Climate averages 1991–2020
Dundee, South Africa weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 5th 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 Dundee, South Africa: daytime highs average 25.1°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 105 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a 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 Newcastle, South Africa (54 km away). In March its highs average 24.9°C, about as warm as Dundee, South Africa, with 99 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Dundee, South Africa ranks 55th of 95 for the warmest March highs and 91st of 95 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 95 cities is 25.6°C; Dundee, South Africa is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 105 mm to 52 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
Dundee, South Africa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.4°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 151 | 17.6 | 13.714 h |
| February | 26.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 129 | 14.9 | 13.113 h |
| March, selected | 25.1°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 105 | 12.9 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.8°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 52 | 7.6 | 11.411 h |
| May | 20.9°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 18 | 3.2 | 10.711 h |
| June | 18.6°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 11 | 1.8 | 10.410 h |
| July | 18.7°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 14 | 1.7 | 10.511 h |
| August | 21.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 22 | 3.7 | 11.111 h |
| September | 24.8°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 35 | 6.1 | 11.912 h |
| October | 25.0°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 92 | 12.7 | 12.713 h |
| November | 25.6°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 125 | 17.0 | 13.513 h |
| December | 26.3°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 154 | 19.1 | 13.914 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
- Newcastle, South Africa in MarchSouth Africa · 54 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Ladysmith in MarchSouth Africa · 62 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 15.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Vryheid in MarchSouth Africa · 70 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 98 mm rain
- Piet Retief in MarchSouth Africa · 141 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Phuthaditjhaba in MarchSouth Africa · 144 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 11.8°C · 100 mm rain
- Pietermaritzburg in MarchSouth Africa · 162 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.4°C · 96 mm rain
- KwaDukuza in MarchSouth Africa · 165 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 91 mm rain
- Standerton in MarchSouth Africa · 168 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 12.9°C · 81 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 Dundee) is explained once on the Dundee, South Africa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.