Climate averages 1991–2020
Thohoyandou weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 6th 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 Thohoyandou: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Louis Trichardt (61 km away). In March its highs average 27.1°C, about as warm as Thohoyandou, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Thohoyandou ranks joint 26th 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; Thohoyandou is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 25.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 97 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
Thohoyandou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.5°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 179 | 15.4 | 13.413 h |
| February | 27.4°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 156 | 13.5 | 12.913 h |
| March, selected | 26.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 97 | 12.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 47 | 8.3 | 11.612 h |
| May | 23.7°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 24 | 4.4 | 11.011 h |
| June | 21.8°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 15 | 3.0 | 10.711 h |
| July | 21.2°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 21 | 4.1 | 10.911 h |
| August | 23.9°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 17 | 3.6 | 11.311 h |
| September | 26.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 36 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 27.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 55 | 9.5 | 12.613 h |
| November | 27.7°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 120 | 12.4 | 13.213 h |
| December | 27.7°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 161 | 14.5 | 13.514 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
- Louis Trichardt in MarchSouth Africa · 61 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in MarchSouth Africa · 130 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Polokwane in MarchSouth Africa · 149 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.4°C · 74 mm rain
- Mokopane in MarchSouth Africa · 205 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 16.7°C · 59 mm rain
- Mbombela in MarchSouth Africa · 286 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.6°C · 107 mm rain
- Bela Bela in MarchSouth Africa · 311 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Somaroboro in MarchSouth Africa · 315 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 15.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in MarchMozambique · 317 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.3°C · 61 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 Thohoyandou) is explained once on the Thohoyandou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.