Climate averages 1991–2020
Mossel Bay weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Mossel Bay: daytime highs average 23.7°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is George (38 km away). In March its highs average 22.7°C, 1.0°C cooler than Mossel Bay, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mossel Bay ranks joint 81st of 95 for the warmest March highs and 9th of 95 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 95 cities is 25.6°C; Mossel Bay is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 22.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 41 mm to 43 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
Mossel Bay climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.4°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 38 | 7.5 | 14.114 h |
| February | 24.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 30 | 6.8 | 13.313 h |
| March, selected | 23.7°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 41 | 7.4 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.1°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 43 | 6.7 | 11.311 h |
| May | 20.8°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 40 | 6.2 | 10.410 h |
| June | 19.0°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 37 | 6.9 | 9.910 h |
| July | 18.4°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 38 | 7.2 | 10.110 h |
| August | 18.5°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 47 | 7.6 | 10.911 h |
| September | 19.3°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 33 | 6.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 20.5°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 43 | 7.4 | 12.913 h |
| November | 21.5°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 52 | 7.7 | 13.914 h |
| December | 23.4°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 35 | 6.8 | 14.414 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
- George in MarchSouth Africa · 38 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 54 mm rain
- Oudtshoorn in MarchSouth Africa · 65 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 14.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Worcester, South Africa in MarchSouth Africa · 256 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 28 mm rain
- Paarl in MarchSouth Africa · 297 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 16.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Stellenbosch in MarchSouth Africa · 303 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 16.4°C · 21 mm rain
- Kariega in MarchSouth Africa · 304 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.1°C · 47 mm rain
- Somerset West in MarchSouth Africa · 306 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.8°C · 21 mm rain
- Motherwell in MarchSouth Africa · 320 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 47 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 Mossel Bay) is explained once on the Mossel Bay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.