Climate averages 1991–2020
Carletonville 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 Carletonville: daytime highs average 24.5°C and nights cool to about 14.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 86 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 Westonaria (25 km away). In March its highs average 23.9°C, 0.6°C cooler than Carletonville, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Carletonville ranks joint 63rd of 95 for the warmest March highs and joint 60th of 95 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 95 cities is 25.6°C; Carletonville is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 22.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 86 mm to 42 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
Carletonville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.1°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 127 | 16.5 | 13.614 h |
| February | 25.8°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 119 | 13.6 | 13.013 h |
| March, selected | 24.5°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 86 | 11.9 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.1°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 42 | 7.2 | 11.511 h |
| May | 19.9°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 18 | 2.8 | 10.811 h |
| June | 17.4°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 8.3 | 1.5 | 10.511 h |
| July | 17.6°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 3.5 | 0.8 | 10.711 h |
| August | 20.8°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 9.7 | 1.7 | 11.211 h |
| September | 25.1°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 20 | 3.1 | 11.912 h |
| October | 26.3°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 68 | 10.0 | 12.713 h |
| November | 26.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 95 | 13.2 | 13.413 h |
| December | 26.2°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 136 | 17.9 | 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
- Westonaria in MarchSouth Africa · 25 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.7°C · 90 mm rain
- Randfontein in MarchSouth Africa · 36 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 13.0°C · 90 mm rain
- Soweto in MarchSouth Africa · 47 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 13.1°C · 90 mm rain
- Krugersdorp in MarchSouth Africa · 49 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 12.8°C · 85 mm rain
- Evaton in MarchSouth Africa · 49 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 13.8°C · 88 mm rain
- Potchefstroom in MarchSouth Africa · 49 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 76 mm rain
- Roodepoort in MarchSouth Africa · 52 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 12.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Vanderbijlpark in MarchSouth Africa · 59 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 13.8°C · 86 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 Carletonville) is explained once on the Carletonville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.