Climate averages 1991–2020

Walvis Bay weather
in March.

A mild, very dry month: the warmest and the 11th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 21.8°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 16.2°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 3.2 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a mild month in Walvis Bay: daytime highs average 21.8°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 3.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes March a very dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Windhoek (268 km away). In March its highs average 27.0°C, 5.2°C warmer than Walvis Bay, with 89 mm of rain.

Among the 3 cities listed in Namibia, Walvis Bay ranks 3rd of 3 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 3 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 3 cities is 25.8°C; Walvis Bay is 4.0°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 21.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 3.2 mm to 3.0 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Walvis Bay climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Walvis Bay, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	21.2°C15.9°C	15.9°C	3.0	0.6	13.413 h
February	21.7°C16.5°C	16.5°C	4.0	0.8	12.913 h
March, selected	21.8°C16.2°C	16.2°C	3.2	0.5	12.212 h
April	21.6°C15.5°C	15.5°C	3.0	0.5	11.612 h
May	21.3°C14.1°C	14.1°C	1.0	0.2	11.011 h
June	21.0°C12.8°C	12.8°C	0.3	0.1	10.711 h
July	20.9°C12.8°C	12.8°C	0.5	0.1	10.911 h
August	18.6°C11.0°C	11.0°C	0.3	0.1	11.311 h
September	18.2°C11.1°C	11.1°C	0.7	0.2	11.912 h
October	18.7°C12.0°C	12.0°C	0.2	0.0	12.613 h
November	19.6°C13.1°C	13.1°C	0.4	0.1	13.213 h
December	20.4°C14.5°C	14.5°C	1.2	0.1	13.514 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

Distance from Walvis Bay

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Walvis Bay) is explained once on the Walvis Bay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.