Somerset West climate

Somerset West Weather in March

1991-2020 means of the daily record at Cape Town (GHCN SFM00068816), 24 km from Somerset West

Average highs run from 28°C on March 1 to 26°C on March 31, and lows from to . Normal precipitation for the month is 25 mm over about 6 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 Somerset West, in °C, with the record for each date.01020304050151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

March at a glance

Average high
27°C
Precipitation
25 mm
Record high
42°CMar 3, 2015
Record low
1°CMar 24, 2014
Daylight
12 h 49 min to 11 h 45 min
Cloud cover
34%
Humidity
68%
Dew point
13°C
Wind
18.0 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 128°C37°C 201113°C 201211%
Mar 228°C37°C 201111°C 199711%
Mar 327°C16°C42°C 20157°C 200612%
Mar 428°C37°C 20136°C 200612%
Mar 529°C14°C37°C 20138°C 199612%
Mar 628°C15°C38°C 20096°C 198512%
Mar 728°C36°C 201012°C 198112%
Mar 827°C35°C 20049°C 198012%
Mar 928°C16°C39°C 20108°C 198312%
Mar 1028°C37°C 199510°C 198311%
Mar 1127°C35°C 19999°C 199712%
Mar 1226°C15°C34°C 20128°C 199712%
Mar 1327°C14°C34°C 20136°C 200112%
Mar 1427°C34°C 201310°C 201613%
Mar 1528°C15°C34°C 20057°C 199613%
Mar 1628°C35°C 19959°C 199613%
Mar 1727°C15°C35°C 19959°C 200813%
Mar 1826°C33°C 198410°C 198514%
Mar 1926°C15°C36°C 20117°C 198814%
Mar 2027°C14°C35°C 201110°C 198315%
Mar 2127°C38°C 20178°C 198715%
Mar 2226°C31°C 20008°C 198317%
Mar 2327°C15°C34°C 19849°C 200318%
Mar 2427°C13°C34°C 20021°C 201418%
Mar 2527°C34°C 20025°C 198619%
Mar 2626°C34°C 19918°C 198619%
Mar 2726°C14°C34°C 19917°C 200718%
Mar 2826°C14°C36°C 199910°C 200419%
Mar 2927°C38°C 19916°C 200219%
Mar 3026°C14°C37°C 19998°C 198821%
Mar 3126°C37°C 19997°C 198922%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Somerset West, in percent.05101520251102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

March 1
sunrise 6:32 AM, sunset 7:21 PM
March 31
sunrise 6:56 AM, sunset 6:41 PM

Every day of March: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station SFM00068816, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: 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.