March Temperatures in New Zealand

Average temperatures for March at cities, towns, beaches and islands throughout New Zealand are listed below.

Separate lists for the North, South and outlying islands give the month's maximum and minimum temperatures, in degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit, based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020.

North Island

Average March temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
73	59	Auckland	23	15
71	61	Cape Reinga	22	16
73	55	Gisborne	23	13
73	59	Great Barrier Island	23	15
74	53	Hamilton	23	11
72	57	Kaikohe	22	14
73	58	Kaitaia	23	14
73	56	Kerikeri	23	14
73	51	Masterton	23	10
72	54	Napier	22	12
70	54	New Plymouth	21	12
71	53	Palmerston North	22	12
70	52	Rotorua	21	11
69	50	Taupo	21	10
73	57	Tauranga	23	14
74	56	Thames	23	13
74	56	Waiheke Island	24	13
66	55	Wellington	19	13
61	42	Whakapapa Village, Tongariro	16	6
70	55	Whanganui	21	13
73	61	Whangaparaoa	23	16
74	59	Whangarei	23	15
73	55	Whitianga	23	13

South Island

Average daily temperatures in March
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
69	52	Akaroa	21	11
61	43	Arthur's Pass	16	6
71	51	Blenheim	22	11
69	51	Christchurch	21	11
64	50	Dunedin	18	10
69	57	Farewell Spit	21	14
66	49	Franz Josef	19	9
66	53	Greymouth	19	11
64	45	Invercargill	18	7
66	53	Kaikoura	19	12
66	44	Lake Rotoiti	19	7
67	43	Lake Tekapo	20	6
65	43	Manapouri	18	6
65	49	Milford Sound	19	9
65	44	Mt Cook	18	7
70	53	Nelson	21	12
69	47	Queenstown	21	9
63	52	Secretary Island	17	11
65	49	Timaru	18	9
68	53	Westport	20	12

Other Islands

Temperatures averages for March
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
53	46	Auckland Islands	12	8
52	44	Campbell Island	11	7
65	53	Chatham Island	18	12
78	68	Raoul Island	25	20
61	47	Stewart Island, Oban	16	8

Average Temperatures in March for New Zealand

North Island

South Island

Other Islands

Reference

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