Climate averages 1991–2020
Potchefstroom 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 Potchefstroom: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 11 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 Stilfontein (36 km away). In March its highs average 26.5°C, about as warm as Potchefstroom, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Potchefstroom ranks joint 33rd of 95 for the warmest March highs and joint 34th of 95 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 95 cities is 25.6°C; Potchefstroom is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.6°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 76 mm to 39 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
Potchefstroom climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 109 | 15.0 | 13.614 h |
| February | 27.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 93 | 12.3 | 13.013 h |
| March, selected | 26.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 76 | 10.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.8°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 39 | 6.8 | 11.511 h |
| May | 21.4°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 19 | 2.9 | 10.811 h |
| June | 18.7°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 8.7 | 1.5 | 10.510 h |
| July | 18.9°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 3.9 | 0.7 | 10.611 h |
| August | 22.2°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 11 | 1.8 | 11.211 h |
| September | 26.5°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 16 | 3.1 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.0°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 65 | 9.7 | 12.713 h |
| November | 28.1°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 81 | 12.2 | 13.413 h |
| December | 28.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 112 | 16.0 | 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
- Stilfontein in MarchSouth Africa · 36 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 14.7°C · 70 mm rain
- Parys in MarchSouth Africa · 41 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 14.5°C · 80 mm rain
- Klerksdorp in MarchSouth Africa · 46 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 15.0°C · 70 mm rain
- Carletonville in MarchSouth Africa · 49 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.0°C · 86 mm rain
- Orkney in MarchSouth Africa · 52 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 14.9°C · 68 mm rain
- Westonaria in MarchSouth Africa · 70 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.7°C · 90 mm rain
- Sasolburg in MarchSouth Africa · 72 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.0°C · 86 mm rain
- Vanderbijlpark in MarchSouth Africa · 73 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 13.8°C · 86 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 Potchefstroom) is explained once on the Potchefstroom year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.