Climate averages 1991–2020
Manzini weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Manzini: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 17.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 93 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbabane (32 km away). In March its highs average 23.6°C, 2.9°C cooler than Manzini, with 159 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Eswatini, Manzini ranks 1st of 2 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 2 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 2 cities is 25.1°C; Manzini is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 24.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 93 mm to 49 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
Manzini climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 131 | 15.0 | 13.614 h |
| February | 27.1°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 107 | 12.4 | 13.013 h |
| March, selected | 26.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 93 | 10.9 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 49 | 6.8 | 11.511 h |
| May | 23.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 24 | 3.5 | 10.811 h |
| June | 21.7°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 11 | 2.2 | 10.511 h |
| July | 21.4°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 14 | 2.1 | 10.611 h |
| August | 23.2°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 22 | 3.8 | 11.211 h |
| September | 25.2°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 36 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 25.2°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 72 | 10.6 | 12.713 h |
| November | 26.0°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 120 | 13.5 | 13.413 h |
| December | 26.9°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 124 | 14.7 | 13.814 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
- Mbabane in MarchEswatini · 32 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 159 mm rain
- Piet Retief in MarchSouth Africa · 80 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Mbombela in MarchSouth Africa · 121 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.6°C · 107 mm rain
- Matola in MarchMozambique · 123 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.9°C · 73 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in MarchMozambique · 133 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Maputo in MarchMozambique · 134 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 73 mm rain
- Ermelo in MarchSouth Africa · 139 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 12.4°C · 90 mm rain
- Vryheid in MarchSouth Africa · 153 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 98 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 Manzini) is explained once on the Manzini year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.