Climate averages 1991–2020
Mthatha weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd 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 Mthatha: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 15.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 120 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes March a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mdantsane (177 km away). In March its highs average 25.0°C, 0.6°C warmer than Mthatha, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mthatha ranks 66th of 95 for the warmest March highs and 95th of 95 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 95 cities is 25.6°C; Mthatha is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 22.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 120 mm to 76 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
Mthatha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.9°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 145 | 18.7 | 13.914 h |
| February | 25.2°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 131 | 16.0 | 13.213 h |
| March, selected | 24.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 120 | 16.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.7°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 76 | 9.8 | 11.311 h |
| May | 21.6°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 27 | 5.0 | 10.511 h |
| June | 19.8°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 24 | 3.3 | 10.110 h |
| July | 20.0°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 22 | 3.2 | 10.310 h |
| August | 21.2°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 32 | 5.5 | 11.011 h |
| September | 22.4°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 56 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| October | 22.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 96 | 14.9 | 12.813 h |
| November | 22.9°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 129 | 16.4 | 13.714 h |
| December | 24.0°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 140 | 18.5 | 14.214 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
- Mdantsane in MarchSouth Africa · 177 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 17.6°C · 82 mm rain
- East London in MarchSouth Africa · 179 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 19.7°C · 90 mm rain
- Queenstown in MarchSouth Africa · 184 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 13.8°C · 78 mm rain
- Bhisho in MarchSouth Africa · 188 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.3°C · 108 mm rain
- Qonce in MarchSouth Africa · 194 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 80 mm rain
- Mpumalanga in MarchSouth Africa · 265 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 87 mm rain
- Pietermaritzburg in MarchSouth Africa · 268 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.4°C · 96 mm rain
- Pinetown in MarchSouth Africa · 281 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.8°C · 90 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 Mthatha) is explained once on the Mthatha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.