Autumn begins on 1 March, and by 14 March 2026 the southern states see shorter days and cooler mornings settling in. The northern wet season continues through March, with cyclone activity still active ahead of its April end, while the south moves out of its summer bushfire peak as the season turns over into the cooler months.
Sport fixtures, markets and family events across Australia are concentrated on Saturdays more than any other day of the week. 14 March 2026 falls on Saturday, outside the standard working-day count used on this page, between the working week that ends on Friday and the one that begins the following Monday.
2026 has 365 days on the calendar. Leap years add a single extra day to February, giving those years 366 days instead of 365 and shifting the day-of-year number for every date from March onward by one compared with an ordinary year. This is the only irregularity in the length of the Australian calendar year.
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