Climate averages 1991–2020
Rundu weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Rundu: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 105 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Menongue (425 km away). In March its highs average 25.9°C, 2.6°C cooler than Rundu, with 167 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Namibia, Rundu ranks 1st of 3 for the warmest March highs and 3rd of 3 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 3 cities is 25.8°C; Rundu is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 105 mm to 20 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
Rundu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.0°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 165 | 18.6 | 13.113 h |
| February | 28.6°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 134 | 16.4 | 12.713 h |
| March, selected | 28.5°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 105 | 14.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.6°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 20 | 4.2 | 11.712 h |
| May | 27.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.311 h |
| June | 25.0°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.111 h |
| July | 24.8°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.211 h |
| August | 28.7°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| September | 32.8°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 1.1 | 0.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 34.6°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 13 | 3.4 | 12.512 h |
| November | 32.3°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 65 | 11.7 | 12.913 h |
| December | 30.4°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 122 | 16.8 | 13.213 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
- Menongue in MarchAngola · 425 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.6°C · 167 mm rain
- Ondjiva in MarchAngola · 439 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 18.7°C · 115 mm rain
- Maun in MarchBotswana · 447 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 19.3°C · 71 mm rain
- Mongu in MarchZambia · 465 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.1°C · 149 mm rain
- Windhoek in MarchNamibia · 587 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 15.8°C · 89 mm rain
- Cahama in MarchAngola · 608 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 125 mm rain
- Matala in MarchAngola · 617 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.4°C · 192 mm rain
- Livingstone in MarchZambia · 644 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 18.9°C · 97 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 Rundu) is explained once on the Rundu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.