Botlhapatlou Weather in March
Botlhapatlou in March
The short of it: Botlhapatlou in March averages a high of 30 °C (86 °F) and a low of 16 °C (61 °F), with 52 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 12 h 17 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 30° · low 16° · rain 52 mm · daylight 12 h 17 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Botlhapatlou an average March high of 30°, a low of 16° and some 52 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 30° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Rain is modest, about 52 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 17 min in mid-March, 39 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates March 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Botlhapatlou runs cooler than most and drier than most in March. Molepolole, 42 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
March in Botlhapatlou, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 7th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 2° colder, 20 mm less rain
- Versus April
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 17 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MolepololeKweneng | 42 km S | 30° | 16° | 56 mm |
| LentsweletauKweneng | 44 km SE | 31° | 17° | 60 mm |
| LetlhakengKweneng | 47 km W | 31° | 17° | 46 mm |
| Lenchwe Le TauKweneng | 54 km SE | 30° | 17° | 64 mm |
| BoatlanameOther | 59 km NE | 31° | 17° | 51 mm |
| KopongSouth-East | 65 km SE | 31° | 17° | 62 mm |
| MetsemotlhabaKweneng | 67 km SSE | 31° | 17° | 61 mm |
| RasesaKgatleng | 71 km ESE | 31° | 17° | 61 mm |