Warrnambool weather in March

In March, Warrnambool sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 40 mm of rain across 6.8 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 54 min at the start of March to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Warrnambool's 3rd-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Warrnambool's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 40 mm; 6.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 7:30 AM – 7:49 PM
Cloud cover: 60%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 17 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 4.55 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.7; out of 10

Warrnambool is city in Victoria, Australia.

Founded: 1855

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 19°C by the end.

A typical March day in Warrnambool reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 1°C cooler than February and about 2°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	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Avg low (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13

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

Warrnambool weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 3rd-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	21° / 14°	46	5.9	14.4	7.2
Feb	21° / 15°	31	4.8	13.5	7.2
Mar	20° / 14°	40	6.8	12.3	6.7
Apr	18° / 13°	54	8.9	11	5.7
May	15° / 11°	74	11.6	9.9	4.5
Jun	14° / 10°	86	12.8	9.4	3.5
Jul	13° / 9°	99	14.4	9.6	3.2
Aug	13° / 9°	113	15.4	10.5	3.3
Sep	15° / 10°	88	14.3	11.7	3.9
Oct	16° / 10°	65	10.9	13	4.8
Nov	18° / 12°	61	9.1	14.1	5.7
Dec	19° / 13°	52	8.2	14.6	6.4

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	48	48	49	49	48	47	47	46	46	45	45	45	44	44	43	43	43	42	42	42	42	40	40	40	40	39	38	38	37	37	35
Cloudier (%)	52	52	51	51	52	53	53	54	54	55	55	55	56	56	57	57	57	58	58	58	58	60	60	60	60	61	62	62	63	63	65

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	48	52
6	47	53
7	47	53
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	45	55
11	45	55
12	45	55
13	44	56
14	44	56
15	43	57
16	43	57
17	43	57
18	42	58
19	42	58
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	40	60
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	40	60
26	39	61
27	38	62
28	38	62
29	37	63
30	37	63
31	35	65

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Warrnambool gets around 40 mm of rain over 6.8 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 22% and peaks near 30% 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 (%)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	19	19	20	21	21	22	23	24	25	26	26	27	28	28	29	29	29	30

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

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 71% 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 (%)	62	63	63	65	65	66	67	67	68	69	69	70	70	71	71	72	72	72	71	72	72	73	73	73	74	74	75	77	77	78	80
Comfortable (%)	30	29	29	28	28	27	26	26	25	24	24	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	21	21	20	19
Humid (%)	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	62	30	8
2	63	29	8
3	63	29	8
4	65	28	7
5	65	28	7
6	66	27	7
7	67	26	7
8	67	26	7
9	68	25	7
10	69	24	7
11	69	24	7
12	70	23	7
13	70	23	7
14	71	22	7
15	71	22	7
16	72	22	6
17	72	22	6
18	72	22	6
19	71	23	6
20	72	23	5
21	72	23	5
22	73	23	4
23	73	23	4
24	73	23	4
25	74	23	3
26	74	23	3
27	75	22	3
28	77	21	2
29	77	21	2
30	78	20	2
31	80	19	1

Wind in March

Winds average 17 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 18 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)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 54 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 72 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:15 AM to 7:45 AM, and sunset from 8:11 PM to 7:25 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)	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.7	11.7
Sunrise (AM)	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:25	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:29	7:30	7:31	7:32	7:33	7:34	7:35	7:36	7:37	7:38	7:39	7:40	7:41	7:42	7:43	7:44	7:45
Sunset (PM)	8:11	8:10	8:08	8:07	8:06	8:04	8:03	8:01	8:00	7:58	7:57	7:55	7:54	7:52	7:51	7:49	7:47	7:46	7:44	7:43	7:41	7:39	7:38	7:36	7:35	7:33	7:32	7:30	7:28	7:27	7:25

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.9	7:15	8:11
2	12.9	7:16	8:10
3	12.9	7:17	8:08
4	12.8	7:18	8:07
5	12.8	7:19	8:06
6	12.7	7:20	8:04
7	12.7	7:21	8:03
8	12.6	7:22	8:01
9	12.6	7:23	8:00
10	12.6	7:24	7:58
11	12.5	7:25	7:57
12	12.5	7:26	7:55
13	12.4	7:27	7:54
14	12.4	7:28	7:52
15	12.4	7:29	7:51
16	12.3	7:30	7:49
17	12.3	7:31	7:47
18	12.2	7:32	7:46
19	12.2	7:33	7:44
20	12.1	7:34	7:43
21	12.1	7:35	7:41
22	12.1	7:36	7:39
23	12.0	7:37	7:38
24	12.0	7:38	7:36
25	11.9	7:39	7:35
26	11.9	7:40	7:33
27	11.8	7:41	7:32
28	11.8	7:42	7:30
29	11.8	7:43	7:28
30	11.7	7:44	7:27
31	11.7	7:45	7:25

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.55 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.69 kWh/m² to a high of 6.96 kWh/m² in January across the year — March's 4.55 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)	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.7	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	5.4	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.1	Bright
7	5.1	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	4.9	Bright
11	4.8	Bright
12	4.8	Bright
13	4.7	Bright
14	4.7	Bright
15	4.6	Bright
16	4.5	Bright
17	4.5	Bright
18	4.4	Bright
19	4.4	Bright
20	4.3	Bright
21	4.2	Bright
22	4.2	Bright
23	4.1	Bright
24	4.1	Bright
25	4.0	Bright
26	4.0	Moderate
27	3.9	Moderate
28	3.8	Moderate
29	3.8	Moderate
30	3.7	Moderate
31	3.7	Moderate

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Warrnambool?

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 Warrnambool for sightseeing.

What to pack for Warrnambool in March

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

In March, Warrnambool sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

sun protection

Sea temperature near Warrnambool in March

The nearest coast averages about 17°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 September near 14°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)	18	18	17	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	15	16
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool

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

UV index in Warrnambool in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Warrnambool peaks around December 19 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 2 (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	10	8	5	2	2	2	3	4	7	9	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	10	Extreme
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	5	Moderate
May	2	Moderate
Jun	2	Low
Jul	2	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	7	High
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Warrnambool?

Warrnambool sits at 38.4°S, 142.5°E, 24 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Ballarat, 150 km away.

Topography around Warrnambool

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Warrnambool has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 51 m around an average of 15 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 103 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 426 m.

The land around Warrnambool is covered by grassland (37%) and artificial surfaces (31%) within 3 km, water (44%) and grassland (43%) within 16 km, and grassland (50%) and water (32%) within 80 km.

3 km

51 m

grassland 37%

16 km

103 m

water 44%

80 km

426 m

grassland 50%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

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

March weather nearby: Ballarat 150 km · Torquay 160 km · Highton 161 km · Mount Gambier 162 km · Geelong 166 km · Corio 169 km · Lara 172 km · Horsham 187 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 Warrnambool (-38.3818°, 142.488°, elevation 24 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	15
2	21	15
3	21	15
4	21	15
5	21	15
6	21	15
7	21	15
8	20	14
9	20	14
10	20	14
11	20	14
12	20	14
13	20	14
14	20	14
15	20	14
16	20	14
17	20	14
18	20	14
19	20	14
20	20	14
21	20	14
22	19	14
23	19	14
24	19	14
25	19	14
26	19	14
27	19	14
28	19	14
29	19	13
30	19	13
31	19	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	48	52
6	47	53
7	47	53
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	45	55
11	45	55
12	45	55
13	44	56
14	44	56
15	43	57
16	43	57
17	43	57
18	42	58
19	42	58
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	40	60
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	40	60
26	39	61
27	38	62
28	38	62
29	37	63
30	37	63
31	35	65

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	62	30	8
2	63	29	8
3	63	29	8
4	65	28	7
5	65	28	7
6	66	27	7
7	67	26	7
8	67	26	7
9	68	25	7
10	69	24	7
11	69	24	7
12	70	23	7
13	70	23	7
14	71	22	7
15	71	22	7
16	72	22	6
17	72	22	6
18	72	22	6
19	71	23	6
20	72	23	5
21	72	23	5
22	73	23	4
23	73	23	4
24	73	23	4
25	74	23	3
26	74	23	3
27	75	22	3
28	77	21	2
29	77	21	2
30	78	20	2
31	80	19	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	48	52
6	47	53
7	47	53
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	45	55
11	45	55
12	45	55
13	44	56
14	44	56
15	43	57
16	43	57
17	43	57
18	42	58
19	42	58
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	40	60
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	40	60
26	39	61
27	38	62
28	38	62
29	37	63
30	37	63
31	35	65

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	62	30	8
2	63	29	8
3	63	29	8
4	65	28	7
5	65	28	7
6	66	27	7
7	67	26	7
8	67	26	7
9	68	25	7
10	69	24	7
11	69	24	7
12	70	23	7
13	70	23	7
14	71	22	7
15	71	22	7
16	72	22	6
17	72	22	6
18	72	22	6
19	71	23	6
20	72	23	5
21	72	23	5
22	73	23	4
23	73	23	4
24	73	23	4
25	74	23	3
26	74	23	3
27	75	22	3
28	77	21	2
29	77	21	2
30	78	20	2
31	80	19	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	48	52
6	47	53
7	47	53
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	45	55
11	45	55
12	45	55
13	44	56
14	44	56
15	43	57
16	43	57
17	43	57
18	42	58
19	42	58
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	40	60
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	40	60
26	39	61
27	38	62
28	38	62
29	37	63
30	37	63
31	35	65

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	62	30	8
2	63	29	8
3	63	29	8
4	65	28	7
5	65	28	7
6	66	27	7
7	67	26	7
8	67	26	7
9	68	25	7
10	69	24	7
11	69	24	7
12	70	23	7
13	70	23	7
14	71	22	7
15	71	22	7
16	72	22	6
17	72	22	6
18	72	22	6
19	71	23	6
20	72	23	5
21	72	23	5
22	73	23	4
23	73	23	4
24	73	23	4
25	74	23	3
26	74	23	3
27	75	22	3
28	77	21	2
29	77	21	2
30	78	20	2
31	80	19	1