Pretoria climate

Pretoria Weather in March

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Pretoria, 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 28°C on March 31, and lows from 17°C to 15°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 78 mm over about 12 wet days.

March day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Pretoria, 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
30°C
Average low
16°C
Precipitation
78 mm
Reanalysis high
38°CMar 1, 1999
Reanalysis low
9°CMar 6, 1996
Daylight
12 h 37 min to 11 h 51 min
Cloud cover
50%
Humidity
60%
Dew point
13°C
Wind
9.7 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°C17°C38°C 199912°C 199448%
Mar 230°C16°C36°C 199913°C 200145%
Mar 330°C16°C36°C 200311°C 199244%
Mar 430°C16°C37°C 199911°C 199242%
Mar 530°C16°C35°C 20129°C 199642%
Mar 630°C16°C35°C 20079°C 199642%
Mar 730°C16°C36°C 201612°C 199642%
Mar 830°C16°C34°C 200112°C 200642%
Mar 930°C16°C35°C 200513°C 200043%
Mar 1030°C16°C35°C 199213°C 199642%
Mar 1130°C16°C35°C 20109°C 201742%
Mar 1230°C16°C36°C 201013°C 199342%
Mar 1330°C16°C35°C 201013°C 199740%
Mar 1430°C16°C36°C 200713°C 200142%
Mar 1530°C16°C36°C 200713°C 201344%
Mar 1630°C16°C37°C 200712°C 199645%
Mar 1729°C16°C37°C 200711°C 200846%
Mar 1829°C16°C36°C 199813°C 199647%
Mar 1929°C16°C35°C 199510°C 199646%
Mar 2029°C16°C36°C 199511°C 200746%
Mar 2129°C16°C36°C 200711°C 199646%
Mar 2229°C15°C37°C 200712°C 199646%
Mar 2329°C15°C35°C 200713°C 200846%
Mar 2429°C15°C34°C 201112°C 200944%
Mar 2529°C15°C34°C 199810°C 200344%
Mar 2629°C15°C35°C 201910°C 200343%
Mar 2729°C15°C33°C 199411°C 199142%
Mar 2829°C15°C33°C 201911°C 199143%
Mar 2928°C15°C35°C 201910°C 200640%
Mar 3028°C15°C33°C 201910°C 199638%
Mar 3128°C15°C33°C 201710°C 199636%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Pretoria, in percent.010203040501102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

March 1
sunrise 6:01 AM, sunset 6:38 PM
March 31
sunrise 6:16 AM, sunset 6:07 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.