Climate averages 1991–2020
Upington weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 4th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Upington: daytime highs average 32.5°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kimberley (344 km away). In March its highs average 29.0°C, 3.5°C cooler than Upington, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Upington ranks 1st of 95 for the warmest March highs and 7th of 95 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 95 cities is 25.6°C; Upington is 6.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 4.7°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 36 mm to 25 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
Upington climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 35 | 5.4 | 13.714 h |
| February | 34.7°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 31 | 6.5 | 13.113 h |
| March, selected | 32.5°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 36 | 5.5 | 12.312 h |
| April | 27.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 25 | 3.6 | 11.411 h |
| May | 24.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 12 | 1.8 | 10.711 h |
| June | 20.2°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 5.2 | 0.8 | 10.410 h |
| July | 20.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 3.9 | 0.9 | 10.511 h |
| August | 22.8°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 2.8 | 0.6 | 11.111 h |
| September | 27.2°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 4.9 | 0.9 | 11.912 h |
| October | 30.5°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 14 | 2.2 | 12.813 h |
| November | 32.5°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 13 | 2.4 | 13.514 h |
| December | 34.7°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 27 | 3.8 | 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
- Kimberley in MarchSouth Africa · 344 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 16.0°C · 63 mm rain
- Schweizer-Reneke in MarchSouth Africa · 424 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 15.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Bloemfontein in MarchSouth Africa · 489 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 14.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Mafikeng in MarchSouth Africa · 520 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 15.9°C · 71 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in MarchSouth Africa · 537 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 15.0°C · 64 mm rain
- Welkom in MarchSouth Africa · 539 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Bothaville in MarchSouth Africa · 540 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 15.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Botshabelo in MarchSouth Africa · 540 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 13.6°C · 82 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 Upington) is explained once on the Upington year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.