Climate averages 1991–2020

Gqeberha weather
in March.

A warm, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 23.3°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 18.7°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 44 mm 7 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a warm month in Gqeberha: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 9th 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 Motherwell (19 km away). In March its highs average 25.3°C, 2.0°C warmer than Gqeberha, with 47 mm of rain.

Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Gqeberha ranks 87th of 95 for the warmest March highs and 11th of 95 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 95 cities is 25.6°C; Gqeberha is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 21.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 44 mm to 43 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Gqeberha climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Gqeberha, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	23.9°C19.4°C	19.4°C	34	6.9	14.114 h
February	24.2°C19.7°C	19.7°C	38	6.9	13.313 h
March, selected	23.3°C18.7°C	18.7°C	44	7.4	12.312 h
April	21.8°C16.6°C	16.6°C	43	7.5	11.311 h
May	20.8°C14.8°C	14.8°C	38	6.3	10.410 h
June	19.4°C12.9°C	12.9°C	41	6.5	9.910 h
July	19.0°C12.2°C	12.2°C	38	6.4	10.110 h
August	18.8°C12.6°C	12.6°C	52	7.9	10.911 h
September	19.2°C13.6°C	13.6°C	38	6.8	11.912 h
October	20.1°C15.1°C	15.1°C	48	7.8	12.913 h
November	21.1°C16.4°C	16.4°C	53	7.9	13.914 h
December	22.7°C18.2°C	18.2°C	42	6.9	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

Distance from Gqeberha

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Gqeberha) is explained once on the Gqeberha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.