Climate averages 1991–2020
Phuthaditjhaba weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Phuthaditjhaba: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 11.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 100 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes March a wet month (the 7th 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 Bethlehem, South Africa (60 km away). In March its highs average 23.6°C, 1.2°C warmer than Phuthaditjhaba, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Phuthaditjhaba ranks joint 94th of 95 for the warmest March highs and 89th of 95 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 95 cities is 25.6°C; Phuthaditjhaba is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 19.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 100 mm to 53 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
Phuthaditjhaba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.9°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 177 | 19.0 | 13.714 h |
| February | 23.6°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 135 | 15.3 | 13.113 h |
| March, selected | 22.4°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 100 | 13.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 19.9°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 53 | 7.8 | 11.411 h |
| May | 17.6°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 25 | 3.4 | 10.711 h |
| June | 15.1°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 13 | 1.9 | 10.410 h |
| July | 15.1°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 11 | 1.9 | 10.511 h |
| August | 17.9°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 29 | 4.2 | 11.111 h |
| September | 21.6°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 32 | 4.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 22.5°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 106 | 12.5 | 12.813 h |
| November | 23.1°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 135 | 14.3 | 13.514 h |
| December | 23.9°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 168 | 18.9 | 13.914 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
- Bethlehem, South Africa in MarchSouth Africa · 60 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 12.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Ladysmith in MarchSouth Africa · 94 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 15.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Newcastle, South Africa in MarchSouth Africa · 139 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Dundee, South Africa in MarchSouth Africa · 144 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.5°C · 105 mm rain
- Maseru in MarchLesotho · 157 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 11.8°C · 107 mm rain
- Standerton in MarchSouth Africa · 182 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 12.9°C · 81 mm rain
- Kroonstad in MarchSouth Africa · 183 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 14.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Pietermaritzburg in MarchSouth Africa · 196 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.4°C · 96 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 Phuthaditjhaba) is explained once on the Phuthaditjhaba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.