Bloemfontein climate

Bloemfontein Weather in March

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Bloemfontein, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 30°C on March 1 to 27°C on March 31, and lows from 15°C to 12°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 68 mm over about 9 wet days.

March day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Bloemfontein, in °C, with the record for each date.010203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

March at a glance

Average high
29°C
Average low
14°C
Precipitation
68 mm
Reanalysis high
37°CMar 2, 1999
Reanalysis low
3°CMar 24, 2003
Daylight
12 h 41 min to 11 h 48 min
Cloud cover
47%
Humidity
53%
Dew point
9°C
Wind
11.5 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Mar 130°C15°C37°C 199912°C 200137%
Mar 230°C15°C37°C 19999°C 199236%
Mar 330°C15°C36°C 19996°C 199235%
Mar 430°C15°C36°C 19996°C 199234%
Mar 530°C15°C37°C 19997°C 199634%
Mar 630°C15°C35°C 20168°C 200633%
Mar 730°C15°C34°C 201610°C 200634%
Mar 830°C15°C34°C 201211°C 199235%
Mar 930°C15°C35°C 200310°C 200536%
Mar 1030°C15°C35°C 199211°C 199436%
Mar 1130°C15°C36°C 19928°C 200535%
Mar 1229°C15°C36°C 199210°C 200534%
Mar 1329°C14°C35°C 19926°C 200634%
Mar 1429°C14°C34°C 20077°C 200634%
Mar 1529°C14°C34°C 200710°C 200435%
Mar 1629°C14°C33°C 19926°C 200834%
Mar 1729°C14°C33°C 19958°C 199635%
Mar 1829°C14°C34°C 19957°C 200936%
Mar 1928°C14°C34°C 19954°C 200736%
Mar 2028°C13°C34°C 19988°C 200735%
Mar 2128°C13°C34°C 20138°C 200935%
Mar 2228°C13°C36°C 20138°C 201635%
Mar 2328°C13°C36°C 20137°C 200335%
Mar 2428°C13°C31°C 19943°C 200334%
Mar 2528°C13°C33°C 20025°C 200333%
Mar 2628°C13°C32°C 19966°C 200333%
Mar 2727°C13°C32°C 19967°C 202033%
Mar 2827°C13°C32°C 20197°C 200634%
Mar 2927°C13°C32°C 19996°C 200234%
Mar 3027°C12°C32°C 20169°C 200633%
Mar 3127°C12°C33°C 20167°C 201232%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Bloemfontein, in percent.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).

March 1
sunrise 6:07 AM, sunset 6:48 PM
March 31
sunrise 6:25 AM, sunset 6:13 PM

Every day of March: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.