South Africa

Welkom in March

Historical averages 2016–2025 · not a forecast

March weather in Welkom

March in Welkom averages daily highs of 28°C and lows of 15°C, with 11 hours of sunshine a day and rain on about 9 of 31 days.

Daily high
28°C average
Overnight low
15°C average
Rain days
9 of 31 days with at least 1 mm (29% rain-day chance)
Sunshine
11 hours a day
Daylight
12 hours calculated day length

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Welkom in March

March in Welkom: average highs of 28°C, lows of 15°C and 11 hours of sunshine a day. A starting point for planning around the historical weather.

March in Welkom, South Africa, brings average daily highs of 28°C and overnight lows of 15°C in the 2016–2025 historical record. Light clothing is a useful starting point, with room in the plan to pause indoors. Decide how much walking to fit into each day using the local forecast, rather than treating the monthly average as a limit.

In the record, at least 1 mm of rain or snow falls on 9 of 31 days on average, a daily chance of 29%. Leave some freedom to swap an outdoor day with a sheltered one. There is no need to read the average as a fixed number of lost days; it says nothing about how long rain lasts on each occasion.

The calculated day length, sunrise to sunset, averages about 12 hours. Sunshine averages 11 hours a day. Use the daylight window to plan the length of excursions, and check local sunrise and sunset times for the dates of your stay. Sunshine is a separate measure, and those hours need not arrive in one uninterrupted stretch.

Start with the places you most want to visit, then keep the order flexible enough to suit the weather. Check current opening hours and local transport before fixing long day trips. The climate record can help with pacing and packing, but it does not describe what is open during your stay.

April has an average daily high of 24°C, 4°C lower than March. Its historical rain-day chance is 28%, compared with 29% this month. If your dates are flexible, compare those trade-offs with the kind of days you want. Neither set of averages predicts the conditions of one particular holiday.

Sources

Open-Meteo · 1 Jan 2016 – 31 Dec 2025
  • Open-Meteo Historical Weather API
  • Averages of every day in March, on local days. Every year is weighted equally.
  • A rain day has at least 1 mm, snow included. Daylight is calculated from latitude, sunrise to sunset; sunshine hours are separate.