Durban climate

Durban Weather in March

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

Average highs run from 26°C on March 1 to 25°C on March 31, and lows from 24°C to 23°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 93 mm over about 16 wet days.

March day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Durban, in °C, with the record for each date.152025303540151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

March at a glance

Average high
26°C
Average low
24°C
Precipitation
93 mm
Record high
36°CMar 11, 2011
Record low
16°CMar 18, 2020
Daylight
12 h 42 min to 11 h 48 min
Cloud cover
55%
Humidity
80%
Dew point
21°C
Wind
23.4 km/h

Every day of the month

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

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Mar 126°C24°C32°C 201417°C 202044%
Mar 226°C24°C31°C 201617°C 202043%
Mar 326°C24°C31°C 201717°C 202144%
Mar 426°C24°C31°C 201720°C 201243%
Mar 526°C24°C30°C 202516°C 201543%
Mar 626°C24°C32°C 201718°C 201244%
Mar 726°C24°C32°C 201419°C 202045%
Mar 826°C24°C32°C 201418°C 201246%
Mar 926°C24°C30°C 201318°C 201248%
Mar 1026°C24°C32°C 201817°C 201748%
Mar 1126°C24°C36°C 201118°C 201348%
Mar 1226°C24°C36°C 201117°C 202546%
Mar 1326°C24°C32°C 201617°C 201247%
Mar 1426°C24°C32°C 201619°C 202148%
Mar 1526°C24°C32°C 201519°C 201249%
Mar 1626°C24°C32°C 201517°C 202550%
Mar 1726°C24°C30°C 201117°C 201250%
Mar 1826°C24°C31°C 201616°C 202051%
Mar 1925°C24°C32°C 201416°C 201252%
Mar 2025°C24°C32°C 201417°C 201352%
Mar 2125°C24°C31°C 201117°C 201351%
Mar 2225°C24°C30°C 201517°C 201649%
Mar 2325°C24°C31°C 201417°C 201348%
Mar 2425°C24°C31°C 201416°C 201847%
Mar 2525°C24°C33°C 201417°C 201746%
Mar 2625°C24°C33°C 201416°C 201744%
Mar 2725°C23°C32°C 201617°C 202045%
Mar 2825°C23°C32°C 201616°C 202043%
Mar 2925°C23°C32°C 201118°C 202242%
Mar 3025°C23°C32°C 201118°C 201242%
Mar 3125°C23°C33°C 201717°C 202340%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Durban, in percent.02040601102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

March 1
sunrise 5:47 AM, sunset 6:29 PM
March 31
sunrise 6:06 AM, sunset 5:54 PM

Every day of March: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station SFM00068592, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.