Plettenberg Bay climate

Plettenberg Bay Weather in March

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

Average highs run from 25°C on March 1 to 23°C on March 31, and lows from 18°C to 16°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 53 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 Plettenberg Bay, in °C, with the record for each date.10203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

March at a glance

Average high
24°C
Average low
17°C
Precipitation
53 mm
Reanalysis high
37°CMar 8, 2010
Reanalysis low
11°CMar 24, 2003
Daylight
12 h 49 min to 11 h 45 min
Cloud cover
45%
Humidity
76%
Dew point
15°C
Wind
13.0 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 125°C18°C29°C 199614°C 199227%
Mar 225°C18°C31°C 200714°C 200427%
Mar 325°C18°C32°C 200813°C 200428%
Mar 425°C17°C32°C 202013°C 199229%
Mar 525°C17°C33°C 201614°C 199630%
Mar 625°C17°C34°C 200814°C 200430%
Mar 725°C17°C34°C 200416°C 199629%
Mar 825°C17°C37°C 201015°C 200728%
Mar 925°C17°C31°C 200015°C 201428%
Mar 1025°C17°C32°C 200715°C 199828%
Mar 1125°C17°C29°C 201713°C 199728%
Mar 1225°C17°C35°C 200313°C 199727%
Mar 1324°C17°C28°C 201813°C 200128%
Mar 1424°C17°C35°C 200113°C 199629%
Mar 1524°C17°C35°C 200414°C 199628%
Mar 1624°C17°C32°C 199214°C 200826%
Mar 1724°C17°C34°C 199313°C 200827%
Mar 1824°C17°C33°C 199612°C 200928%
Mar 1924°C17°C31°C 200513°C 200128%
Mar 2024°C17°C32°C 199414°C 200926%
Mar 2124°C17°C31°C 200014°C 201426%
Mar 2224°C17°C29°C 201113°C 201627%
Mar 2324°C16°C30°C 200013°C 200326%
Mar 2423°C16°C35°C 200211°C 200327%
Mar 2523°C16°C29°C 199914°C 201727%
Mar 2623°C16°C29°C 200212°C 202028%
Mar 2723°C16°C31°C 201812°C 202028%
Mar 2823°C16°C29°C 199913°C 200629%
Mar 2923°C16°C30°C 199112°C 200229%
Mar 3023°C16°C32°C 199114°C 200430%
Mar 3123°C16°C33°C 199913°C 201230%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

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

March 1
sunrise 6:14 AM, sunset 7:03 PM
March 31
sunrise 6:38 AM, sunset 6:23 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.