Climate averages 1991–2020
Ermelo weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Ermelo: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 12.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a wet month (the 7th 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 Bethal (52 km away). In March its highs average 23.2°C, 0.8°C warmer than Ermelo, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Ermelo ranks joint 94th 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; Ermelo is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 20.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 90 mm to 45 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
Ermelo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.3°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 143 | 16.9 | 13.614 h |
| February | 23.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 102 | 12.4 | 13.013 h |
| March, selected | 22.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 90 | 11.3 | 12.312 h |
| April | 20.4°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 45 | 7.0 | 11.511 h |
| May | 18.5°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 15 | 2.7 | 10.811 h |
| June | 16.3°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 6.8 | 1.3 | 10.511 h |
| July | 16.4°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 6.5 | 0.8 | 10.611 h |
| August | 19.5°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 14 | 2.5 | 11.211 h |
| September | 23.2°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 26 | 4.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.4°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 96 | 12.6 | 12.713 h |
| November | 22.9°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 128 | 15.5 | 13.413 h |
| December | 23.3°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 163 | 18.1 | 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
- Bethal in MarchSouth Africa · 52 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 12.6°C · 90 mm rain
- Standerton in MarchSouth Africa · 86 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 12.9°C · 81 mm rain
- eMbalenhle in MarchSouth Africa · 91 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.1°C · 93 mm rain
- Piet Retief in MarchSouth Africa · 98 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Middelburg in MarchSouth Africa · 99 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.0°C · 86 mm rain
- Emalahleni in MarchSouth Africa · 105 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 13.0°C · 94 mm rain
- Mbabane in MarchEswatini · 117 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 159 mm rain
- Newcastle, South Africa in MarchSouth Africa · 136 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.0°C · 99 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 Ermelo) is explained once on the Ermelo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.