Fontem Weather in March
Fontem in March
The short of it: Fontem in March averages a high of 30 °C (86 °F) and a low of 21 °C (71 °F), with 102 mm (4.0 in) of rain and about 12 h 5 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are November and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 30° · low 21° · rain 102 mm · daylight 12 h 5 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: November & December
Thirty years of records give Fontem an average March high of 30°, a low of 21° and some 102 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 30° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Wet spells are common — about 102 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 5 min in mid-March.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates March 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are November and December.
Against its neighbours, Fontem runs cooler than most and drier than most in March. Dschang, 19 km to the E, is 1° warmer by day.
March in Fontem, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 3rd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 1° colder, 70 mm more rain
- Versus April
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 5 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h