Serowe weather in March

In March, Serowe sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 46 mm of rain across 6.5 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% 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 Serowe's 8th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Serowe's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 46 mm; 6.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 6:18 AM – 6:28 PM
Cloud cover: 44%; 8th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.73 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.2; out of 10

Serowe is city in Botswana.

Founded: 1903

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 29°C through the month.

A typical March day in Serowe reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 33°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)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17

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

Serowe weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 7th-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	30° / 20°	93	11.3	13.2	4.9
Feb	30° / 19°	68	8.3	12.8	5.2
Mar	29° / 18°	46	6.5	12.2	6.2
Apr	27° / 15°	16	3.3	11.5	7.9
May	25° / 10°	6	1.2	10.9	9.1
Jun	23° / 7°	7	0.9	10.7	9.1
Jul	22° / 7°	2	0.5	10.8	9.0
Aug	26° / 10°	1	0.2	11.2	9.2
Sep	29° / 14°	7	1.2	11.9	7.2
Oct	31° / 17°	20	4.1	12.5	5.6
Nov	31° / 19°	57	9.2	13.1	4.8
Dec	30° / 19°	81	12.5	13.3	4.7

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% 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 30%.

	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 (%)	68	69	69	70	71	71	72	72	73	73	72	72	72	72	72	72	70	70	69	69	69	68	69	69	68	68	68	67	67	67	67
Cloudier (%)	32	31	31	30	29	29	28	28	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	30	30	31	31	31	32	31	31	32	32	32	33	33	33	33

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	70	30
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	68	32
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	67	33
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	67	33

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Serowe gets around 46 mm of rain over 6.5 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 22% and peaks near 27% 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 (%)	27	26	25	24	24	23	23	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	18

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

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 32% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 11% 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 (%)	20	21	22	23	24	24	25	26	26	27	27	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	32	32	33	35	36	37
Comfortable (%)	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Humid (%)	30	29	29	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	29	29	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	29	28	27	26
Muggy (%)	17	17	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	20	33	30	17
2	21	34	29	17
3	22	34	29	16
4	23	34	28	15
5	24	34	28	15
6	24	34	27	14
7	25	34	27	14
8	26	34	27	13
9	26	34	27	13
10	27	34	27	12
11	27	34	27	12
12	28	34	27	12
13	28	33	27	12
14	29	33	27	11
15	29	33	28	11
16	29	32	28	10
17	29	32	29	10
18	29	32	29	10
19	30	31	30	9
20	30	31	30	9
21	30	31	31	9
22	30	31	31	8
23	30	31	31	8
24	30	31	31	7
25	31	31	31	7
26	32	31	31	7
27	32	31	30	6
28	33	31	29	6
29	35	31	28	6
30	36	31	27	6
31	37	31	26	5

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 12 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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
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7	12	calm
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16	12	calm
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29	11	calm
30	11	calm
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 6:12 AM to 6:23 AM, and sunset from 6:41 PM to 6:13 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	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.8
Sunrise (AM)	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	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:23
Sunset (PM)	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:30	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

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	6:12	6:41
2	12.5	6:12	6:40
3	12.4	6:13	6:39
4	12.4	6:13	6:38
5	12.4	6:14	6:38
6	12.4	6:14	6:37
7	12.4	6:14	6:36
8	12.3	6:15	6:35
9	12.3	6:15	6:34
10	12.3	6:16	6:33
11	12.3	6:16	6:32
12	12.2	6:16	6:31
13	12.2	6:17	6:30
14	12.2	6:17	6:30
15	12.2	6:18	6:29
16	12.2	6:18	6:28
17	12.1	6:18	6:27
18	12.1	6:19	6:26
19	12.1	6:19	6:25
20	12.1	6:19	6:24
21	12.0	6:20	6:23
22	12.0	6:20	6:22
23	12.0	6:21	6:21
24	12.0	6:21	6:20
25	12.0	6:21	6:19
26	11.9	6:22	6:18
27	11.9	6:22	6:17
28	11.9	6:22	6:16
29	11.9	6:23	6:15
30	11.9	6:23	6:14
31	11.8	6:23	6:13

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.15 kWh/m² to a high of 6.83 kWh/m² in October across the year — March's 5.73 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	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3
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	6.0	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	5.9	Bright
11	5.8	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.8	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.7	Bright
18	5.7	Bright
19	5.6	Bright
20	5.6	Bright
21	5.6	Bright
22	5.6	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.5	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.4	Bright
29	5.4	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Serowe?

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

6.2

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

7.7

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Serowe in March

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

In March, Serowe sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

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UV index in Serowe 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 Serowe peaks around January 15 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 Serowe?

Serowe sits at 22.4°S, 26.7°E, 1,147 m above sea level, in Botswana. The nearest listed city is Palapye, 46 km away.

Topography around Serowe

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Serowe has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 106 m around an average of 1,129 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 234 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 512 m.

The land around Serowe is covered by shrubs (50%) and artificial surfaces (39%) within 3 km, shrubs (81%) within 16 km, and shrubs (88%) within 80 km.

3 km

106 m

shrubs 50%

16 km

234 m

shrubs 81%

80 km

512 m

shrubs 88%

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

March weather nearby: Palapye 46 km · Mahalapye 80 km · Selebi-Phikwe 125 km · Tonota 131 km · Letlhakane 158 km · Francistown 158 km · Marapong 169 km · Lephalale 177 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 Serowe (-22.3875°, 26.7108°, elevation 1,147 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	29	19
2	29	19
3	29	19
4	29	19
5	29	19
6	29	19
7	29	19
8	29	18
9	29	18
10	29	18
11	29	18
12	29	18
13	29	18
14	29	18
15	29	18
16	29	18
17	29	18
18	29	18
19	29	18
20	29	18
21	29	18
22	29	18
23	29	18
24	29	18
25	29	17
26	28	17
27	28	17
28	28	17
29	28	17
30	28	17
31	28	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	70	30
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	68	32
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	67	33
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	67	33

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	20	33	30	17
2	21	34	29	17
3	22	34	29	16
4	23	34	28	15
5	24	34	28	15
6	24	34	27	14
7	25	34	27	14
8	26	34	27	13
9	26	34	27	13
10	27	34	27	12
11	27	34	27	12
12	28	34	27	12
13	28	33	27	12
14	29	33	27	11
15	29	33	28	11
16	29	32	28	10
17	29	32	29	10
18	29	32	29	10
19	30	31	30	9
20	30	31	30	9
21	30	31	31	9
22	30	31	31	8
23	30	31	31	8
24	30	31	31	7
25	31	31	31	7
26	32	31	31	7
27	32	31	30	6
28	33	31	29	6
29	35	31	28	6
30	36	31	27	6
31	37	31	26	5

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	70	30
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	68	32
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	67	33
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	67	33

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	20	33	30	17
2	21	34	29	17
3	22	34	29	16
4	23	34	28	15
5	24	34	28	15
6	24	34	27	14
7	25	34	27	14
8	26	34	27	13
9	26	34	27	13
10	27	34	27	12
11	27	34	27	12
12	28	34	27	12
13	28	33	27	12
14	29	33	27	11
15	29	33	28	11
16	29	32	28	10
17	29	32	29	10
18	29	32	29	10
19	30	31	30	9
20	30	31	30	9
21	30	31	31	9
22	30	31	31	8
23	30	31	31	8
24	30	31	31	7
25	31	31	31	7
26	32	31	31	7
27	32	31	30	6
28	33	31	29	6
29	35	31	28	6
30	36	31	27	6
31	37	31	26	5

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	70	30
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	68	32
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	68	32
28	67	33
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	67	33

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	20	33	30	17
2	21	34	29	17
3	22	34	29	16
4	23	34	28	15
5	24	34	28	15
6	24	34	27	14
7	25	34	27	14
8	26	34	27	13
9	26	34	27	13
10	27	34	27	12
11	27	34	27	12
12	28	34	27	12
13	28	33	27	12
14	29	33	27	11
15	29	33	28	11
16	29	32	28	10
17	29	32	29	10
18	29	32	29	10
19	30	31	30	9
20	30	31	30	9
21	30	31	31	9
22	30	31	31	8
23	30	31	31	8
24	30	31	31	7
25	31	31	31	7
26	32	31	31	7
27	32	31	30	6
28	33	31	29	6
29	35	31	28	6
30	36	31	27	6
31	37	31	26	5