Climate averages 1991–2020
Maseru weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 6th 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 Maseru: daytime highs average 24.0°C and nights cool to about 11.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 107 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thaba Nchu (64 km away). In March its highs average 25.3°C, 1.3°C warmer than Maseru, with 82 mm of rain.
From March to April, average highs fall by 3.4°C to 20.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 107 mm to 68 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
Maseru climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 143 | 15.6 | 13.814 h |
| February | 25.8°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 117 | 13.7 | 13.113 h |
| March, selected | 24.0°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 107 | 13.0 | 12.312 h |
| April | 20.6°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 68 | 8.6 | 11.411 h |
| May | 17.6°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 29 | 4.0 | 10.711 h |
| June | 14.6°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 17 | 2.5 | 10.310 h |
| July | 14.9°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 10 | 2.0 | 10.510 h |
| August | 18.0°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 25 | 3.3 | 11.111 h |
| September | 22.6°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 24 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.3°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 84 | 9.2 | 12.813 h |
| November | 25.1°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 112 | 11.2 | 13.614 h |
| December | 26.3°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 142 | 14.0 | 14.014 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
- Thaba Nchu in MarchSouth Africa · 64 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 13.2°C · 82 mm rain
- Botshabelo in MarchSouth Africa · 74 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 13.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Bloemfontein in MarchSouth Africa · 125 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 14.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Bethlehem, South Africa in MarchSouth Africa · 145 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 12.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Virginia in MarchSouth Africa · 148 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 15.1°C · 67 mm rain
- Phuthaditjhaba in MarchSouth Africa · 157 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 11.8°C · 100 mm rain
- Welkom in MarchSouth Africa · 166 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in MarchSouth Africa · 178 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 15.0°C · 64 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 Maseru) is explained once on the Maseru year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.