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Pretoria in March

Warm and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Pretoria is warm: highs near 83°F, lows near 61°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 43 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Pretoria is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 16°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 43 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
83°F28°Caverage
Low
61°F16°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 35% of days
Daylight
12h 17mon average

Is March a good time to visit Pretoria?

A good month, just outside Pretoria's best months, which run in two parts: April to June, or August to September.

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 83°F in March, against 69°F to 85°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in March, against 21°C to 29°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

35% of days in March, against 2% to 51% through the year.

Cloud cover

31% cover in March, against 9% to 45% through the year.

Daylight

12h 17m in March, against 10h 33m to 13h 43m 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. February85°29°low 63°low 17°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. March83°28°low 61°low 16°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. April78°26°low 55°low 13°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Pretoria sits, in March

Africa/Johannesburg
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:08 AMsets 6:25 PM
Above the sea
1,330 mupland
Latitude
25.7°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Johannesburg53 km south

The land around Pretoria, 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 Pretoria

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Pretoria. 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.