Climate averages 1991–2020
Mafikeng weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Mafikeng: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 15.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 71 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gaborone (137 km away). In March its highs average 29.1°C, 1.8°C warmer than Mafikeng, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mafikeng ranks joint 15th of 95 for the warmest March highs and 31st of 95 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 95 cities is 25.6°C; Mafikeng is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 71 mm to 40 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
Mafikeng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.2°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 90 | 14.7 | 13.614 h |
| February | 28.7°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 90 | 12.3 | 13.013 h |
| March, selected | 27.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 71 | 10.6 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 40 | 5.7 | 11.511 h |
| May | 21.9°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 18 | 2.3 | 10.911 h |
| June | 19.2°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 8.8 | 1.4 | 10.511 h |
| July | 19.2°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 2.4 | 0.5 | 10.711 h |
| August | 22.5°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 7.2 | 1.4 | 11.211 h |
| September | 26.9°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 13 | 1.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.8°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 45 | 7.1 | 12.713 h |
| November | 29.0°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 69 | 11.4 | 13.413 h |
| December | 29.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 87 | 14.3 | 13.714 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
- Gaborone in MarchBotswana · 137 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 59 mm rain
- Mogoditshane in MarchBotswana · 139 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 18.0°C · 50 mm rain
- Klerksdorp in MarchSouth Africa · 150 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 15.0°C · 70 mm rain
- Schweizer-Reneke in MarchSouth Africa · 150 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 15.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Stilfontein in MarchSouth Africa · 156 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 14.7°C · 70 mm rain
- Orkney in MarchSouth Africa · 161 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 14.9°C · 68 mm rain
- Rustenburg in MarchSouth Africa · 162 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 70 mm rain
- Molepolole in MarchBotswana · 163 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.6°C · 53 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 Mafikeng) is explained once on the Mafikeng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.