Climate averages 1991–2020
Bethlehem, South Africa weather
in March.
A warm, moderately 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 Bethlehem, South Africa: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 12.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately 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 Phuthaditjhaba (60 km away). In March its highs average 22.4°C, 1.2°C cooler than Bethlehem, South Africa, with 100 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Bethlehem, South Africa ranks 85th of 95 for the warmest March highs and joint 66th of 95 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 95 cities is 25.6°C; Bethlehem, South Africa is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 20.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 89 mm to 53 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
Bethlehem, South Africa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.5°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 143 | 16.5 | 13.714 h |
| February | 25.0°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 97 | 13.4 | 13.113 h |
| March, selected | 23.6°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 89 | 12.2 | 12.312 h |
| April | 20.9°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 53 | 7.6 | 11.411 h |
| May | 18.2°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 25 | 3.4 | 10.711 h |
| June | 15.5°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 13 | 2.1 | 10.410 h |
| July | 15.6°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 7.6 | 1.3 | 10.511 h |
| August | 18.7°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 21 | 3.3 | 11.111 h |
| September | 22.8°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 22 | 3.7 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.0°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 87 | 9.7 | 12.713 h |
| November | 24.5°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 111 | 12.2 | 13.513 h |
| December | 25.3°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 147 | 16.7 | 13.914 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
- Phuthaditjhaba in MarchSouth Africa · 60 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 11.8°C · 100 mm rain
- Kroonstad in MarchSouth Africa · 124 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 14.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Virginia in MarchSouth Africa · 142 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 15.1°C · 67 mm rain
- Maseru in MarchLesotho · 145 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 11.8°C · 107 mm rain
- Ladysmith in MarchSouth Africa · 149 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 15.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Welkom in MarchSouth Africa · 157 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Kutloanong in MarchSouth Africa · 159 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 64 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in MarchSouth Africa · 164 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 Bethlehem) is explained once on the Bethlehem, South Africa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.