Climate averages 1991–2020
Motherwell weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 10th 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 Motherwell: daytime highs average 25.3°C and nights cool to about 17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 10th 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 Kariega (18 km away). In March its highs average 26.0°C, 0.7°C warmer than Motherwell, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Motherwell ranks joint 49th of 95 for the warmest March highs and joint 12th of 95 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 95 cities is 25.6°C; Motherwell is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 23.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 47 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
Motherwell climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 40 | 7.9 | 14.114 h |
| February | 26.3°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 44 | 7.8 | 13.313 h |
| March, selected | 25.3°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 47 | 7.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 40 | 7.2 | 11.311 h |
| May | 22.3°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 23 | 4.5 | 10.410 h |
| June | 20.5°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 23 | 4.1 | 9.910 h |
| July | 20.3°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 24 | 3.9 | 10.110 h |
| August | 20.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 36 | 5.7 | 10.911 h |
| September | 21.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 31 | 5.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 22.0°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 48 | 7.0 | 12.913 h |
| November | 23.0°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 57 | 7.8 | 13.814 h |
| December | 24.7°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 45 | 8.0 | 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
- Kariega in MarchSouth Africa · 18 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.1°C · 47 mm rain
- Gqeberha in MarchSouth Africa · 19 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Grahamstown in MarchSouth Africa · 103 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Qonce in MarchSouth Africa · 196 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 80 mm rain
- Bhisho in MarchSouth Africa · 202 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.3°C · 108 mm rain
- Mdantsane in MarchSouth Africa · 225 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 17.6°C · 82 mm rain
- East London in MarchSouth Africa · 233 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 19.7°C · 90 mm rain
- Queenstown in MarchSouth Africa · 243 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 13.8°C · 78 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 Motherwell) is explained once on the Motherwell year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Kariega lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.