Climate averages 1991–2020
Mogoditshane weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Mogoditshane: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gaborone (5 km away). In March its highs average 29.1°C, about as warm as Mogoditshane, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Botswana, Mogoditshane ranks joint 2nd of 5 for the warmest March highs and 2nd of 5 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 5 cities is 29.1°C; Mogoditshane is level with that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 50 mm to 25 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
Mogoditshane climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.9°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 78 | 10.9 | 13.513 h |
| February | 30.5°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 71 | 9.1 | 12.913 h |
| March, selected | 29.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 50 | 7.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 26.5°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 25 | 3.7 | 11.512 h |
| May | 24.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 12 | 1.5 | 10.911 h |
| June | 21.0°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 8.2 | 1.0 | 10.611 h |
| July | 20.8°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 1.8 | 0.5 | 10.811 h |
| August | 24.6°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 2.5 | 0.7 | 11.311 h |
| September | 29.1°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 9.0 | 1.4 | 11.912 h |
| October | 31.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 30 | 5.0 | 12.713 h |
| November | 31.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 60 | 8.7 | 13.313 h |
| December | 31.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 71 | 11.3 | 13.614 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
- Gaborone in MarchBotswana · 5 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 59 mm rain
- Molepolole in MarchBotswana · 45 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Mafikeng in MarchSouth Africa · 139 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 15.9°C · 71 mm rain
- Rustenburg in MarchSouth Africa · 181 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 70 mm rain
- Brits in MarchSouth Africa · 223 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Ga-Rankuwa in MarchSouth Africa · 241 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.0°C · 76 mm rain
- Soshanguve in MarchSouth Africa · 244 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 16.6°C · 76 mm rain
- Bela Bela in MarchSouth Africa · 246 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.9°C · 76 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 Mogoditshane) is explained once on the Mogoditshane year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.