Climate averages 1991–2020
Bhisho weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Bhisho: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 108 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qonce (6 km away). In March its highs average 25.8°C, 0.6°C warmer than Bhisho, with 80 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Bhisho ranks 54th of 95 for the warmest March highs and 93rd of 95 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 95 cities is 25.6°C; Bhisho is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 108 mm to 84 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
Bhisho climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.1°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 117 | 14.2 | 14.014 h |
| February | 26.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 111 | 13.0 | 13.313 h |
| March, selected | 25.2°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 108 | 12.3 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.1°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 84 | 9.5 | 11.311 h |
| May | 21.8°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 28 | 4.9 | 10.510 h |
| June | 19.9°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 25 | 3.4 | 10.010 h |
| July | 20.0°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 27 | 4.2 | 10.210 h |
| August | 20.7°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 41 | 5.9 | 10.911 h |
| September | 22.1°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 56 | 8.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 22.5°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 86 | 11.9 | 12.913 h |
| November | 23.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 99 | 11.8 | 13.814 h |
| December | 25.0°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 114 | 13.8 | 14.314 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
- Qonce in MarchSouth Africa · 6 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 80 mm rain
- Mdantsane in MarchSouth Africa · 33 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 17.6°C · 82 mm rain
- East London in MarchSouth Africa · 48 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 19.7°C · 90 mm rain
- Grahamstown in MarchSouth Africa · 99 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Queenstown in MarchSouth Africa · 118 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 13.8°C · 78 mm rain
- Mthatha in MarchSouth Africa · 188 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 120 mm rain
- Motherwell in MarchSouth Africa · 202 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Gqeberha in MarchSouth Africa · 210 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 44 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 Bhisho) is explained once on the Bhisho year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.