Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbabane weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 5th 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 Mbabane: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 159 mm of rain on roughly 17 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 Manzini (32 km away). In March its highs average 26.5°C, 2.9°C warmer than Mbabane, with 93 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Eswatini, Mbabane ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest March highs and 2nd of 2 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 2 cities is 25.1°C; Mbabane is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 21.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 159 mm to 78 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
Mbabane climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 216 | 19.7 | 13.614 h |
| February | 24.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 177 | 16.7 | 13.013 h |
| March, selected | 23.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 159 | 16.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.8°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 78 | 11.3 | 11.511 h |
| May | 20.4°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 32 | 5.5 | 10.811 h |
| June | 18.7°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 18 | 3.5 | 10.511 h |
| July | 18.5°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 18 | 3.9 | 10.711 h |
| August | 20.8°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 32 | 5.5 | 11.211 h |
| September | 23.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 57 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.0°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 112 | 15.6 | 12.713 h |
| November | 23.7°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 171 | 18.6 | 13.413 h |
| December | 24.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 208 | 19.9 | 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
- Manzini in MarchEswatini · 32 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.5°C · 93 mm rain
- Piet Retief in MarchSouth Africa · 83 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Mbombela in MarchSouth Africa · 95 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.6°C · 107 mm rain
- Ermelo in MarchSouth Africa · 117 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 12.4°C · 90 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in MarchMozambique · 130 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Matola in MarchMozambique · 138 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.9°C · 73 mm rain
- Maputo in MarchMozambique · 150 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 73 mm rain
- Vryheid in MarchSouth Africa · 165 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 Mbabane) is explained once on the Mbabane year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.