Climate averages 1991–2020
Mdantsane weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Mdantsane: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is East London (16 km away). In March its highs average 25.3°C, about as warm as Mdantsane, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mdantsane ranks joint 56th of 95 for the warmest March highs and joint 47th of 95 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 95 cities is 25.6°C; Mdantsane is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 23.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 82 mm to 73 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
Mdantsane climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 76 | 11.1 | 14.114 h |
| February | 25.9°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 80 | 10.6 | 13.313 h |
| March, selected | 25.0°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 82 | 11.5 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.3°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 73 | 8.2 | 11.311 h |
| May | 22.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 25 | 4.6 | 10.510 h |
| June | 20.9°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 25 | 3.5 | 10.010 h |
| July | 20.9°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 28 | 4.1 | 10.210 h |
| August | 21.0°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 38 | 6.0 | 10.911 h |
| September | 21.7°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 48 | 6.6 | 11.912 h |
| October | 22.0°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 65 | 10.0 | 12.913 h |
| November | 23.0°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 77 | 10.7 | 13.814 h |
| December | 24.4°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 76 | 11.4 | 14.314 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
- East London in MarchSouth Africa · 16 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 19.7°C · 90 mm rain
- Bhisho in MarchSouth Africa · 33 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.3°C · 108 mm rain
- Qonce in MarchSouth Africa · 36 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 80 mm rain
- Grahamstown in MarchSouth Africa · 123 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Queenstown in MarchSouth Africa · 143 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 13.8°C · 78 mm rain
- Mthatha in MarchSouth Africa · 177 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 120 mm rain
- Motherwell in MarchSouth Africa · 225 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Gqeberha in MarchSouth Africa · 231 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 44 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 Mdantsane) is explained once on the Mdantsane year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.