Saint Ives weather in March

In March, Saint Ives sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 82 mm of rain across 11.6 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in March, and the air most often feels humid.

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 Saint Ives's 8th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Saint Ives's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
19°
10th coldest
Rainfall
82 mm
11.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
6:57 AM – 7:13 PM
Cloud cover
50%
8th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.74 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.8
out of 10

Saint Ives is suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month.

A typical March day in Saint Ives reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 1°C cooler than February and about 2°C warmer than April.

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Saint Ives weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 3rd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan24° / 20°729.3147.2
Feb24° / 20°9310.313.36.9
Mar23° / 19°8211.612.36.8
Apr21° / 17°7710.511.26.7
May19° / 14°799.710.36.4
Jun17° / 12°9710.39.85.6
Jul16° / 11°567.7105.8
Aug17° / 11°536.610.76.4
Sep19° / 13°506.711.86.9
Oct20° / 15°59812.86.8
Nov21° / 17°729.113.86.8
Dec23° / 19°608.614.27.2

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 37%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15743
25743
35842
45842
55842
65941
76040
86139
96238
106238
116337
126337
136436
146436
156436
166436
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196337
206337
216436
226436
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246436
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306733
316733

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Saint Ives gets around 82 mm of rain over 11.6 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 37% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
138
238
339
439
539
638
738
838
938
1037
1137
1237
1336
1436
1536
1636
1736
1836
1936
2036
2136
2236
2336
2437
2537
2637
2737
2837
2937
3037
3137

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, March lands in the humid band about 37% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 28% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
161737373
261838362
361838352
461939342
561939332
672039332
772039322
872140312
972140312
1072240302
1172239302
1272239292
1382339292
1482338282
1582438282
1692437282
1792437272
18102536272
19102536262
20112536262
21122636252
22122636242
23132735232
24142735222
25152835202
26162935191
27163034181
28173134171
29183233161
30193333141
31203433130

Wind in March

Winds average 17 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
118light breeze
218light breeze
318light breeze
418light breeze
518light breeze
618light breeze
717light breeze
817light breeze
917light breeze
1017light breeze
1117light breeze
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3016light breeze
3116light breeze

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 6:45 AM to 7:09 AM, and sunset from 7:32 PM to 6:52 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.86:457:32
212.86:467:31
312.76:477:30
412.76:487:29
512.66:487:27
612.66:497:26
712.66:507:25
812.56:517:23
912.56:527:22
1012.56:527:21
1112.46:537:20
1212.46:547:18
1312.46:557:17
1412.36:567:16
1512.36:567:14
1612.36:577:13
1712.26:587:11
1812.26:597:10
1912.27:007:09
2012.17:007:07
2112.17:017:06
2212.07:027:05
2312.07:037:03
2412.07:037:02
2511.97:047:00
2611.97:056:59
2711.97:066:58
2811.87:066:56
2911.87:076:55
3011.87:086:53
3111.77:096:52

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.74 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.45 kWh/m² to a high of 6.64 kWh/m² in January across the year — March's 4.74 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.2Bright
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55.1Bright
65.0Bright
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95.0Bright
104.9Bright
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214.6Bright
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244.5Bright
254.5Bright
264.5Bright
274.4Bright
284.4Bright
294.4Bright
304.4Bright
314.3Bright
Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Saint Ives

In seasonPeak

In March, Saint Ives sits inside its cyclone season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Saint Ives sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

Cyclone
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is March a good time to visit Saint Ives?

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

6.8
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
5.3
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Saint Ives for sightseeing.

What to pack for Saint Ives in March

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

In March, Saint Ives sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 19°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Saint Ives in March

The nearest coast averages about 23°C in March — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 23 km away) is warmest in February at about 23°C and coldest in August near 18°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Nov 16 to Jun 4 — about 6.6 months when the water holds above 20°C.

16°18°20°22°24°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccoolrefreshingwarmcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan23Refreshing
Feb23Refreshing
Mar23Refreshing
Apr22Refreshing
May21Refreshing
Jun20Cool
Jul19Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep18Cool
Oct19Cool
Nov20Refreshing
Dec21Refreshing

UV index in Saint Ives in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Saint Ives peaks around January 16 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highModerateHighVery highExtremeJan 16UV 12Jun 19UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb11Extreme
Mar9Very high
Apr6High
May4Moderate
Jun2Moderate
Jul3Moderate
Aug4Moderate
Sep6High
Oct8Very high
Nov10Very high
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Saint Ives?

Saint Ives sits at 33.7°S, 151.2°E, 168 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Wahroonga, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Saint Ives

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Saint Ives has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 192 m around an average of 134 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 251 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,084 m.

The land around Saint Ives is covered by trees (88%) within 3 km, trees (66%) within 16 km, and trees (55%) and water (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
192 m
16 km
251 m
80 km
1,084 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
March weather nearby: Wahroonga 4.0 km · Hornsby 6.0 km · Chatswood 8.0 km · Epping 9.0 km · Eastwood 10 km · West Pennant Hills 11 km · Cherrybrook 11 km · Ryde 11 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 Saint Ives (-33.7298°, 151.1598°, elevation 168 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). 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).