Climate averages 1991–2020
Queenstown weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Queenstown: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bhisho (118 km away). In March its highs average 25.2°C, 0.9°C cooler than Queenstown, with 108 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Queenstown ranks joint 38th of 95 for the warmest March highs and 40th of 95 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 95 cities is 25.6°C; Queenstown is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 3.1°C to 22.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 78 mm to 47 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
Queenstown climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.1°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 100 | 13.9 | 14.014 h |
| February | 27.5°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 98 | 13.4 | 13.213 h |
| March, selected | 26.0°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 78 | 12.3 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.9°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 47 | 7.7 | 11.311 h |
| May | 20.6°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 14 | 3.4 | 10.511 h |
| June | 17.6°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 12 | 2.4 | 10.110 h |
| July | 17.7°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 13 | 2.3 | 10.310 h |
| August | 19.9°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 21 | 3.8 | 11.011 h |
| September | 23.4°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 33 | 5.4 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.7°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 55 | 10.1 | 12.813 h |
| November | 26.1°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 72 | 11.8 | 13.714 h |
| December | 27.7°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 91 | 13.7 | 14.214 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
- Bhisho in MarchSouth Africa · 118 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.3°C · 108 mm rain
- Qonce in MarchSouth Africa · 120 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 80 mm rain
- Mdantsane in MarchSouth Africa · 143 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 17.6°C · 82 mm rain
- East London in MarchSouth Africa · 158 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 19.7°C · 90 mm rain
- Grahamstown in MarchSouth Africa · 160 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Mthatha in MarchSouth Africa · 184 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 120 mm rain
- Motherwell in MarchSouth Africa · 243 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Kariega in MarchSouth Africa · 248 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.1°C · 47 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 Queenstown) is explained once on the Queenstown year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.