Climate averages 1991–2020
Kimberley weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Kimberley: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 16.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bloemfontein (148 km away). In March its highs average 26.9°C, 2.0°C cooler than Kimberley, with 72 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Kimberley ranks joint 4th of 95 for the warmest March highs and 19th of 95 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 95 cities is 25.6°C; Kimberley is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 4.1°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 63 mm to 41 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
Kimberley climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.0°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 79 | 11.3 | 13.714 h |
| February | 31.0°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 63 | 10.5 | 13.113 h |
| March, selected | 29.0°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 63 | 10.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.9°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 41 | 6.4 | 11.411 h |
| May | 21.6°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 18 | 3.0 | 10.711 h |
| June | 18.2°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 12 | 1.9 | 10.310 h |
| July | 18.5°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 5.4 | 1.0 | 10.510 h |
| August | 21.6°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 10 | 1.7 | 11.111 h |
| September | 26.2°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 13 | 2.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.9°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 33 | 5.8 | 12.813 h |
| November | 30.3°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 55 | 7.8 | 13.514 h |
| December | 32.2°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 61 | 9.5 | 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
- Bloemfontein in MarchSouth Africa · 148 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 14.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Schweizer-Reneke in MarchSouth Africa · 180 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 15.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Botshabelo in MarchSouth Africa · 200 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 13.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Thaba Nchu in MarchSouth Africa · 209 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 13.2°C · 82 mm rain
- Welkom in MarchSouth Africa · 210 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in MarchSouth Africa · 212 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 15.0°C · 64 mm rain
- Virginia in MarchSouth Africa · 217 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 15.1°C · 67 mm rain
- Kutloanong in MarchSouth Africa · 219 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 64 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 Kimberley) is explained once on the Kimberley year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.