Climate averages 1991–2020
Schweizer-Reneke weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th 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 Schweizer-Reneke: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 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 16 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bothaville (129 km away). In March its highs average 27.4°C, about as warm as Schweizer-Reneke, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Schweizer-Reneke ranks joint 10th of 95 for the warmest March highs and joint 22nd of 95 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 95 cities is 25.6°C; Schweizer-Reneke is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 3.3°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 67 mm to 40 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
Schweizer-Reneke climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.0°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 101 | 14.1 | 13.614 h |
| February | 29.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 74 | 12.7 | 13.013 h |
| March, selected | 27.6°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 67 | 11.6 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.3°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 40 | 6.6 | 11.511 h |
| May | 21.5°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 15 | 2.6 | 10.811 h |
| June | 18.4°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 10 | 1.5 | 10.510 h |
| July | 18.6°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 4.4 | 0.7 | 10.611 h |
| August | 21.8°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 11 | 1.4 | 11.211 h |
| September | 26.4°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 12 | 2.1 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.6°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 40 | 7.3 | 12.713 h |
| November | 29.5°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 57 | 9.2 | 13.413 h |
| December | 30.4°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 77 | 12.9 | 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
- Bothaville in MarchSouth Africa · 129 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 15.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Orkney in MarchSouth Africa · 135 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 14.9°C · 68 mm rain
- Klerksdorp in MarchSouth Africa · 138 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 15.0°C · 70 mm rain
- Stilfontein in MarchSouth Africa · 148 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 14.7°C · 70 mm rain
- Mafikeng in MarchSouth Africa · 150 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 15.9°C · 71 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in MarchSouth Africa · 154 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 15.0°C · 64 mm rain
- Kutloanong in MarchSouth Africa · 157 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 64 mm rain
- Welkom in MarchSouth Africa · 164 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 67 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 Schweizer-Reneke) is explained once on the Schweizer-Reneke year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.