Climate averages 1991–2020
Oudtshoorn weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 4th 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 hot month in Oudtshoorn: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 14.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a fairly dry 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 George (47 km away). In March its highs average 22.7°C, 5.4°C cooler than Oudtshoorn, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Oudtshoorn ranks 6th of 95 for the warmest March highs and 8th of 95 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 95 cities is 25.6°C; Oudtshoorn is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 25.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 38 mm to 34 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
Oudtshoorn climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 30 | 6.2 | 14.114 h |
| February | 29.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 28 | 5.7 | 13.313 h |
| March, selected | 28.1°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 38 | 6.9 | 12.312 h |
| April | 25.1°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 34 | 6.1 | 11.311 h |
| May | 22.2°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 25 | 4.7 | 10.410 h |
| June | 18.9°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 24 | 5.0 | 10.010 h |
| July | 18.6°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 26 | 5.4 | 10.110 h |
| August | 19.8°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 33 | 6.1 | 10.911 h |
| September | 22.2°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 27 | 5.2 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 41 | 6.5 | 12.913 h |
| November | 26.0°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 48 | 7.1 | 13.814 h |
| December | 28.5°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 31 | 6.1 | 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
- George in MarchSouth Africa · 47 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 54 mm rain
- Mossel Bay in MarchSouth Africa · 65 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 17.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Worcester, South Africa in MarchSouth Africa · 255 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 28 mm rain
- Kariega in MarchSouth Africa · 297 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.1°C · 47 mm rain
- Paarl in MarchSouth Africa · 299 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 16.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Stellenbosch in MarchSouth Africa · 310 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 16.4°C · 21 mm rain
- Motherwell in MarchSouth Africa · 314 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Somerset West in MarchSouth Africa · 317 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.8°C · 21 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 Oudtshoorn) is explained once on the Oudtshoorn year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.