Gaborone Weather in March
Gaborone in March
The short of it: Gaborone in March averages a high of 31 °C (88 °F) and a low of 17 °C (63 °F), with 60 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 12 h 18 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 31° · low 17° · rain 60 mm · daylight 12 h 18 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & June
March in Gaborone brings afternoons near 31° and nights around 17°, with about 60 mm of rain over the month. Days run hot, near 31° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Wet spells are common — about 60 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 18 min in mid-March, 40 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates March 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Gaborone runs warmer than most and about as wet in March. Mogoditshane, 5 km to the NW, sees much the same highs.
March in Gaborone, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 7th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 2° colder, 15 mm less rain
- Versus April
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 18 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MogoditshaneKweneng | 5 km NW | 31° | 17° | 60 mm |
| TlokwengSouth-East | 7 km ESE | 31° | 17° | 60 mm |
| MmoponeKweneng | 10 km NNW | 31° | 17° | 62 mm |
| GabaneKweneng | 13 km W | 30° | 17° | 58 mm |
| OodiSouth-East | 16 km NE | 31° | 17° | 61 mm |
| MetsemotlhabaKweneng | 16 km NW | 31° | 17° | 61 mm |
| KopongSouth-East | 19 km N | 31° | 17° | 62 mm |
| KumakwaneKweneng | 21 km W | 31° | 17° | 58 mm |