Climate averages 1991–2020
Piet Retief weather
in March.
A warm, 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 warm month in Piet Retief: daytime highs average 23.8°C and nights cool to about 14.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 103 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes March a 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 Manzini (80 km away). In March its highs average 26.5°C, 2.7°C warmer than Piet Retief, with 93 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Piet Retief ranks joint 79th of 95 for the warmest March highs and 90th of 95 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 95 cities is 25.6°C; Piet Retief is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 21.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 103 mm to 48 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
Piet Retief climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.8°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 144 | 18.2 | 13.614 h |
| February | 24.8°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 117 | 14.0 | 13.013 h |
| March, selected | 23.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 103 | 13.5 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.8°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 48 | 7.7 | 11.511 h |
| May | 20.2°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 18 | 3.3 | 10.811 h |
| June | 18.2°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 11 | 2.2 | 10.510 h |
| July | 18.3°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 12 | 2.0 | 10.611 h |
| August | 20.9°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 21 | 3.6 | 11.211 h |
| September | 23.5°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 38 | 7.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 96 | 13.3 | 12.713 h |
| November | 24.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 131 | 16.9 | 13.413 h |
| December | 24.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 155 | 19.4 | 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
- Manzini in MarchEswatini · 80 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.5°C · 93 mm rain
- Mbabane in MarchEswatini · 83 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 159 mm rain
- Vryheid in MarchSouth Africa · 85 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 98 mm rain
- Ermelo in MarchSouth Africa · 98 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 12.4°C · 90 mm rain
- Newcastle, South Africa in MarchSouth Africa · 121 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Dundee, South Africa in MarchSouth Africa · 141 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.5°C · 105 mm rain
- Bethal in MarchSouth Africa · 147 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 12.6°C · 90 mm rain
- Standerton in MarchSouth Africa · 156 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 12.9°C · 81 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 Piet Retief) is explained once on the Piet Retief year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.