Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbombela weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Mbombela: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 107 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes March a wet month (the 8th 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 Mbabane (95 km away). In March its highs average 23.6°C, 3.5°C cooler than Mbombela, with 159 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mbombela ranks joint 17th of 95 for the warmest March highs and 92nd of 95 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 95 cities is 25.6°C; Mbombela is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 107 mm to 53 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
Mbombela climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 155 | 17.5 | 13.514 h |
| February | 27.9°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 135 | 15.0 | 13.013 h |
| March, selected | 27.1°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 107 | 14.0 | 12.312 h |
| April | 25.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 53 | 8.4 | 11.512 h |
| May | 23.8°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 19 | 3.5 | 10.911 h |
| June | 21.9°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 9.0 | 2.3 | 10.611 h |
| July | 21.7°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 12 | 2.6 | 10.711 h |
| August | 23.9°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 17 | 3.8 | 11.211 h |
| September | 26.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 34 | 6.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 26.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 71 | 13.3 | 12.713 h |
| November | 27.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 122 | 16.3 | 13.313 h |
| December | 27.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 151 | 18.4 | 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
- Mbabane in MarchEswatini · 95 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 159 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in MarchMozambique · 103 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Manzini in MarchEswatini · 121 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.5°C · 93 mm rain
- Ermelo in MarchSouth Africa · 153 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 12.4°C · 90 mm rain
- Middelburg in MarchSouth Africa · 154 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.0°C · 86 mm rain
- Matola in MarchMozambique · 159 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.9°C · 73 mm rain
- Maputo in MarchMozambique · 171 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 73 mm rain
- Piet Retief in MarchSouth Africa · 171 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.3°C · 103 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 Mbombela) is explained once on the Mbombela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.