Christchurch Weather in March
Average highs run from 8°C on March 1 to 10°C on March 31, and lows from 6°C to 7°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 59 mm over about 12 wet days.
March day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
March at a glance
- Average high
- 9°C
- Average low
- 7°C
- Precipitation
- 59 mm
- Record high
- 21°CMar 28, 2012
- Record low
- -8°CMar 3, 1986
- Daylight
- 10 h 57 min to 12 h 52 min
- Cloud cover
- 69%
- Humidity
- 86%
- Dew point
- 6°C
- Wind
- 25.9 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 | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1 | 8°C | 6°C | 14°C 2012 | -5°C 2004 | 46% |
| Mar 2 | 8°C | 6°C | 18°C 1977 | -7°C 2004 | 46% |
| Mar 3 | 9°C | 6°C | 14°C 2012 | -8°C 1986 | 45% |
| Mar 4 | 9°C | 6°C | 14°C 2003 | -6°C 2005 | 44% |
| Mar 5 | 9°C | 6°C | 13°C 1994 | -7°C 1988 | 44% |
| Mar 6 | 9°C | 6°C | 13°C 2025 | -5°C 2009 | 43% |
| Mar 7 | 9°C | 6°C | 16°C 2014 | -4°C 1978 | 41% |
| Mar 8 | 9°C | 6°C | 15°C 2025 | -6°C 2016 | 41% |
| Mar 9 | 9°C | 6°C | 16°C 2025 | -6°C 1976 | 40% |
| Mar 10 | 9°C | 6°C | 16°C 2025 | -5°C 1999 | 38% |
| Mar 11 | 9°C | 6°C | 16°C 1997 | -4°C 1996 | 37% |
| Mar 12 | 9°C | 7°C | 16°C 1997 | -4°C 1973 | 35% |
| Mar 13 | 9°C | 7°C | 17°C 1991 | -6°C 1987 | 35% |
| Mar 14 | 9°C | 7°C | 15°C 1991 | -6°C 1987 | 36% |
| Mar 15 | 9°C | 7°C | 16°C 1993 | -3°C 2023 | 36% |
| Mar 16 | 9°C | 7°C | 16°C 2005 | -4°C 2010 | 36% |
| Mar 17 | 9°C | 7°C | 19°C 1999 | -5°C 1985 | 36% |
| Mar 18 | 9°C | 7°C | 16°C 1990 | -6°C 1985 | 35% |
| Mar 19 | 9°C | 7°C | 16°C 2022 | -3°C 2012 | 36% |
| Mar 20 | 9°C | 7°C | 18°C 2025 | -8°C 1985 | 35% |
| Mar 21 | 9°C | 7°C | 16°C 2022 | -4°C 2018 | 35% |
| Mar 22 | 9°C | 7°C | 17°C 2012 | -7°C 1980 | 36% |
| Mar 23 | 9°C | 7°C | 17°C 2022 | -5°C 1979 | 36% |
| Mar 24 | 10°C | 7°C | 20°C 2012 | -6°C 1976 | 36% |
| Mar 25 | 10°C | 7°C | 18°C 2012 | -3°C 1982 | 37% |
| Mar 26 | 10°C | 7°C | 20°C 2012 | -5°C 1993 | 38% |
| Mar 27 | 10°C | 7°C | 19°C 2022 | -4°C 1990 | 38% |
| Mar 28 | 10°C | 7°C | 21°C 2012 | -4°C 1996 | 38% |
| Mar 29 | 10°C | 7°C | 21°C 2012 | -5°C 1975 | 37% |
| Mar 30 | 10°C | 7°C | 18°C 2014 | -6°C 2004 | 37% |
| Mar 31 | 10°C | 7°C | 16°C 2014 | -5°C 2013 | 36% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+0).
- March 1
- sunrise 6:51 AM, sunset 5:48 PM
- March 31
- sunrise 6:46 AM, sunset 7:38 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station UKM00003862, 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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.