Climate averages 1991–2020
Thaba Nchu 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 Thaba Nchu: daytime highs average 25.3°C and nights cool to about 13.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 9th 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 Botshabelo (13 km away). In March its highs average 25.9°C, 0.6°C warmer than Thaba Nchu, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Thaba Nchu ranks joint 49th of 95 for the warmest March highs and joint 47th of 95 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 95 cities is 25.6°C; Thaba Nchu is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 3.7°C to 21.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 82 mm to 52 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
Thaba Nchu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 102 | 13.5 | 13.814 h |
| February | 27.2°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 87 | 13.0 | 13.113 h |
| March, selected | 25.3°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 82 | 11.2 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.5°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 52 | 7.7 | 11.411 h |
| May | 18.5°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 21 | 3.4 | 10.711 h |
| June | 15.4°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 13 | 2.0 | 10.310 h |
| July | 15.7°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 8.4 | 1.7 | 10.510 h |
| August | 18.8°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 18 | 2.6 | 11.111 h |
| September | 23.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 16 | 2.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 25.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 53 | 7.7 | 12.813 h |
| November | 26.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 77 | 9.2 | 13.614 h |
| December | 28.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 88 | 11.6 | 14.014 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
- Botshabelo in MarchSouth Africa · 13 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 13.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Bloemfontein in MarchSouth Africa · 61 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 14.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Maseru in MarchLesotho · 64 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 11.8°C · 107 mm rain
- Virginia in MarchSouth Africa · 123 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 15.1°C · 67 mm rain
- Welkom in MarchSouth Africa · 137 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in MarchSouth Africa · 149 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 15.0°C · 64 mm rain
- Kutloanong in MarchSouth Africa · 153 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 64 mm rain
- Kroonstad in MarchSouth Africa · 178 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 14.5°C · 68 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 Thaba Nchu) is explained once on the Thaba Nchu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Botshabelo lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.