Climate averages 1991–2020
Parys weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 7th 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 Parys: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sasolburg (37 km away). In March its highs average 24.9°C, 0.9°C cooler than Parys, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Parys ranks joint 44th of 95 for the warmest March highs and joint 41st of 95 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 95 cities is 25.6°C; Parys is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 23.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 80 mm to 41 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
Parys climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 120 | 15.5 | 13.614 h |
| February | 27.1°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 95 | 13.0 | 13.013 h |
| March, selected | 25.8°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 80 | 11.5 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.3°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 41 | 6.8 | 11.511 h |
| May | 20.8°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 20 | 3.3 | 10.811 h |
| June | 18.1°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 9.8 | 1.6 | 10.510 h |
| July | 18.3°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 4.7 | 0.9 | 10.611 h |
| August | 21.7°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 14 | 2.2 | 11.211 h |
| September | 26.0°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 19 | 3.4 | 11.912 h |
| October | 27.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 72 | 10.2 | 12.713 h |
| November | 27.3°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 94 | 12.6 | 13.413 h |
| December | 27.7°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 129 | 16.6 | 13.814 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
- Sasolburg in MarchSouth Africa · 37 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.0°C · 86 mm rain
- Potchefstroom in MarchSouth Africa · 41 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 76 mm rain
- Vanderbijlpark in MarchSouth Africa · 43 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 13.8°C · 86 mm rain
- Vereeniging in MarchSouth Africa · 53 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 82 mm rain
- Evaton in MarchSouth Africa · 57 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 13.8°C · 88 mm rain
- Carletonville in MarchSouth Africa · 61 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.0°C · 86 mm rain
- Westonaria in MarchSouth Africa · 68 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.7°C · 90 mm rain
- Stilfontein in MarchSouth Africa · 69 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 14.7°C · 70 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 Parys) is explained once on the Parys year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.