Climate averages 1991–2020

Bothaville 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.

Average high 27.4°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 15.2°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 62 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a warm month in Bothaville: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 15.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 10 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 Orkney (46 km away). In March its highs average 26.9°C, about as warm as Bothaville, with 68 mm of rain.

Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Bothaville ranks 14th of 95 for the warmest March highs and 18th of 95 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 95 cities is 25.6°C; Bothaville is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs fall by 3.2°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 62 mm to 44 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

Bothaville climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Bothaville, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	29.7°C17.5°C	17.5°C	94	12.7	13.714 h
February	28.9°C17.0°C	17.0°C	73	11.4	13.013 h
March, selected	27.4°C15.2°C	15.2°C	62	10.1	12.312 h
April	24.3°C11.3°C	11.3°C	44	6.5	11.511 h
May	21.4°C6.8°C	6.8°C	19	3.1	10.811 h
June	18.4°C3.2°C	3.2°C	12	1.5	10.410 h
July	18.6°C2.8°C	2.8°C	5.0	0.7	10.611 h
August	21.9°C5.5°C	5.5°C	14	1.9	11.111 h
September	26.5°C10.0°C	10.0°C	14	2.8	11.912 h
October	28.3°C13.1°C	13.1°C	51	8.1	12.713 h
November	29.0°C14.8°C	14.8°C	68	9.4	13.413 h
December	29.7°C16.7°C	16.7°C	89	12.8	13.814 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 Bothaville

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 Bothaville) is explained once on the Bothaville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.