Timaru Weather in March
Average highs run from 18°C on March 1 to 17°C on March 31, and lows from 12°C to 11°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 50 mm over about 9 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
- 18°C
- Average low
- 12°C
- Precipitation
- 50 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 27°CMar 5, 2019
- Reanalysis low
- 6°CMar 23, 1992
- Daylight
- 13 h 10 min to 11 h 37 min
- Cloud cover
- 69%
- Humidity
- 75%
- Dew point
- 10°C
- Wind
- 16.6 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 | 18°C | 12°C | 23°C 2001 | 8°C 2014 | 29% |
| Mar 2 | 18°C | 12°C | 23°C 2015 | 9°C 2012 | 27% |
| Mar 3 | 18°C | 12°C | 26°C 2000 | 9°C 1992 | 27% |
| Mar 4 | 18°C | 12°C | 24°C 2019 | 9°C 2006 | 28% |
| Mar 5 | 18°C | 12°C | 27°C 2019 | 9°C 2014 | 29% |
| Mar 6 | 18°C | 12°C | 24°C 2019 | 9°C 1991 | 29% |
| Mar 7 | 18°C | 12°C | 23°C 2019 | 8°C 1994 | 29% |
| Mar 8 | 18°C | 12°C | 24°C 1998 | 8°C 1994 | 28% |
| Mar 9 | 18°C | 12°C | 23°C 2004 | 8°C 2006 | 28% |
| Mar 10 | 18°C | 12°C | 24°C 2016 | 9°C 2008 | 28% |
| Mar 11 | 18°C | 12°C | 24°C 1992 | 7°C 2009 | 28% |
| Mar 12 | 18°C | 12°C | 24°C 2007 | 9°C 2016 | 30% |
| Mar 13 | 18°C | 12°C | 24°C 2019 | 8°C 2000 | 30% |
| Mar 14 | 18°C | 12°C | 24°C 2010 | 8°C 2000 | 31% |
| Mar 15 | 17°C | 12°C | 23°C 2008 | 9°C 2007 | 31% |
| Mar 16 | 17°C | 12°C | 21°C 2004 | 7°C 1996 | 31% |
| Mar 17 | 17°C | 12°C | 24°C 2017 | 7°C 1995 | 31% |
| Mar 18 | 17°C | 11°C | 23°C 2008 | 8°C 1992 | 31% |
| Mar 19 | 17°C | 12°C | 23°C 2008 | 8°C 2015 | 30% |
| Mar 20 | 17°C | 12°C | 24°C 2018 | 9°C 1994 | 31% |
| Mar 21 | 17°C | 12°C | 25°C 2016 | 7°C 1994 | 30% |
| Mar 22 | 17°C | 11°C | 21°C 1999 | 7°C 1992 | 30% |
| Mar 23 | 17°C | 11°C | 22°C 1998 | 6°C 1992 | 30% |
| Mar 24 | 17°C | 11°C | 24°C 1998 | 7°C 2004 | 30% |
| Mar 25 | 17°C | 11°C | 26°C 2001 | 7°C 1994 | 31% |
| Mar 26 | 17°C | 11°C | 24°C 2019 | 8°C 2012 | 30% |
| Mar 27 | 17°C | 11°C | 24°C 2008 | 9°C 1993 | 30% |
| Mar 28 | 17°C | 11°C | 24°C 1999 | 8°C 1993 | 32% |
| Mar 29 | 17°C | 11°C | 24°C 1998 | 8°C 1993 | 32% |
| Mar 30 | 17°C | 11°C | 23°C 2007 | 9°C 2001 | 32% |
| Mar 31 | 17°C | 11°C | 23°C 2010 | 8°C 2002 | 34% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+13).
- March 1
- sunrise 7:12 AM, sunset 8:22 PM
- March 31
- sunrise 7:50 AM, sunset 7:27 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.