Palapye weather in March

In March, Palapye sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 42 mm of rain across 6.1 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 49% of the time in March, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of March to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Palapye's 8th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Palapye's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 19°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 42 mm; 6.1 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 6:16 AM – 6:26 PM
Cloud cover: 45%; 8th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.68 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.8; out of 10

Palapye is place in Central District, Botswana.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical March day in Palapye reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 1°C cooler than February and about 2°C warmer than April.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	20
2	30	20
3	30	20
4	30	20
5	30	20
6	30	19
7	30	19
8	30	19
9	30	19
10	30	19
11	30	19
12	30	19
13	30	19
14	30	19
15	30	19
16	30	19
17	30	19
18	30	19
19	30	19
20	30	19
21	30	19
22	30	19
23	29	19
24	29	18
25	29	18
26	29	18
27	29	18
28	29	18
29	29	18
30	29	18
31	29	18

Palapye weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 6th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 21°	92	10.7	13.2	4.5
Feb	31° / 20°	65	8.3	12.8	4.8
Mar	30° / 19°	42	6.1	12.2	5.8
Apr	28° / 15°	15	2.7	11.5	7.8
May	26° / 11°	5	1.1	10.9	9.0
Jun	23° / 8°	6	0.9	10.6	9.2
Jul	23° / 7°	3	0.4	10.8	9.1
Aug	26° / 10°	0	0.1	11.2	9.2
Sep	29° / 15°	6	0.9	11.9	7.1
Oct	31° / 18°	15	3.2	12.5	5.5
Nov	31° / 19°	50	8	13.1	4.6
Dec	31° / 20°	75	10.9	13.4	4.4

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 49% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 32%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	66	67	67	68	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	68	68	68	68	68	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	66	66	66	66	67
Cloudier (%)	34	33	33	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	33

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	67	33
3	67	33
4	68	32
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	69	31
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	66	34
31	67	33

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Palapye gets around 42 mm of rain over 6.1 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 20% and peaks near 25% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	25	25	24	23	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	15

	Rain chance (%)
1	25
2	25
3	24
4	23
5	22
6	22
7	21
8	21
9	21
10	21
11	21
12	21
13	21
14	21
15	21
16	21
17	21
18	21
19	21
20	20
21	20
22	20
23	19
24	19
25	18
26	18
27	17
28	17
29	16
30	16
31	15

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of March feels comfortable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, March lands in the comfortable band about 33% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 14% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	17	18	19	20	21	21	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Comfortable (%)	29	30	30	30	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34
Humid (%)	32	32	31	31	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	31	31	30	30	29	29	28	27
Muggy (%)	21	20	20	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	17	29	32	21
2	18	30	32	20
3	19	30	31	20
4	20	30	31	19
5	21	31	30	18
6	21	31	30	18
7	22	31	30	17
8	22	32	29	17
9	22	32	29	16
10	23	32	29	16
11	23	32	29	16
12	23	33	29	15
13	23	33	29	15
14	23	33	29	14
15	24	33	30	14
16	24	33	30	13
17	24	33	31	13
18	24	33	31	12
19	24	33	31	12
20	24	33	32	11
21	24	33	32	11
22	24	33	32	10
23	25	34	32	10
24	25	34	31	10
25	25	34	31	10
26	26	34	30	9
27	27	34	30	9
28	28	34	29	9
29	29	34	29	8
30	30	34	28	8
31	31	34	27	8

Wind in March

Winds average 11 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
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31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of March to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 42 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:10 AM to 6:22 AM, and sunset from 6:39 PM to 6:11 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.8	11.8
Sunrise (AM)	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:22
Sunset (PM)	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:13	6:12	6:11

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	6:10	6:39
2	12.5	6:11	6:39
3	12.4	6:11	6:38
4	12.4	6:11	6:37
5	12.4	6:12	6:36
6	12.4	6:12	6:35
7	12.4	6:13	6:34
8	12.3	6:13	6:33
9	12.3	6:14	6:33
10	12.3	6:14	6:32
11	12.3	6:14	6:31
12	12.3	6:15	6:30
13	12.2	6:15	6:29
14	12.2	6:16	6:28
15	12.2	6:16	6:27
16	12.2	6:16	6:26
17	12.1	6:17	6:25
18	12.1	6:17	6:24
19	12.1	6:17	6:23
20	12.1	6:18	6:22
21	12.1	6:18	6:21
22	12.0	6:19	6:20
23	12.0	6:19	6:19
24	12.0	6:19	6:18
25	12.0	6:20	6:17
26	11.9	6:20	6:16
27	11.9	6:20	6:15
28	11.9	6:21	6:14
29	11.9	6:21	6:13
30	11.8	6:21	6:12
31	11.8	6:22	6:11

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.09 kWh/m² to a high of 6.73 kWh/m² in October across the year — March's 5.68 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.0	Bright
2	6.0	Bright
3	5.9	Bright
4	5.9	Bright
5	5.9	Bright
6	5.9	Bright
7	5.9	Bright
8	5.9	Bright
9	5.9	Bright
10	5.8	Bright
11	5.8	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.7	Bright
18	5.6	Bright
19	5.6	Bright
20	5.6	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Palapye?

Our two travel scores rate March for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.8

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

7.7

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Palapye for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Palapye in March

From March's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In March, Palapye sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

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UV index in Palapye in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Palapye peaks around January 16 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 6 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	14	13	9	7	6	7	8	10	11	13	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	High	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	9	Very high
May	7	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	7	High
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Palapye?

Palapye sits at 22.5°S, 27.1°E, 926 m above sea level, in Botswana. The nearest listed city is Serowe, 46 km away.

Topography around Palapye

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Palapye.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Palapye has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 36 m around an average of 923 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 189 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 575 m.

The land around Palapye is covered by artificial surfaces (45%) and shrubs (41%) within 3 km, shrubs (70%) within 16 km, and shrubs (81%) within 80 km.

3 km

36 m

artificial surfaces 45%

16 km

189 m

shrubs 70%

80 km

575 m

shrubs 81%

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← February Palapye year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Serowe 46 km · Mahalapye 70 km · Selebi-Phikwe 97 km · Tonota 128 km · Marapong 133 km · Lephalale 140 km · Bobonong 150 km · Francistown 158 km

Botswana travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type D / G / M; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 38% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $7,778; 2025
Happiness: 3.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 63%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 11.4; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 26.4; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Palapye (-22.5461°, 27.1251°, elevation 926 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	20
2	30	20
3	30	20
4	30	20
5	30	20
6	30	19
7	30	19
8	30	19
9	30	19
10	30	19
11	30	19
12	30	19
13	30	19
14	30	19
15	30	19
16	30	19
17	30	19
18	30	19
19	30	19
20	30	19
21	30	19
22	30	19
23	29	19
24	29	18
25	29	18
26	29	18
27	29	18
28	29	18
29	29	18
30	29	18
31	29	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	67	33
3	67	33
4	68	32
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	69	31
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	66	34
31	67	33

	Rain chance (%)
1	25
2	25
3	24
4	23
5	22
6	22
7	21
8	21
9	21
10	21
11	21
12	21
13	21
14	21
15	21
16	21
17	21
18	21
19	21
20	20
21	20
22	20
23	19
24	19
25	18
26	18
27	17
28	17
29	16
30	16
31	15

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	17	29	32	21
2	18	30	32	20
3	19	30	31	20
4	20	30	31	19
5	21	31	30	18
6	21	31	30	18
7	22	31	30	17
8	22	32	29	17
9	22	32	29	16
10	23	32	29	16
11	23	32	29	16
12	23	33	29	15
13	23	33	29	15
14	23	33	29	14
15	24	33	30	14
16	24	33	30	13
17	24	33	31	13
18	24	33	31	12
19	24	33	31	12
20	24	33	32	11
21	24	33	32	11
22	24	33	32	10
23	25	34	32	10
24	25	34	31	10
25	25	34	31	10
26	26	34	30	9
27	27	34	30	9
28	28	34	29	9
29	29	34	29	8
30	30	34	28	8
31	31	34	27	8

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	20
2	30	20
3	30	20
4	30	20
5	30	20
6	30	19
7	30	19
8	30	19
9	30	19
10	30	19
11	30	19
12	30	19
13	30	19
14	30	19
15	30	19
16	30	19
17	30	19
18	30	19
19	30	19
20	30	19
21	30	19
22	30	19
23	29	19
24	29	18
25	29	18
26	29	18
27	29	18
28	29	18
29	29	18
30	29	18
31	29	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	67	33
3	67	33
4	68	32
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	69	31
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	66	34
31	67	33

	Rain chance (%)
1	25
2	25
3	24
4	23
5	22
6	22
7	21
8	21
9	21
10	21
11	21
12	21
13	21
14	21
15	21
16	21
17	21
18	21
19	21
20	20
21	20
22	20
23	19
24	19
25	18
26	18
27	17
28	17
29	16
30	16
31	15

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	17	29	32	21
2	18	30	32	20
3	19	30	31	20
4	20	30	31	19
5	21	31	30	18
6	21	31	30	18
7	22	31	30	17
8	22	32	29	17
9	22	32	29	16
10	23	32	29	16
11	23	32	29	16
12	23	33	29	15
13	23	33	29	15
14	23	33	29	14
15	24	33	30	14
16	24	33	30	13
17	24	33	31	13
18	24	33	31	12
19	24	33	31	12
20	24	33	32	11
21	24	33	32	11
22	24	33	32	10
23	25	34	32	10
24	25	34	31	10
25	25	34	31	10
26	26	34	30	9
27	27	34	30	9
28	28	34	29	9
29	29	34	29	8
30	30	34	28	8
31	31	34	27	8

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	20
2	30	20
3	30	20
4	30	20
5	30	20
6	30	19
7	30	19
8	30	19
9	30	19
10	30	19
11	30	19
12	30	19
13	30	19
14	30	19
15	30	19
16	30	19
17	30	19
18	30	19
19	30	19
20	30	19
21	30	19
22	30	19
23	29	19
24	29	18
25	29	18
26	29	18
27	29	18
28	29	18
29	29	18
30	29	18
31	29	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	67	33
3	67	33
4	68	32
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	69	31
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	66	34
31	67	33

	Rain chance (%)
1	25
2	25
3	24
4	23
5	22
6	22
7	21
8	21
9	21
10	21
11	21
12	21
13	21
14	21
15	21
16	21
17	21
18	21
19	21
20	20
21	20
22	20
23	19
24	19
25	18
26	18
27	17
28	17
29	16
30	16
31	15

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	17	29	32	21
2	18	30	32	20
3	19	30	31	20
4	20	30	31	19
5	21	31	30	18
6	21	31	30	18
7	22	31	30	17
8	22	32	29	17
9	22	32	29	16
10	23	32	29	16
11	23	32	29	16
12	23	33	29	15
13	23	33	29	15
14	23	33	29	14
15	24	33	30	14
16	24	33	30	13
17	24	33	31	13
18	24	33	31	12
19	24	33	31	12
20	24	33	32	11
21	24	33	32	11
22	24	33	32	10
23	25	34	32	10
24	25	34	31	10
25	25	34	31	10
26	26	34	30	9
27	27	34	30	9
28	28	34	29	9
29	29	34	29	8
30	30	34	28	8
31	31	34	27	8