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Kruger National Park in March

Hot and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Kruger National Park is hot: highs near 90°F, lows near 70°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 41 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Kruger National Park is hot: highs near 32°C, lows near 21°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 41 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
90°F32°Caverage
Low
70°F21°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 33% of days
Daylight
12h 16mon average

Is March a good time to visit Kruger National Park?

March sits outside Kruger National Park's best months, which run from June to July. Expect hot days and rain on about two 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 90°F in March, against 80°F to 92°F through the year.Highs near 32°C in March, against 27°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

33% of days in March, against 5% to 40% through the year.

Cloud cover

31% cover in March, against 10% to 47% through the year.

Daylight

12h 16m in March, against 10h 39m to 13h 38m 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. February91°33°low 71°low 22°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. March90°32°low 70°low 21°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. April87°31°low 66°low 19°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Kruger National Park sits, in March

Africa/Maputo
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
5:54 AMsets 6:10 PM
Above the sea
160 mlow-lying
Latitude
24.5°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Kruger (Skukuza)72 km south-west

The land around Kruger National Park, 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 South Africa in March

high · low · wet days
See March on the planning mapThe whole year in Kruger National Park

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Kruger National Park. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.