Climate averages 1991–2020
Brits weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 7th 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 Brits: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 76 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 15 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ga-Rankuwa (22 km away). In March its highs average 26.7°C, 0.8°C cooler than Brits, with 76 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Brits ranks joint 12th of 95 for the warmest March highs and joint 34th of 95 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 95 cities is 25.6°C; Brits is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.6°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 76 mm to 36 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
Brits climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.1°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 97 | 14.2 | 13.514 h |
| February | 29.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 89 | 11.2 | 13.013 h |
| March, selected | 27.5°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 76 | 10.0 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.9°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 36 | 5.7 | 11.512 h |
| May | 22.7°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 16 | 2.5 | 10.911 h |
| June | 20.1°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 6.5 | 1.1 | 10.611 h |
| July | 20.3°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 2.8 | 0.5 | 10.711 h |
| August | 23.6°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 6.3 | 1.3 | 11.211 h |
| September | 27.8°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 16 | 2.2 | 11.912 h |
| October | 29.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 55 | 7.2 | 12.713 h |
| November | 28.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 85 | 11.1 | 13.313 h |
| December | 28.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 113 | 14.7 | 13.714 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
- Ga-Rankuwa in MarchSouth Africa · 22 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.0°C · 76 mm rain
- Soshanguve in MarchSouth Africa · 37 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 16.6°C · 76 mm rain
- Pretoria in MarchSouth Africa · 43 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 15.5°C · 83 mm rain
- Centurion in MarchSouth Africa · 48 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 14.8°C · 83 mm rain
- Krugersdorp in MarchSouth Africa · 50 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 12.8°C · 85 mm rain
- Midrand in MarchSouth Africa · 51 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 80 mm rain
- Rustenburg in MarchSouth Africa · 54 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 70 mm rain
- Randburg in MarchSouth Africa · 56 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 13.4°C · 80 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 Brits) is explained once on the Brits year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.