Your holiday weather, at a glance

Australia in March: where is it warmest?

In March, Broome is the warmest place with 33 °C by day, Hobart the coolest with 20 °C. 23 of 24 destinations have good holiday weather.

All destinations in March, warmest first

Long-term averages for the month: daytime high, sea, sunshine and rainy days.

Place	Score	Air	Sea	Sun	Rain days
Broome	75	33°	31°	7 h	11
Alice Springs	64	33°	–	10 h	3
Coober Pedy	64	32°	–	9 h	2
Darwin	73	31°	30°	7 h	25
Townsville	58	30°	29°	8 h	14
Perth	88	29°	23°	10 h	3
Airlie Beach (Whitsundays)	86	29°	28°	9 h	13
Cairns	72	28°	29°	7 h	19
Mackay	72	28°	28°	6 h	17
Brisbane	76	27°	–	8 h	13
Toowoomba	91	26°	–	8 h	7
Gold Coast (Surfers Paradise)	84	26°	26°	8 h	13
Sunshine Coast	69	26°	26°	7 h	16
Adelaide	98	25°	22°	9 h	3
Byron Bay	79	25°	26°	8 h	16
Newcastle	77	25°	23°	7 h	11
Melbourne	89	24°	20°	7 h	6
Sydney	77	24°	24°	7 h	11
Canberra	94	23°	–	8 h	6
Wollongong	74	23°	23°	7 h	13
Port Lincoln	66	23°	20°	8 h	3
Launceston	91	21°	–	9 h	7
Geelong	89	21°	19°	6 h	5
Hobart	83	20°	17°	7 h	9

Australia in March: where is it warmest?

The warmest places in March are Broome (33 °C), Alice Springs (33 °C) and Coober Pedy (32 °C).

Australia in March: where is the sea warmest?

The sea is warmest at Broome (31 °C), Darwin (30 °C) and Townsville (29 °C).

Australia in March: where is the weather best?

The best holiday weather in March – warm, sunny and dry – is in Adelaide, Canberra and Toowoomba.

Climate averages 1996–2025, not a forecast. Data: Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-Land via Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0), NOAA OISST, WMO 1991–2020 (NOAA NCEI), GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sources & licences