Climate averages 1991–2020
Richards Bay weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Richards Bay: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is KwaDukuza (95 km away). In March its highs average 27.1°C, 0.9°C cooler than Richards Bay, with 91 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Richards Bay ranks 7th of 95 for the warmest March highs and joint 85th of 95 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 95 cities is 25.6°C; Richards Bay is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 97 mm to 79 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
Richards Bay climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 108 | 13.5 | 13.714 h |
| February | 28.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 95 | 11.9 | 13.113 h |
| March, selected | 28.0°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 97 | 12.3 | 12.312 h |
| April | 26.2°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 79 | 10.4 | 11.411 h |
| May | 24.7°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 56 | 7.6 | 10.711 h |
| June | 23.1°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 39 | 6.6 | 10.310 h |
| July | 22.6°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 47 | 6.9 | 10.510 h |
| August | 23.6°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 39 | 7.0 | 11.111 h |
| September | 24.7°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 54 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| October | 25.0°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 79 | 12.2 | 12.813 h |
| November | 26.2°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 93 | 13.2 | 13.514 h |
| December | 27.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 86 | 11.7 | 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
- KwaDukuza in MarchSouth Africa · 95 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 91 mm rain
- Ntuzuma in MarchSouth Africa · 150 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.4°C · 90 mm rain
- Durban in MarchSouth Africa · 154 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 21.2°C · 90 mm rain
- Pinetown in MarchSouth Africa · 161 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.8°C · 90 mm rain
- Vryheid in MarchSouth Africa · 166 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 98 mm rain
- Mpumalanga in MarchSouth Africa · 178 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 87 mm rain
- Pietermaritzburg in MarchSouth Africa · 185 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.4°C · 96 mm rain
- Dundee, South Africa in MarchSouth Africa · 189 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.5°C · 105 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 Richards Bay) is explained once on the Richards Bay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.