Average March Rainfall for Australian Cities
The tables below list monthly averages for rainfall during March at large cities across Australia.
Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets a year and for the normal amount of precipitation. The calculation of days only includes the days when rain totalled at least one millimetre (0.04 inches).
The month's precipitation measurements are long-term historical averages of weather data collected during 1991 to 2020.
| Days | City | Inches | Millimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Adelaide, South Australia | 1.0 | 25 |
| 4 | Albury, New South Wales | 1.7 | 44 |
| 5 | Ballarat, Victoria | 1.2 | 32 |
| 3 | Bendigo, Victoria | 1.1 | 29 |
| 9 | Brisbane, Queensland | 3.9 | 100 |
| 3 | Bunbury, Western Australia | 0.8 | 20 |
| 9 | Bundaberg, Queensland | 4.0 | 102 |
| 15 | Cairns, Queensland | 14.5 | 368 |
| 5 | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | 2.3 | 58 |
| 14 | Coffs Harbour, New South Wales | 8.8 | 223 |
| 17 | Darwin, Northern Territory | 12.4 | 314 |
| 4 | Geelong, Victoria | 1.0 | 25 |
| 11 | Gold Coast, Queensland | 5.3 | 134 |
| 9 | Gosford, New South Wales | 5.8 | 147 |
| Days | City | Inches | Millimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Hobart, Tasmania | 1.5 | 37 |
| 4 | Launceston, Tasmania | 1.5 | 39 |
| 13 | Mackay, Queensland | 10.2 | 259 |
| 8 | Maitland, New South Wales | 3.4 | 86 |
| 3 | Mandurah, Western Australia | 0.7 | 17 |
| 5 | Melbourne, Victoria | 1.5 | 38 |
| 9 | Newcastle, New South Wales | 4.5 | 114 |
| 3 | Perth, Western Australia | 0.7 | 18 |
| 6 | Rockhampton, Queensland | 3.5 | 89 |
| 10 | Sydney, New South Wales | 4.6 | 118 |
| 8 | Toowoomba, Queensland | 3.5 | 88 |
| 8 | Townsville, Queensland | 6.2 | 157 |
| 10 | Wollongong, New South Wales | 5.0 | 126 |
Reference
Australian Government. Bureau of Meteorology. Climate Data Online.