Devonport weather in March

In March, Devonport sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 52 mm of rain across 7.6 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 hours at the start of March to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Devonport's 3rd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Devonport's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 52 mm; 7.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 7:14 AM – 7:34 PM
Cloud cover: 57%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.53 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.7; out of 10

Devonport is city in Tasmania, Australia.

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 6 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 225/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1890

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

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical March day in Devonport reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 2°C cooler than February and about 3°C warmer than April.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	11
2	21	11
3	21	11
4	21	11
5	21	11
6	21	11
7	21	11
8	21	11
9	21	11
10	21	11
11	21	11
12	21	11
13	20	11
14	20	10
15	20	10
16	20	10
17	20	10
18	20	10
19	20	10
20	20	10
21	19	10
22	19	10
23	19	10
24	19	10
25	19	10
26	19	10
27	19	9
28	19	9
29	18	9
30	18	9
31	18	9

Devonport weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 4th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	22° / 12°	60	7.3	14.6	7.1
Feb	22° / 12°	52	7.1	13.7	7.0
Mar	20° / 10°	52	7.6	12.3	6.7
Apr	17° / 8°	59	8.1	10.9	5.5
May	14° / 6°	73	9.2	9.7	4.2
Jun	12° / 5°	77	9.9	9.1	3.2
Jul	11° / 4°	92	11.8	9.3	2.8
Aug	12° / 5°	94	13	10.4	3.0
Sep	14° / 6°	90	12.5	11.7	3.6
Oct	16° / 7°	74	10.7	13.1	4.7
Nov	18° / 8°	71	9.7	14.3	5.8
Dec	20° / 10°	64	8.5	14.9	6.5

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	50	51	51	51	51	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	49	49	49	49	49	49	48	48	48
Cloudier (%)	50	49	49	49	49	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	51	51	51	51	51	51	52	52	52

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	50	50
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	50	50
19	50	50
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	49	51
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	49	51
28	49	51
29	48	52
30	48	52
31	48	52

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Devonport gets around 52 mm of rain over 7.6 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 24% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	22	22	23	23	24	25	25	26	27	27	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28

	Rain chance (%)
1	21
2	21
3	21
4	21
5	20
6	20
7	20
8	21
9	21
10	21
11	21
12	22
13	22
14	23
15	23
16	24
17	25
18	25
19	26
20	27
21	27
22	28
23	28
24	29
25	29
26	29
27	29
28	29
29	29
30	28
31	28

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 83% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	78	78	78	79	80	80	80	80	80	81	81	81	81	82	82	82	82	83	83	83	83	84	84	85	85	86	86	87	89	89	90
Comfortable (%)	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	10
Humid (%)	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	78	16	6
2	78	16	6
3	78	16	6
4	79	15	6
5	80	15	5
6	80	15	5
7	80	15	5
8	80	15	5
9	80	15	5
10	81	15	4
11	81	15	4
12	81	15	4
13	81	15	4
14	82	15	3
15	82	15	3
16	82	15	3
17	82	15	3
18	83	15	2
19	83	15	2
20	83	15	2
21	83	15	2
22	84	15	1
23	84	15	1
24	85	14	1
25	85	14	1
26	86	13	1
27	86	13	1
28	87	12	1
29	89	11	0
30	89	11	0
31	90	10	0

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 hours at the start of March to 11 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 84 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:57 AM to 7:30 AM, and sunset from 7:59 PM to 7:09 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	13.0	13.0	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.8	11.8	11.7	11.7	11.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:57	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:10	7:11	7:12	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:18	7:20	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:25	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:29	7:30
Sunset (PM)	7:59	7:57	7:56	7:54	7:53	7:51	7:49	7:48	7:46	7:45	7:43	7:41	7:40	7:38	7:36	7:34	7:33	7:31	7:29	7:28	7:26	7:24	7:22	7:21	7:19	7:17	7:16	7:14	7:12	7:10	7:09

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.0	6:57	7:59
2	13.0	6:58	7:57
3	12.9	6:59	7:56
4	12.9	7:00	7:54
5	12.9	7:02	7:53
6	12.8	7:03	7:51
7	12.8	7:04	7:49
8	12.7	7:05	7:48
9	12.7	7:06	7:46
10	12.6	7:07	7:45
11	12.6	7:08	7:43
12	12.5	7:10	7:41
13	12.5	7:11	7:40
14	12.4	7:12	7:38
15	12.4	7:13	7:36
16	12.3	7:14	7:34
17	12.3	7:15	7:33
18	12.2	7:16	7:31
19	12.2	7:17	7:29
20	12.2	7:18	7:28
21	12.1	7:20	7:26
22	12.1	7:21	7:24
23	12.0	7:22	7:22
24	12.0	7:23	7:21
25	11.9	7:24	7:19
26	11.9	7:25	7:17
27	11.8	7:26	7:16
28	11.8	7:27	7:14
29	11.7	7:28	7:12
30	11.7	7:29	7:10
31	11.6	7:30	7:09

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.53 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.54 kWh/m² to a high of 7.03 kWh/m² in January across the year — March's 4.53 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.7
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.1	Bright
6	5.1	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	4.9	Bright
10	4.9	Bright
11	4.8	Bright
12	4.8	Bright
13	4.7	Bright
14	4.6	Bright
15	4.6	Bright
16	4.5	Bright
17	4.5	Bright
18	4.4	Bright
19	4.3	Bright
20	4.3	Bright
21	4.2	Bright
22	4.2	Bright
23	4.1	Bright
24	4.0	Bright
25	4.0	Bright
26	4.0	Moderate
27	3.9	Moderate
28	3.9	Moderate
29	3.8	Moderate
30	3.8	Moderate
31	3.7	Moderate

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Devonport?

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

6.7

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

3.4

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Devonport for sightseeing.

What to pack for Devonport in March

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

In March, Devonport sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

sun protection

Sea temperature near Devonport in March

The nearest coast averages about 18°C in March — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in February at about 18°C and coldest in August near 12°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	17	18	18	17	15	14	13	12	12	13	14	16
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	17	Cool
Feb	18	Cool
Mar	18	Cool
Apr	17	Cool
May	15	Cool
Jun	14	Bracing
Jul	13	Bracing
Aug	12	Bracing
Sep	12	Bracing
Oct	13	Bracing
Nov	14	Bracing
Dec	16	Cool

UV index in Devonport in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Devonport peaks around December 21 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	11	9	8	4	2	1	2	3	4	6	8	12
Level	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	9	Very high
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	4	Moderate
May	2	Moderate
Jun	1	Low
Jul	2	Low
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	6	High
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Devonport?

Devonport sits at 41.2°S, 146.4°E, 28 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Burnie, 40 km away.

Topography around Devonport

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Devonport has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 143 m around an average of 25 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 480 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,533 m.

The land around Devonport is covered by artificial surfaces (35%) and water (27%) within 3 km, water (43%), grassland (26%) and trees (21%) within 16 km, and trees (45%), water (30%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

143 m

artificial surfaces 35%

16 km

480 m

water 43%

80 km

1,533 m

trees 45%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← February Devonport year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Burnie 40 km · Launceston 72 km · Hobart 206 km · Traralgon 332 km · Warragul 337 km · Mount Martha 343 km · Mornington 348 km · Langwarrin 350 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

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 Devonport (-41.1769°, 146.3515°, elevation 28 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	11
2	21	11
3	21	11
4	21	11
5	21	11
6	21	11
7	21	11
8	21	11
9	21	11
10	21	11
11	21	11
12	21	11
13	20	11
14	20	10
15	20	10
16	20	10
17	20	10
18	20	10
19	20	10
20	20	10
21	19	10
22	19	10
23	19	10
24	19	10
25	19	10
26	19	10
27	19	9
28	19	9
29	18	9
30	18	9
31	18	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	50	50
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	50	50
19	50	50
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	49	51
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	49	51
28	49	51
29	48	52
30	48	52
31	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	21
2	21
3	21
4	21
5	20
6	20
7	20
8	21
9	21
10	21
11	21
12	22
13	22
14	23
15	23
16	24
17	25
18	25
19	26
20	27
21	27
22	28
23	28
24	29
25	29
26	29
27	29
28	29
29	29
30	28
31	28

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	78	16	6
2	78	16	6
3	78	16	6
4	79	15	6
5	80	15	5
6	80	15	5
7	80	15	5
8	80	15	5
9	80	15	5
10	81	15	4
11	81	15	4
12	81	15	4
13	81	15	4
14	82	15	3
15	82	15	3
16	82	15	3
17	82	15	3
18	83	15	2
19	83	15	2
20	83	15	2
21	83	15	2
22	84	15	1
23	84	15	1
24	85	14	1
25	85	14	1
26	86	13	1
27	86	13	1
28	87	12	1
29	89	11	0
30	89	11	0
31	90	10	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	11
2	21	11
3	21	11
4	21	11
5	21	11
6	21	11
7	21	11
8	21	11
9	21	11
10	21	11
11	21	11
12	21	11
13	20	11
14	20	10
15	20	10
16	20	10
17	20	10
18	20	10
19	20	10
20	20	10
21	19	10
22	19	10
23	19	10
24	19	10
25	19	10
26	19	10
27	19	9
28	19	9
29	18	9
30	18	9
31	18	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	50	50
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	50	50
19	50	50
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	49	51
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	49	51
28	49	51
29	48	52
30	48	52
31	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	21
2	21
3	21
4	21
5	20
6	20
7	20
8	21
9	21
10	21
11	21
12	22
13	22
14	23
15	23
16	24
17	25
18	25
19	26
20	27
21	27
22	28
23	28
24	29
25	29
26	29
27	29
28	29
29	29
30	28
31	28

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	78	16	6
2	78	16	6
3	78	16	6
4	79	15	6
5	80	15	5
6	80	15	5
7	80	15	5
8	80	15	5
9	80	15	5
10	81	15	4
11	81	15	4
12	81	15	4
13	81	15	4
14	82	15	3
15	82	15	3
16	82	15	3
17	82	15	3
18	83	15	2
19	83	15	2
20	83	15	2
21	83	15	2
22	84	15	1
23	84	15	1
24	85	14	1
25	85	14	1
26	86	13	1
27	86	13	1
28	87	12	1
29	89	11	0
30	89	11	0
31	90	10	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	11
2	21	11
3	21	11
4	21	11
5	21	11
6	21	11
7	21	11
8	21	11
9	21	11
10	21	11
11	21	11
12	21	11
13	20	11
14	20	10
15	20	10
16	20	10
17	20	10
18	20	10
19	20	10
20	20	10
21	19	10
22	19	10
23	19	10
24	19	10
25	19	10
26	19	10
27	19	9
28	19	9
29	18	9
30	18	9
31	18	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	50	50
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	50	50
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	50	50
19	50	50
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	49	51
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	49	51
27	49	51
28	49	51
29	48	52
30	48	52
31	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	21
2	21
3	21
4	21
5	20
6	20
7	20
8	21
9	21
10	21
11	21
12	22
13	22
14	23
15	23
16	24
17	25
18	25
19	26
20	27
21	27
22	28
23	28
24	29
25	29
26	29
27	29
28	29
29	29
30	28
31	28

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	78	16	6
2	78	16	6
3	78	16	6
4	79	15	6
5	80	15	5
6	80	15	5
7	80	15	5
8	80	15	5
9	80	15	5
10	81	15	4
11	81	15	4
12	81	15	4
13	81	15	4
14	82	15	3
15	82	15	3
16	82	15	3
17	82	15	3
18	83	15	2
19	83	15	2
20	83	15	2
21	83	15	2
22	84	15	1
23	84	15	1
24	85	14	1
25	85	14	1
26	86	13	1
27	86	13	1
28	87	12	1
29	89	11	0
30	89	11	0
31	90	10	0