Climate averages 1991–2020
Ressano Garcia weather
in March.
A hot, moderately 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 hot month in Ressano Garcia: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 9 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 Matola (74 km away). In March its highs average 28.7°C, 1.7°C cooler than Ressano Garcia, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Ressano Garcia ranks 2nd of 22 for the warmest March highs and joint 1st of 22 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 22 cities is 28.6°C; Ressano Garcia is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 61 mm to 30 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
Ressano Garcia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 99 | 10.6 | 13.514 h |
| February | 31.1°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 88 | 10.2 | 13.013 h |
| March, selected | 30.4°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 61 | 8.6 | 12.312 h |
| April | 28.5°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 30 | 5.2 | 11.512 h |
| May | 27.2°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 14 | 2.3 | 10.911 h |
| June | 25.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 6.0 | 1.7 | 10.611 h |
| July | 25.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 5.5 | 1.0 | 10.711 h |
| August | 27.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 8.9 | 1.8 | 11.211 h |
| September | 29.2°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 20 | 2.9 | 11.912 h |
| October | 29.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 36 | 5.6 | 12.713 h |
| November | 30.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 71 | 9.0 | 13.313 h |
| December | 31.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 101 | 11.0 | 13.714 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
- Matola in MarchMozambique · 74 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.9°C · 73 mm rain
- Maputo in MarchMozambique · 83 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 73 mm rain
- Mbombela in MarchSouth Africa · 103 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.6°C · 107 mm rain
- Mbabane in MarchEswatini · 130 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 159 mm rain
- Manzini in MarchEswatini · 133 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.5°C · 93 mm rain
- Xai-Xai in MarchMozambique · 171 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 74 mm rain
- Chibuto in MarchMozambique · 176 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in MarchSouth Africa · 188 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 43 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 Ressano Garcia) is explained once on the Ressano Garcia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.