Climate averages 1991–2020

Mokopane weather
in March.

A warm, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

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

Average high 27.7°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 16.7°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 59 mm 8 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a warm month in Mokopane: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately 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 Polokwane (57 km away). In March its highs average 25.6°C, 2.1°C cooler than Mokopane, with 74 mm of rain.

Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mokopane ranks 9th of 95 for the warmest March highs and joint 16th of 95 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 95 cities is 25.6°C; Mokopane is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 59 mm to 32 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

Mokopane climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Mokopane, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	28.7°C18.0°C	18.0°C	112	12.5	13.413 h
February	28.8°C17.8°C	17.8°C	72	9.1	12.913 h
March, selected	27.7°C16.7°C	16.7°C	59	8.1	12.212 h
April	25.6°C14.0°C	14.0°C	32	4.3	11.512 h
May	23.5°C11.2°C	11.2°C	8.6	1.7	11.011 h
June	21.1°C8.6°C	8.6°C	3.3	0.7	10.711 h
July	21.0°C7.9°C	7.9°C	2.7	0.6	10.811 h
August	24.4°C9.7°C	9.7°C	2.5	0.8	11.311 h
September	28.2°C12.9°C	12.9°C	11	1.9	11.912 h
October	29.4°C15.0°C	15.0°C	38	6.7	12.613 h
November	28.8°C16.5°C	16.5°C	82	11.4	13.313 h
December	28.7°C17.7°C	17.7°C	99	14.3	13.614 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 Mokopane

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