Climate averages 1991–2020
Phalaborwa weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Phalaborwa: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thohoyandou (130 km away). In March its highs average 26.8°C, 3.3°C cooler than Phalaborwa, with 97 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Phalaborwa ranks 2nd of 95 for the warmest March highs and 10th of 95 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 95 cities is 25.6°C; Phalaborwa is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 43 mm to 20 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
Phalaborwa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 93 | 9.3 | 13.413 h |
| February | 30.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 69 | 8.0 | 12.913 h |
| March, selected | 30.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 43 | 6.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.0°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 20 | 3.8 | 11.512 h |
| May | 26.4°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 8.9 | 1.7 | 11.011 h |
| June | 24.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 3.7 | 0.8 | 10.711 h |
| July | 23.9°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 4.5 | 0.6 | 10.811 h |
| August | 26.2°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 3.8 | 1.0 | 11.311 h |
| September | 28.8°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 11 | 2.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 29.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 24 | 4.0 | 12.613 h |
| November | 30.1°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 62 | 7.9 | 13.313 h |
| December | 30.7°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 93 | 9.8 | 13.614 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
- Thohoyandou in MarchSouth Africa · 130 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 17.9°C · 97 mm rain
- Louis Trichardt in MarchSouth Africa · 161 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Polokwane in MarchSouth Africa · 170 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.4°C · 74 mm rain
- Mbombela in MarchSouth Africa · 171 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.6°C · 107 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in MarchMozambique · 188 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Mokopane in MarchSouth Africa · 218 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 16.7°C · 59 mm rain
- Chibuto in MarchMozambique · 256 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Matola in MarchMozambique · 261 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.9°C · 73 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 Phalaborwa) is explained once on the Phalaborwa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.