Climate averages 1991–2020
George weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in George: daytime highs average 22.7°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mossel Bay (38 km away). In March its highs average 23.7°C, 1.0°C warmer than George, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, George ranks 93rd of 95 for the warmest March highs and 15th of 95 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 95 cities is 25.6°C; George is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 20.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 54 mm to 53 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
George climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 51 | 9.1 | 14.114 h |
| February | 23.7°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 42 | 8.2 | 13.313 h |
| March, selected | 22.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 54 | 8.7 | 12.312 h |
| April | 20.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 53 | 7.5 | 11.311 h |
| May | 19.5°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 45 | 6.5 | 10.410 h |
| June | 17.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 39 | 6.9 | 9.910 h |
| July | 17.1°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 40 | 7.4 | 10.110 h |
| August | 17.2°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 53 | 8.1 | 10.911 h |
| September | 18.1°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 44 | 8.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 19.4°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 62 | 8.7 | 12.913 h |
| November | 20.5°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 70 | 9.3 | 13.914 h |
| December | 22.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 47 | 9.1 | 14.414 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
- Mossel Bay in MarchSouth Africa · 38 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 17.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Oudtshoorn in MarchSouth Africa · 47 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 14.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Kariega in MarchSouth Africa · 272 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.1°C · 47 mm rain
- Worcester, South Africa in MarchSouth Africa · 281 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 28 mm rain
- Motherwell in MarchSouth Africa · 289 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Gqeberha in MarchSouth Africa · 291 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Paarl in MarchSouth Africa · 323 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 16.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Stellenbosch in MarchSouth Africa · 332 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 16.4°C · 21 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 George) is explained once on the George year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.