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Thornybush in March

Hot and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Thornybush is hot: highs near 87°F, lows near 67°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 41 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Thornybush is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 19°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 41 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
87°F31°Caverage
Low
67°F19°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 34% of days
Daylight
12h 16mon average

Is March a good time to visit Thornybush?

March sits outside Thornybush's best months, which run from May to August. 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 87°F in March, against 77°F to 88°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in March, against 25°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

34% of days in March, against 5% to 44% through the year.

Cloud cover

32% cover in March, against 9% to 48% through the year.

Daylight

12h 16m in March, against 10h 38m 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. February88°31°low 68°low 20°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. March87°31°low 67°low 19°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. April84°29°low 63°low 17°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Thornybush sits, in March

Africa/Johannesburg
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
5:57 AMsets 6:13 PM
Above the sea
480 mlow-lying
Latitude
24.5°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Sabi-Sand Game Reserve36 km south-east

The land around Thornybush, 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 Thornybush

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Thornybush. 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 (480 m) against the climate model's (535 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 (480 m) against the climate model's (535 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.