Climate averages 1991–2020
Bloemfontein weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th 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 Bloemfontein: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 14.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Botshabelo (52 km away). In March its highs average 25.9°C, 1.1°C cooler than Bloemfontein, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Bloemfontein ranks joint 24th of 95 for the warmest March highs and 32nd of 95 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 95 cities is 25.6°C; Bloemfontein is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 4.1°C to 22.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 72 mm to 47 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
Bloemfontein climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.1°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 82 | 12.5 | 13.814 h |
| February | 29.0°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 73 | 11.3 | 13.113 h |
| March, selected | 26.9°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 72 | 10.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.9°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 47 | 7.3 | 11.411 h |
| May | 19.7°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 20 | 3.2 | 10.711 h |
| June | 16.5°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 11 | 1.8 | 10.310 h |
| July | 16.8°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 8.0 | 1.3 | 10.510 h |
| August | 19.9°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 15 | 2.2 | 11.111 h |
| September | 24.6°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 16 | 2.7 | 11.912 h |
| October | 27.0°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 43 | 6.7 | 12.813 h |
| November | 28.2°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 66 | 8.3 | 13.514 h |
| December | 29.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 76 | 10.3 | 14.014 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
- Botshabelo in MarchSouth Africa · 52 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 13.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Thaba Nchu in MarchSouth Africa · 61 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 13.2°C · 82 mm rain
- Maseru in MarchLesotho · 125 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 11.8°C · 107 mm rain
- Virginia in MarchSouth Africa · 130 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 15.1°C · 67 mm rain
- Welkom in MarchSouth Africa · 137 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in MarchSouth Africa · 146 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 15.0°C · 64 mm rain
- Kimberley in MarchSouth Africa · 148 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 16.0°C · 63 mm rain
- Kutloanong in MarchSouth Africa · 152 kmHigh 27.1°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 Bloemfontein) is explained once on the Bloemfontein year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.