Maputsoe Weather in March
Maputsoe in March
The short of it: Maputsoe in March averages a high of 26 °C (78 °F) and a low of 11 °C (53 °F), with 79 mm (3.1 in) of rain and about 12 h 20 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 11° · rain 79 mm · daylight 12 h 20 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: September & August
Thirty years of records give Maputsoe an average March high of 26°, a low of 11° and some 79 mm of rain. Much like February: highs about 26°, nights near 11°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 79 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 20 min in mid-March, 48 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates March 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and August.
Against its neighbours, Maputsoe runs warmer than most and about as wet in March. Ficksburg, 3 km to the NW, sees much the same highs.
March in Maputsoe, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 2° colder, 12 mm less rain
- Versus April
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 20 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FicksburgFree State | 3 km NW | 26° | 11° | 79 mm |
| HlotseLeribe | 14 km E | 26° | 12° | 81 mm |
| PekaLeribe | 16 km SW | 26° | 12° | 78 mm |
| Kolonyama00 | 26 km SW | 26° | 12° | 78 mm |
| MapotengBerea | 26 km SSE | 25° | 12° | 85 mm |
| Mamathes00 | 27 km SSW | 25° | 12° | 84 mm |
| HlohlolwaneFree State | 32 km W | 26° | 12° | 72 mm |
| TeyateyanengBerea | 32 km SSW | 26° | 12° | 79 mm |