Cairns Weather in March
Average highs run from 28°C on March 1 to 27°C on March 31, and lows from 27°C to 26°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 388 mm over about 22 wet days.
March day by day
The normal high and low for each date, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Reanalysis extreme high
- Reanalysis extreme low
March at a glance
- Average high
- 28°C
- Average low
- 27°C
- Precipitation
- 388 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 32°CMar 27, 2017
- Reanalysis low
- 24°CMar 31, 1997
- Daylight
- 12 h 26 min to 11 h 56 min
- Cloud cover
- 69%
- Humidity
- 82%
- Dew point
- 24°C
- Wind
- 19.4 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Reanalysis high | Reanalysis low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1 | 28°C | 27°C | 30°C 2003 | 26°C 1991 | 81% |
| Mar 2 | 28°C | 27°C | 30°C 2016 | 26°C 1992 | 80% |
| Mar 3 | 28°C | 27°C | 30°C 2010 | 26°C 2000 | 79% |
| Mar 4 | 28°C | 27°C | 30°C 2010 | 25°C 1991 | 79% |
| Mar 5 | 28°C | 27°C | 30°C 2010 | 25°C 1991 | 78% |
| Mar 6 | 28°C | 27°C | 30°C 2010 | 25°C 2008 | 77% |
| Mar 7 | 28°C | 27°C | 30°C 2010 | 26°C 2008 | 77% |
| Mar 8 | 28°C | 27°C | 30°C 2010 | 25°C 1991 | 76% |
| Mar 9 | 28°C | 27°C | 29°C 2010 | 25°C 1991 | 75% |
| Mar 10 | 28°C | 27°C | 29°C 2017 | 25°C 1997 | 74% |
| Mar 11 | 28°C | 27°C | 29°C 2004 | 24°C 1997 | 74% |
| Mar 12 | 28°C | 27°C | 29°C 2007 | 24°C 1997 | 73% |
| Mar 13 | 28°C | 27°C | 29°C 2007 | 25°C 1997 | 73% |
| Mar 14 | 28°C | 27°C | 30°C 2017 | 25°C 1997 | 72% |
| Mar 15 | 28°C | 27°C | 30°C 1992 | 25°C 1997 | 72% |
| Mar 16 | 28°C | 27°C | 30°C 1992 | 25°C 1991 | 72% |
| Mar 17 | 28°C | 27°C | 31°C 1992 | 25°C 1991 | 72% |
| Mar 18 | 28°C | 27°C | 31°C 1993 | 25°C 1997 | 72% |
| Mar 19 | 28°C | 27°C | 29°C 1992 | 25°C 1991 | 71% |
| Mar 20 | 28°C | 27°C | 29°C 2017 | 24°C 1991 | 70% |
| Mar 21 | 28°C | 27°C | 29°C 2016 | 25°C 1997 | 69% |
| Mar 22 | 28°C | 27°C | 29°C 2016 | 25°C 2000 | 68% |
| Mar 23 | 28°C | 27°C | 29°C 2001 | 25°C 1991 | 67% |
| Mar 24 | 28°C | 27°C | 30°C 2005 | 25°C 1991 | 68% |
| Mar 25 | 28°C | 26°C | 30°C 2017 | 25°C 1994 | 68% |
| Mar 26 | 28°C | 26°C | 31°C 2017 | 25°C 1994 | 68% |
| Mar 27 | 28°C | 26°C | 32°C 2017 | 25°C 1994 | 68% |
| Mar 28 | 28°C | 26°C | 32°C 2017 | 25°C 1994 | 67% |
| Mar 29 | 28°C | 26°C | 31°C 2017 | 25°C 1997 | 68% |
| Mar 30 | 28°C | 26°C | 30°C 2017 | 25°C 1997 | 69% |
| Mar 31 | 27°C | 26°C | 30°C 2017 | 24°C 1997 | 70% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+10).
- March 1
- sunrise 6:16 AM, sunset 6:42 PM
- March 31
- sunrise 6:23 AM, sunset 6:19 PM
Other months
Sources
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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.