Climate averages 1991–2020

Kroonstad weather
in March.

A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

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

Average high 26.2°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 14.5°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 68 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a warm month in Kroonstad: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 8th 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 Kutloanong (52 km away). In March its highs average 27.1°C, 0.8°C warmer than Kroonstad, with 64 mm of rain.

Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Kroonstad ranks joint 35th of 95 for the warmest March highs and joint 25th of 95 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 95 cities is 25.6°C; Kroonstad is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs fall by 3.1°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 68 mm to 44 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

Kroonstad climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Kroonstad, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	28.6°C16.6°C	16.6°C	101	13.7	13.714 h
February	27.7°C16.1°C	16.1°C	81	11.8	13.113 h
March, selected	26.2°C14.5°C	14.5°C	68	10.2	12.312 h
April	23.1°C10.7°C	10.7°C	44	7.0	11.511 h
May	20.2°C6.4°C	6.4°C	20	3.0	10.811 h
June	17.3°C2.9°C	2.9°C	12	1.6	10.410 h
July	17.5°C2.5°C	2.5°C	6.6	0.9	10.611 h
August	20.8°C5.2°C	5.2°C	15	2.0	11.111 h
September	25.3°C9.5°C	9.5°C	14	2.7	11.912 h
October	27.0°C12.5°C	12.5°C	59	8.8	12.713 h
November	27.7°C14.0°C	14.0°C	71	10.2	13.513 h
December	28.4°C15.8°C	15.8°C	104	13.7	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

Distance from Kroonstad

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 Kroonstad) is explained once on the Kroonstad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.