Harare Weather in March
Harare in March
The short of it: Harare in March averages a high of 26 °C (80 °F) and a low of 15 °C (59 °F), with 117 mm (4.6 in) of rain and about 12 h 14 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 15° · rain 117 mm · daylight 12 h 14 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: May & June
Thirty years of records give Harare an average March high of 26°, a low of 15° and some 117 mm of rain. Much like February: highs about 26°, nights near 15°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 117 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 14 min in mid-March, 28 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 May and June.
Against its neighbours, Harare runs about middling and wetter than most in March. Epworth, 12 km to the SE, is 1° cooler by day.
March in Harare, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- about the same, 49 mm less rain
- Versus April
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 14 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EpworthHarare | 12 km SE | 26° | 15° | 114 mm |
| Mount HampdenMashonaland East Province | 15 km NW | 26° | 15° | 109 mm |
| Harare Western SuburbsMashonaland West | 19 km W | 27° | 15° | 101 mm |
| ChitungwizaHarare | 21 km S | 27° | 15° | 101 mm |
| RuwaMashonaland East Province | 21 km ESE | 26° | 14° | 116 mm |
| MazoweMashonaland Central | 37 km NNW | 26° | 15° | 121 mm |
| NortonMashonaland West | 38 km W | 26° | 14° | 90 mm |
| ConcessionMashonaland Central | 51 km NNW | 26° | 15° | 116 mm |