Climate averages 1991–2020
Francistown weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Francistown: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bulawayo (159 km away). In March its highs average 25.9°C, 2.8°C cooler than Francistown, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Botswana, Francistown ranks 4th of 5 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 5 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 5 cities is 29.1°C; Francistown is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 45 mm to 11 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Francistown climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.7°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 95 | 11.7 | 13.313 h |
| February | 29.4°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 88 | 9.6 | 12.813 h |
| March, selected | 28.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 45 | 6.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.2°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 11 | 2.5 | 11.612 h |
| May | 25.1°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 4.2 | 0.9 | 11.111 h |
| June | 22.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 3.5 | 0.5 | 10.911 h |
| July | 22.0°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 3.5 | 0.4 | 11.011 h |
| August | 25.9°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| September | 29.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 5.5 | 1.1 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.8°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 15 | 3.4 | 12.613 h |
| November | 31.2°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 55 | 9.2 | 13.113 h |
| December | 29.8°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 96 | 12.8 | 13.413 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Bulawayo in MarchZimbabwe · 159 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.0°C · 65 mm rain
- Gweru in MarchZimbabwe · 307 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.3°C · 82 mm rain
- Louis Trichardt in MarchSouth Africa · 323 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Kwekwe in MarchZimbabwe · 347 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Polokwane in MarchSouth Africa · 365 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.4°C · 74 mm rain
- Thohoyandou in MarchSouth Africa · 365 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 17.9°C · 97 mm rain
- Masvingo in MarchZimbabwe · 367 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Mokopane in MarchSouth Africa · 370 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 16.7°C · 59 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Francistown) is explained once on the Francistown year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.