Climate averages 1991–2020
East London weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in East London: daytime highs average 25.3°C and nights cool to about 19.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mdantsane (16 km away). In March its highs average 25.0°C, about as warm as East London, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, East London ranks joint 49th of 95 for the warmest March highs and joint 71st of 95 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 95 cities is 25.6°C; East London is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 90 mm to 85 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
East London climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 81 | 11.6 | 14.114 h |
| February | 26.1°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 84 | 10.9 | 13.313 h |
| March, selected | 25.3°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 90 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.7°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 85 | 9.6 | 11.311 h |
| May | 22.9°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 34 | 5.7 | 10.410 h |
| June | 21.5°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 34 | 4.5 | 10.010 h |
| July | 21.3°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 38 | 5.1 | 10.210 h |
| August | 21.1°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 47 | 6.9 | 10.911 h |
| September | 21.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 57 | 7.6 | 11.912 h |
| October | 21.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 77 | 11.3 | 12.913 h |
| November | 23.0°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 84 | 11.6 | 13.814 h |
| December | 24.5°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 83 | 12.5 | 14.314 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
- Mdantsane in MarchSouth Africa · 16 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 17.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Bhisho in MarchSouth Africa · 48 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.3°C · 108 mm rain
- Qonce in MarchSouth Africa · 51 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 80 mm rain
- Grahamstown in MarchSouth Africa · 132 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Queenstown in MarchSouth Africa · 158 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 13.8°C · 78 mm rain
- Mthatha in MarchSouth Africa · 179 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 120 mm rain
- Motherwell in MarchSouth Africa · 233 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Gqeberha in MarchSouth Africa · 238 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 44 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 East London) is explained once on the East London year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.