Bathurst weather in March

In March, Bathurst sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 51 mm of rain across 6.4 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of March to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Bathurst's 1st-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bathurst's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
4th warmest
Overnight low
11°
9th coldest
Rainfall
51 mm
6.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
7:04 AM – 7:19 PM
Cloud cover
45%
1st clearest
Wind
11 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.4 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.6
out of 10

Bathurst is city in New South Wales, Australia.

Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 11.3 µg/m³ · 2019
Founded
1815

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 24°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical March day in Bathurst reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 3°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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22412
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How March really feels in Bathurst

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

March sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Bathurst weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 4th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 14°638.30147.0
Feb25° / 13°647.8013.27.2
Mar23° / 11°516.4012.37.6
Apr19° / 344.5011.27.0
May15° / 345.40.110.35.0
Jun11° / 497.50.59.83.0
Jul10° / 477.90.4102.6
Aug12° / 537.70.810.83.4
Sep15° / 567.70.111.85.1
Oct19° / 598.10.112.86.5
Nov22° / 759.5013.76.8
Dec25° / 12°818.7014.27.3

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in March, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 35%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16238
26238
36337
46337
56436
66535
76634
86634
96733
106832
116832
126931
136931
146832
156733
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316634

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Bathurst gets around 51 mm of rain over 6.4 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 21% and peaks near 25% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
125
225
324
424
524
623
723
822
921
1021
1120
1220
1320
1420
1519
1619
1720
1820
1920
2020
2120
2220
2320
2420
2520
2619
2719
2819
2919
3018
3118

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 76% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
164288
264288
366277
467267
568257
669247
769247
870237
972226
1073216
1174206
1275196
1375196
1476186
1576186
1677176
1777176
1878166
1978166
2079165
2180155
2280155
2382144
2482144
2583134
2684133
2785123
2886122
2987112
3088102
3188102

Wind in March

Winds average 11 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
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511calm
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811calm
911calm
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1211calm
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3110calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 min at the start of March to 11 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 66 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:52 AM to 7:15 AM, and sunset from 7:38 PM to 6:58 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.86:527:38
212.76:527:37
312.76:537:36
412.76:547:35
512.66:557:33
612.66:567:32
712.66:577:31
812.56:577:30
912.56:587:28
1012.56:597:27
1112.47:007:26
1212.47:017:24
1312.47:017:23
1412.37:027:22
1512.37:037:20
1612.37:047:19
1712.27:047:18
1812.27:057:16
1912.27:067:15
2012.17:077:14
2112.17:077:12
2212.07:087:11
2312.07:097:09
2412.07:107:08
2511.97:107:07
2611.97:117:05
2711.97:127:04
2811.87:137:03
2911.87:137:01
3011.87:147:00
3111.77:156:58

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.29 kWh/m² to a high of 7.45 kWh/m² in January across the year — March's 5.4 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.9Bright
25.9Bright
35.8Bright
45.8Bright
55.8Bright
65.8Bright
75.7Bright
85.7Bright
95.7Bright
105.6Bright
115.6Bright
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135.5Bright
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205.3Bright
215.2Bright
225.2Bright
235.1Bright
245.1Bright
255.0Bright
265.0Bright
275.0Bright
284.9Bright
294.9Bright
304.8Bright
314.8Bright
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Bathurst?

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

7.6
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
5.8
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

March is one of the better times to visit Bathurst for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Bathurst in March

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

In March, Bathurst sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Bathurst in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bathurst peaks around January 1 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highModerateHighVery highExtremeJan 1UV 13Jun 18UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar10Very high
Apr6High
May4Moderate
Jun3Moderate
Jul3Moderate
Aug5Moderate
Sep6High
Oct9Very high
Nov11Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Bathurst in March

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where March falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Bathurst is worst in December — around 27 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 6.1× the cleanest month (July, 4 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Bathurst's WHO annual average of 11.3 µg/m³.

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateDec 1725 µg/m³Jul 225 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb7Good
Mar8Good
Apr14Moderate
May22Moderate
Jun12Good
Jul4Good
Aug6Good
Sep7Good
Oct8Good
Nov9Good
Dec27Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Bathurst?

Bathurst sits at 33.4°S, 149.6°E, 670 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Orange, 47 km away.

Topography around Bathurst

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bathurst has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 134 m around an average of 674 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 380 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,252 m.

The land around Bathurst is covered by grassland (42%) and artificial surfaces (37%) within 3 km, grassland (77%) within 16 km, and grassland (50%) and trees (48%) within 80 km.

3 km
134 m
16 km
380 m
80 km
1,252 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
March weather nearby: Orange 47 km · Katoomba 75 km · Blue Mountains 77 km · Glenmore Park 109 km · Cranebrook 109 km · St Clair 119 km · Mount Druitt 121 km · Quakers Hill 126 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 Bathurst (-33.4166°, 149.5806°, elevation 670 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).