Climate averages 1991–2020
Paarl weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Paarl: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the joint 2nd 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 Stellenbosch (24 km away). In March its highs average 27.6°C, 1.8°C cooler than Paarl, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Paarl ranks 3rd of 95 for the warmest March highs and joint 3rd of 95 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 95 cities is 25.6°C; Paarl is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 3.9°C to 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 21 mm to 57 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
Paarl climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.9°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 21 | 3.1 | 14.114 h |
| February | 31.2°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 16 | 2.8 | 13.313 h |
| March, selected | 29.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 21 | 3.3 | 12.312 h |
| April | 25.5°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 57 | 5.6 | 11.311 h |
| May | 21.4°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 98 | 8.3 | 10.410 h |
| June | 17.9°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 152 | 10.7 | 9.910 h |
| July | 17.5°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 130 | 9.9 | 10.110 h |
| August | 17.8°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 110 | 10.6 | 10.911 h |
| September | 19.9°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 77 | 8.7 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 47 | 6.1 | 12.913 h |
| November | 25.8°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 44 | 6.0 | 13.814 h |
| December | 28.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 25 | 4.4 | 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
- Stellenbosch in MarchSouth Africa · 24 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 16.4°C · 21 mm rain
- Somerset West in MarchSouth Africa · 41 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.8°C · 21 mm rain
- Worcester, South Africa in MarchSouth Africa · 45 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 28 mm rain
- Atlantis in MarchSouth Africa · 49 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 11 mm rain
- Cape Town in MarchSouth Africa · 55 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 16.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Mossel Bay in MarchSouth Africa · 297 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 17.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Oudtshoorn in MarchSouth Africa · 299 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 14.9°C · 38 mm rain
- George in MarchSouth Africa · 323 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 54 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 Paarl) is explained once on the Paarl year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.