Canberra climate

Canberra Weather in March

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Canberra, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 23°C on March 1 to 19°C on March 31, and lows from 11°C to 8°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 59 mm over about 7 wet days.

March day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Canberra, in °C.510152025151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high

March at a glance

Average high
22°C
Average low
10°C
Precipitation
59 mm
Daylight
12 h 51 min to 11 h 45 min
Cloud cover
53%
Humidity
67%
Dew point
8°C
Wind
6.1 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Mar 123°C11°C28%
Mar 223°C11°C27%
Mar 323°C11°C28%
Mar 423°C11°C28%
Mar 523°C11°C28%
Mar 623°C10°C26%
Mar 723°C10°C24%
Mar 823°C10°C24%
Mar 923°C10°C24%
Mar 1023°C10°C25%
Mar 1123°C10°C25%
Mar 1223°C10°C24%
Mar 1322°C10°C24%
Mar 1422°C10°C24%
Mar 1522°C10°C24%
Mar 1622°C10°C23%
Mar 1722°C10°C23%
Mar 1822°C10°C23%
Mar 1921°C10°C22%
Mar 2021°C9°C22%
Mar 2121°C9°C23%
Mar 2221°C9°C23%
Mar 2321°C9°C24%
Mar 2420°C9°C23%
Mar 2520°C9°C22%
Mar 2620°C8°C22%
Mar 2720°C8°C23%
Mar 2820°C8°C22%
Mar 2919°C8°C22%
Mar 3019°C8°C22%
Mar 3119°C8°C22%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Canberra, in percent.01020301102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+11).

March 1
sunrise 6:50 AM, sunset 7:41 PM
March 31
sunrise 7:15 AM, sunset 7:00 PM

Every day of March: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station ASN00070246, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-26. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.