ClimateExplore the planning map
Climate · Windhoek

Windhoek in March

Warm and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Windhoek is warm: highs near 84°F, lows near 60°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 37 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Windhoek is warm: highs near 29°C, lows near 16°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 37 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
84°F29°Caverage
Low
60°F16°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 42% of days
Daylight
12h 15mon average

Is March a good time to visit Windhoek?

March sits outside Windhoek's best months, which run in two parts: April to June, or August. Expect warm days and rain on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 84°F in March, against 72°F to 90°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in March, against 22°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

42% of days in March, against 1% to 45% through the year.

Cloud cover

42% cover in March, against 8% to 53% through the year.

Daylight

12h 15m in March, against 10h 46m to 13h 30m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with March shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. February86°30°low 62°low 17°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. March84°29°low 60°low 16°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. April81°27°low 56°low 13°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Windhoek sits, in March

Africa/Windhoek
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:54 AMsets 7:09 PM
Above the sea
1,650 mhigh country
Latitude
22.6°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Zannier Reserve35 km north-east

The land around Windhoek, shaded by its typical high in March, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Namibia in March

high · low · wet days
See March on the planning mapThe whole year in Windhoek

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Windhoek. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,650 m) against the climate model's (1,800 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,650 m) against the climate model's (1,800 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.