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Sydney in March: every year compared

In March, Sydney averages highs of 25.6 °C and lows of 16.8 °C, with 66 mm of precipitation. The warmest March was 2025 (22.6 °C), the coldest 1984 (18.9 °C).

Avg. highAvg. high 25.6 °C

Avg. lowAvg. low 16.8 °C

PrecipitationPrecipitation 66 mm

Rainy daysRainy days 11

Day by day through March

Normal high and low for each day of March in Sydney.

Normal high and low, day by dayNormal 1991–2020

Every March in Sydney, ranked

86 months of March since 1940. The last one, 2025, ranks 1 of 86 (+1.7 °C vs normal).

194019832025

2025 · 22.6 °C · +1.7 °C vs normal · rank 1 of 86

Warmest years

1202522.6 °C
2198322.5 °C
3199822.3 °C
4201622.2 °C
5196822.1 °C

Coldest years

1198418.9 °C
2198719.0 °C
3199419.1 °C
4196719.2 °C
5194819.2 °C

All 86 years in a table

Year	Mean temperature	Daytime highs	Night lows	Precipitation	Hot days (30 °C+)	Rainy days
2025	22.6 °C	27.0 °C	19.1 °C	92 mm	6 days	15 days
2024	21.6 °C	27.1 °C	17.1 °C	41 mm	4 days	11 days
2023	22.1 °C	27.7 °C	17.5 °C	79 mm	8 days	15 days
2022	20.6 °C	23.9 °C	17.7 °C	333 mm	0 days	21 days
2021	20.4 °C	24.7 °C	16.7 °C	224 mm	3 days	14 days
2020	20.1 °C	24.5 °C	16.1 °C	104 mm	4 days	18 days
2019	21.9 °C	26.7 °C	17.7 °C	137 mm	6 days	15 days
2018	22.0 °C	27.2 °C	17.6 °C	38 mm	6 days	8 days
2017	21.8 °C	25.4 °C	19.1 °C	218 mm	2 days	20 days
2016	22.2 °C	27.4 °C	17.9 °C	34 mm	6 days	11 days
2015	20.9 °C	26.5 °C	16.5 °C	55 mm	4 days	9 days
2014	21.4 °C	25.8 °C	17.6 °C	105 mm	0 days	17 days
2013	21.3 °C	25.8 °C	17.1 °C	46 mm	3 days	6 days
2012	20.1 °C	24.1 °C	16.6 °C	150 mm	0 days	12 days
2011	21.4 °C	25.8 °C	17.9 °C	57 mm	4 days	10 days
2010	21.5 °C	26.1 °C	17.5 °C	67 mm	5 days	9 days
2009	21.1 °C	26.1 °C	16.6 °C	41 mm	3 days	10 days
2008	20.1 °C	25.3 °C	15.6 °C	31 mm	1 day	7 days
2007	21.4 °C	26.1 °C	17.2 °C	43 mm	6 days	8 days
2006	22.0 °C	26.6 °C	18.2 °C	26 mm	5 days	9 days
2005	19.5 °C	23.9 °C	15.6 °C	45 mm	1 day	7 days
2004	21.1 °C	25.8 °C	16.9 °C	23 mm	3 days	6 days
2003	20.0 °C	24.5 °C	15.8 °C	62 mm	1 day	11 days
2002	20.5 °C	25.3 °C	16.4 °C	66 mm	5 days	10 days
2001	20.6 °C	24.9 °C	16.7 °C	95 mm	0 days	13 days
2000	21.3 °C	25.3 °C	18.2 °C	152 mm	4 days	16 days
1999	21.5 °C	26.3 °C	17.2 °C	50 mm	7 days	9 days
1998	22.3 °C	28.0 °C	17.4 °C	17 mm	9 days	5 days
1997	20.9 °C	25.5 °C	16.5 °C	29 mm	3 days	8 days
1996	19.8 °C	24.7 °C	15.4 °C	24 mm	1 day	11 days
1995	19.9 °C	24.9 °C	15.2 °C	85 mm	3 days	14 days
1994	19.1 °C	23.2 °C	14.9 °C	56 mm	0 days	15 days
1993	19.7 °C	24.2 °C	15.6 °C	54 mm	0 days	12 days
1992	20.5 °C	24.7 °C	16.4 °C	51 mm	0 days	12 days
1991	21.2 °C	26.8 °C	15.6 °C	18 mm	6 days	2 days
1990	20.4 °C	25.1 °C	16.4 °C	66 mm	2 days	14 days
1989	21.1 °C	25.4 °C	17.7 °C	70 mm	4 days	16 days
1988	19.7 °C	24.6 °C	15.7 °C	44 mm	3 days	11 days
1987	19.0 °C	23.9 °C	15.1 °C	88 mm	2 days	10 days
1986	21.3 °C	26.8 °C	17.1 °C	9 mm	5 days	3 days
1985	21.0 °C	25.9 °C	17.0 °C	70 mm	3 days	12 days
1984	18.9 °C	23.8 °C	14.8 °C	110 mm	2 days	9 days
1983	22.5 °C	27.5 °C	18.6 °C	112 mm	9 days	8 days
1982	20.8 °C	25.0 °C	17.7 °C	115 mm	3 days	12 days
1981	20.9 °C	26.2 °C	16.1 °C	12 mm	4 days	5 days
1980	21.7 °C	27.6 °C	17.3 °C	24 mm	7 days	6 days
1979	20.1 °C	24.7 °C	16.3 °C	207 mm	4 days	11 days
1978	21.4 °C	25.7 °C	17.8 °C	238 mm	2 days	16 days
1977	21.1 °C	26.2 °C	16.8 °C	130 mm	5 days	11 days
1976	19.7 °C	23.3 °C	16.8 °C	168 mm	0 days	16 days
1975	19.9 °C	24.3 °C	16.1 °C	56 mm	1 day	10 days
1974	20.1 °C	23.9 °C	17.0 °C	217 mm	1 day	13 days
1973	20.7 °C	25.4 °C	16.8 °C	36 mm	5 days	9 days
1972	19.3 °C	23.9 °C	15.7 °C	64 mm	2 days	11 days
1971	20.7 °C	25.1 °C	16.8 °C	30 mm	2 days	11 days
1970	19.6 °C	24.4 °C	15.3 °C	55 mm	1 day	10 days
1969	20.9 °C	25.4 °C	16.9 °C	118 mm	3 days	11 days
1968	22.1 °C	26.9 °C	18.8 °C	44 mm	4 days	15 days
1967	19.2 °C	23.1 °C	15.4 °C	80 mm	1 day	13 days
1966	20.1 °C	25.0 °C	16.0 °C	90 mm	5 days	11 days
1965	21.3 °C	27.5 °C	15.9 °C	5 mm	9 days	3 days
1964	21.0 °C	25.5 °C	17.2 °C	69 mm	7 days	7 days
1963	20.7 °C	24.0 °C	17.6 °C	88 mm	3 days	19 days
1962	20.0 °C	24.2 °C	16.0 °C	40 mm	0 days	17 days
1961	20.4 °C	25.1 °C	16.3 °C	79 mm	2 days	10 days
1960	19.8 °C	24.1 °C	15.9 °C	51 mm	1 day	14 days
1959	20.6 °C	24.5 °C	17.5 °C	104 mm	2 days	14 days
1958	21.2 °C	26.0 °C	17.4 °C	80 mm	5 days	13 days
1957	20.0 °C	25.0 °C	15.5 °C	37 mm	3 days	11 days
1956	21.7 °C	24.6 °C	19.0 °C	184 mm	1 day	20 days
1955	21.6 °C	25.2 °C	18.5 °C	63 mm	0 days	14 days
1954	20.5 °C	25.9 °C	15.3 °C	24 mm	4 days	9 days
1953	20.6 °C	25.7 °C	15.7 °C	34 mm	3 days	7 days
1952	20.7 °C	26.1 °C	15.9 °C	35 mm	4 days	10 days
1951	21.4 °C	25.7 °C	17.8 °C	58 mm	3 days	9 days
1950	20.7 °C	24.3 °C	18.0 °C	139 mm	3 days	24 days
1949	20.4 °C	24.0 °C	17.5 °C	32 mm	1 day	10 days
1948	19.2 °C	23.5 °C	15.0 °C	39 mm	2 days	11 days
1947	19.3 °C	23.8 °C	15.4 °C	42 mm	0 days	9 days
1946	20.1 °C	25.2 °C	15.5 °C	25 mm	2 days	9 days
1945	19.7 °C	24.8 °C	15.3 °C	20 mm	5 days	9 days
1944	19.7 °C	24.3 °C	16.2 °C	70 mm	2 days	11 days
1943	21.7 °C	27.1 °C	17.5 °C	42 mm	9 days	9 days
1942	19.4 °C	23.5 °C	16.4 °C	43 mm	1 day	7 days
1941	21.3 °C	27.1 °C	16.6 °C	18 mm	8 days	7 days
1940	20.4 °C	25.6 °C	16.1 °C	38 mm	4 days	14 days

March records

Hottest day

41.3 °C

March 9, 1983 estimate

Nearby station: 41.2 °C on March 9, 1983 measured

Coldest night

7.5 °C

March 28, 1953 estimate

Nearby station: 7.4 °C on March 24, 1967 measured

Wettest day

101 mm

March 4, 1979 estimate

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Questions & answers

How warm is Sydney in March?

Highs average 25.6 °C and lows 16.8 °C. A typical March brings 3 hot days (30 °C or more) and 0 frost days.

Does it rain a lot in Sydney in March?

About 66 mm falls in March, over some 11 days with at least 1 mm. The wettest March was 2022 (333 mm), the driest 1965 (5 mm).

What was the warmest March in Sydney?

2025, with a mean temperature of 22.6 °C. The coldest was 1984 (18.9 °C). The last one, 2025, ranks 1 of 86.