 hours a day
Daylight
12 hours calculated day length

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Sydney in March

March in Sydney: average highs of 26°C, lows of 18°C and 10 hours of sunshine a day. A starting point for planning around the historical weather.

March in Sydney, Australia, brings average daily highs of 26°C and overnight lows of 18°C in the 2016–2025 historical record. Light clothing is a useful starting point, with room in the plan to pause indoors. Decide how much walking to fit into each day using the local forecast, rather than treating the monthly average as a limit.

In the record, at least 1 mm of rain or snow falls on 15 of 31 days on average, a daily chance of 48%. Give wet-weather alternatives a proper place in the itinerary. Arrange outdoor plans so you can move them between days, and pack a rain layer rather than relying on a completely dry run of weather.

The calculated day length, sunrise to sunset, averages about 12 hours. Sunshine averages 10 hours a day. Use the daylight window to plan the length of excursions, and check local sunrise and sunset times for the dates of your stay. Sunshine is a separate measure, and those hours need not arrive in one uninterrupted stretch.

For nature trips or walks, keep the longest outings movable and check route conditions locally; a monthly climate average cannot establish whether a particular path is accessible. If the coast is part of your plan, check water conditions separately. Air temperature and sunshine do not establish swimming conditions, surf quality or diving visibility.

April has an average daily high of 24°C, 2°C lower than March. Its historical rain-day chance is 29%, compared with 48% this month. If your dates are flexible, compare those trade-offs with the kind of days you want. Neither set of averages predicts the conditions of one particular holiday.

Sources

Open-Meteo · 1 Jan 2016 – 31 Dec 2025
  • Open-Meteo Historical Weather API
  • Averages of every day in March, on local days. Every year is weighted equally.
  • A rain day has at least 1 mm, snow included. Daylight is calculated from latitude, sunrise to sunset; sunshine hours are separate.