Climate averages 1991–2020
Vryheid weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 4th 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 Vryheid: daytime highs average 24.7°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 98 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 16 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dundee, South Africa (70 km away). In March its highs average 25.1°C, about as warm as Vryheid, with 105 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Vryheid ranks joint 60th of 95 for the warmest March highs and 87th of 95 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 95 cities is 25.6°C; Vryheid is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 22.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 98 mm to 51 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
Vryheid climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.6°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 139 | 17.4 | 13.714 h |
| February | 25.6°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 114 | 14.3 | 13.113 h |
| March, selected | 24.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 98 | 13.0 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.7°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 51 | 8.1 | 11.411 h |
| May | 21.3°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 19 | 3.3 | 10.811 h |
| June | 19.2°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 13 | 1.7 | 10.410 h |
| July | 19.2°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 14 | 1.9 | 10.611 h |
| August | 21.6°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 22 | 3.8 | 11.111 h |
| September | 24.2°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 39 | 6.7 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 97 | 13.1 | 12.713 h |
| November | 24.6°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 137 | 17.7 | 13.513 h |
| December | 25.5°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 158 | 19.2 | 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
- Dundee, South Africa in MarchSouth Africa · 70 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.5°C · 105 mm rain
- Newcastle, South Africa in MarchSouth Africa · 85 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Piet Retief in MarchSouth Africa · 85 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Ladysmith in MarchSouth Africa · 132 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 15.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Manzini in MarchEswatini · 153 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.5°C · 93 mm rain
- Ermelo in MarchSouth Africa · 159 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 12.4°C · 90 mm rain
- Mbabane in MarchEswatini · 165 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 159 mm rain
- Richards Bay in MarchSouth Africa · 166 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.8°C · 97 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 Vryheid) is explained once on the Vryheid year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.