Alice Springs weather in March

In March, Alice Springs sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 19 mm of rain across 2.2 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 31°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of March to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Alice Springs's 6th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Alice Springs's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
5th warmest
Overnight low
19°
9th coldest
Rainfall
19 mm
2.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
6:39 AM – 6:49 PM
Cloud cover
28%
6th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
6.55 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.6
out of 10

Alice Springs is city in the Northern Territory, Australia.

Density
174/km²
people per km²
Founded
1872

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 31°C by the end.

A typical March day in Alice Springs reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 2°C cooler than February and about 4°C warmer than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How March really feels in Alice Springs

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 25 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
25
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in March is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Alice Springs weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 5th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan36° / 23°414.113.32.4
Feb35° / 22°404.212.83.0
Mar33° / 19°192.212.24.6
Apr29° / 14°151.411.57.3
May23° / 171.910.98.7
Jun20° / 91.510.68.1
Jul20° / 81.110.78.5
Aug23° / 40.911.29.2
Sep28° / 12°71.411.97.8
Oct31° / 16°162.512.65.6
Nov34° / 19°203.913.13.8
Dec35° / 22°384.813.42.9

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17426
27525
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47624
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67723
77822
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Alice Springs gets around 19 mm of rain over 2.2 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 7% and peaks near 13% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
113
213
312
412
511
611
710
810
99
108
118
127
137
147
156
166
176
185
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284
293
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313

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of March feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, March lands in the dry band about 82% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 5% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1729973
2749872
3749872
4759772
5759772
6769762
7779662
8779662
9789562
10789562
11799552
12799552
13799552
14809452
15809452
16829441
17828541
18828541
19828541
20838531
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22838531
23848521
24867520
25877420
26877420
27896410
28896410
29906310
30915310
31915310

Wind in March

Winds average 15 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
216light breeze
316light breeze
416light breeze
516light breeze
615light breeze
715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
1015light breeze
1115light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of March to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 42 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:32 AM to 6:45 AM, and sunset from 7:03 PM to 6:34 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.56:327:03
212.56:337:02
312.56:337:01
412.46:347:01
512.46:347:00
612.46:356:59
712.46:356:58
812.46:366:57
912.36:366:56
1012.36:366:55
1112.36:376:54
1212.36:376:53
1312.26:386:52
1412.26:386:51
1512.26:396:50
1612.26:396:49
1712.16:396:48
1812.16:406:47
1912.16:406:46
2012.16:416:45
2112.16:416:44
2212.06:416:43
2312.06:426:42
2412.06:426:41
2512.06:436:40
2611.96:436:39
2711.96:436:38
2811.96:446:37
2911.96:446:36
3011.86:456:35
3111.86:456:34

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6.55 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.93 kWh/m² to a high of 7.7 kWh/m² in January across the year — March's 6.55 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.7Intense
26.7Intense
36.6Intense
46.6Intense
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266.4Intense
276.4Intense
286.3Intense
296.3Intense
306.3Intense
316.2Intense
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Alice Springs?

Our two travel scores rate March for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.6
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
7.8
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Alice Springs for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Alice Springs in March

From March's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In March, Alice Springs sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Alice Springs in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Alice Springs peaks around January 12 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 6 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeJan 12UV 15Jun 22UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr10Very high
May7Very high
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug8Very high
Sep10Very high
Oct13Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec15Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Alice Springs?

Alice Springs sits at 23.7°S, 133.9°E, 583 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Uluru, 339 km away.

UluruMount IsaWhyallaBroken HillPalmerstonDarwinGawlerParalowie

Topography around Alice Springs

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Alice Springs.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Alice Springs has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 83 m around an average of 591 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 406 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 819 m.

The land around Alice Springs is covered by grassland (36%), artificial surfaces (31%) and shrubs (26%) within 3 km, grassland (51%) and shrubs (45%) within 16 km, and grassland (50%) and shrubs (46%) within 80 km.

3 km
83 m
16 km
406 m
80 km
819 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrain
March weather nearby: Uluru 339 km · Mount Isa 666 km · Whyalla 1,098 km · Broken Hill 1,182 km · Palmerston 1,284 km · Darwin 1,290 km · Gawler 1,301 km · Paralowie 1,312 km

Australia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type I
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 90% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$65,130
2025
Happiness
6.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
0.9
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
4.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
none 38%Roman Catholic 20%Protestant 18%other Christian 4%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Alice Springs (-23.6975°, 133.8836°, elevation 583 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).