Climate averages 1991–2020

Ladysmith weather
in March.

A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

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

Average high 26.5°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 15.0°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 117 mm 13 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a warm month in Ladysmith: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 117 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a wet month (the 8th 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 Dundee, South Africa (62 km away). In March its highs average 25.1°C, 1.4°C cooler than Ladysmith, with 105 mm of rain.

Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Ladysmith ranks joint 31st of 95 for the warmest March highs and 94th of 95 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 95 cities is 25.6°C; Ladysmith is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 117 mm to 58 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

Ladysmith climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Ladysmith, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	28.0°C16.7°C	16.7°C	172	18.9	13.714 h
February	27.8°C16.7°C	16.7°C	143	14.7	13.113 h
March, selected	26.5°C15.0°C	15.0°C	117	13.4	12.312 h
April	24.0°C11.8°C	11.8°C	58	7.9	11.411 h
May	21.8°C7.6°C	7.6°C	21	3.5	10.711 h
June	19.4°C4.3°C	4.3°C	14	2.8	10.410 h
July	19.4°C3.8°C	3.8°C	16	2.3	10.511 h
August	22.2°C6.5°C	6.5°C	28	4.4	11.111 h
September	25.7°C10.0°C	10.0°C	39	6.9	11.912 h
October	26.3°C12.4°C	12.4°C	100	13.7	12.813 h
November	27.1°C14.1°C	14.1°C	137	16.7	13.514 h
December	27.9°C15.8°C	15.8°C	179	19.5	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

Distance from Ladysmith

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