Quthing weather in March

In March, Quthing sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 93 mm of rain across 13.6 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 42 min at the start of March to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Quthing's 8th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Quthing's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 93 mm; 13.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 6:12 AM – 6:26 PM
Cloud cover: 43%; 8th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.76 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.5; out of 10

Quthing is city.

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

Highs ease over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical March day in Quthing reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 2°C cooler than February and about 4°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)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9

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

How March really feels in Quthing

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

March sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Quthing weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 12°	119	15.8	0	13.7	6.3
Feb	24° / 12°	105	14.4	0	13.1	6.3
Mar	22° / 10°	93	13.6	0	12.2	6.5
Apr	19° / 7°	63	9.5	0.2	11.3	6.4
May	16° / 3°	33	4.9	0.6	10.5	5.8
Jun	13° / -1°	24	4.3	1.4	10.1	4.3
Jul	13° / -1°	21	3.8	2	10.2	4.3
Aug	15° / 2°	31	4.9	1.1	10.9	5.6
Sep	19° / 6°	30	4.9	0.6	11.8	7.3
Oct	21° / 8°	76	9.9	0.1	12.7	6.9
Nov	22° / 9°	104	11.7	0.1	13.5	6.7
Dec	24° / 11°	118	13.9	0	13.9	6.6

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 21% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 28%.

	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 (%)	73	73	73	74	74	74	74	73	73	74	74	73	73	73	73	73	73	72	72	72	71	70	70	70	70	70	68	68	68	68	67
Cloudier (%)	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	27	27	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	29	30	30	30	30	30	32	32	32	32	33

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	73	27
3	73	27
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	74	26
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	73	27
15	73	27
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	71	29
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	68	32
28	68	32
29	68	32
30	68	32
31	67	33

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Quthing gets around 93 mm of rain over 13.6 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 43% and peaks near 46% 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 (%)	46	45	45	45	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	45	45	45	45	45	44	44	43	43	42	41	41	40	40	39	39	38	38	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	45
3	45
4	45
5	46
6	46
7	46
8	46
9	46
10	46
11	46
12	46
13	45
14	45
15	45
16	45
17	45
18	44
19	44
20	43
21	43
22	42
23	41
24	41
25	40
26	40
27	39
28	39
29	38
30	38
31	37

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, March lands in the dry band about 97% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	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 (%)	92	93	94	94	95	95	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	8	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	92	8
2	93	7
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in March

Winds average 7 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7
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	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
9	7	calm
10	7	calm
11	7	calm
12	7	calm
13	7	calm
14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	7	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	8	calm
20	8	calm
21	8	calm
22	8	calm
23	8	calm
24	8	calm
25	8	calm
26	8	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 42 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 54 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:02 AM to 6:21 AM, and sunset from 6:43 PM to 6:07 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)	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.0	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.8	11.8	11.8
Sunrise (AM)	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21
Sunset (PM)	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:19	6:18	6:17	6:16	6:14	6:13	6:12	6:11	6:09	6:08	6:07

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.7	6:02	6:43
2	12.7	6:02	6:42
3	12.6	6:03	6:41
4	12.6	6:04	6:40
5	12.6	6:05	6:39
6	12.5	6:05	6:38
7	12.5	6:06	6:36
8	12.5	6:07	6:35
9	12.4	6:07	6:34
10	12.4	6:08	6:33
11	12.4	6:09	6:32
12	12.4	6:09	6:31
13	12.3	6:10	6:29
14	12.3	6:11	6:28
15	12.3	6:11	6:27
16	12.2	6:12	6:26
17	12.2	6:13	6:24
18	12.2	6:13	6:23
19	12.1	6:14	6:22
20	12.1	6:15	6:21
21	12.1	6:15	6:19
22	12.0	6:16	6:18
23	12.0	6:16	6:17
24	12.0	6:17	6:16
25	11.9	6:18	6:14
26	11.9	6:18	6:13
27	11.9	6:19	6:12
28	11.9	6:20	6:11
29	11.8	6:20	6:09
30	11.8	6:21	6:08
31	11.8	6:21	6:07

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.45 kWh/m² to a high of 7.68 kWh/m² in December across the year — March's 5.76 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)	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	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	6.3	Intense
2	6.3	Intense
3	6.3	Intense
4	6.3	Intense
5	6.2	Intense
6	6.2	Intense
7	6.2	Intense
8	6.1	Intense
9	6.1	Intense
10	6.0	Intense
11	6.0	Bright
12	5.9	Bright
13	5.9	Bright
14	5.8	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.7	Bright
18	5.7	Bright
19	5.6	Bright
20	5.6	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.2	Bright
31	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Quthing

In seasonPeak

In March, Quthing sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Quthing's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Quthing?

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

6.5

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

4.5

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Quthing for sightseeing.

What to pack for Quthing in March

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

In March, Quthing sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Quthing in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Quthing peaks around January 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 4 (moderate).

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)	15	13	11	7	6	4	4	6	8	12	12	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	7	Very high
May	6	High
Jun	4	Moderate
Jul	4	Moderate
Aug	6	High
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Air quality in Quthing in March

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where March falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Quthing is worst in September — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.2× the cleanest month (December, 5 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	5	6	7	8	10	12	13	18	21	14	6	5
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	5	Good
Feb	6	Good
Mar	7	Good
Apr	8	Good
May	10	Good
Jun	12	Moderate
Jul	13	Moderate
Aug	18	Moderate
Sep	21	Moderate
Oct	14	Moderate
Nov	6	Good
Dec	5	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Quthing?

Quthing sits at 30.4°S, 27.7°E, 1,515 m above sea level, in Lesotho. The nearest listed city is Mohale's Hoek, 35 km away.

Topography around Quthing

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Quthing has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 382 m around an average of 1,610 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,302 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,782 m.

The land around Quthing is covered by grassland (61%) within 3 km, grassland (74%) within 16 km, and grassland (88%) within 80 km.

3 km

382 m

grassland 61%

16 km

1,302 m

grassland 74%

80 km

1,782 m

grassland 88%

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

March weather nearby: Mohale's Hoek 35 km · Zastron 60 km · Mafeteng 78 km · Tlokoeng 84 km · Qacha’s Nek 100 km · Aliwal North 100 km · Ugie 102 km · Khowa 105 km

Lesotho travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type M; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 34% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $1,089; 2025
Happiness: 4.4 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 31%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 38.2; per 100k, 2008
Road deaths: 31.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower 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 Quthing (-30.4°, 27.7003°, elevation 1,515 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. 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	23	11
2	23	11
3	23	11
4	23	11
5	23	11
6	23	11
7	23	11
8	23	11
9	23	11
10	23	11
11	23	11
12	23	11
13	22	11
14	22	10
15	22	10
16	22	10
17	22	10
18	22	10
19	22	10
20	22	10
21	22	10
22	21	10
23	21	10
24	21	10
25	21	10
26	21	9
27	21	9
28	21	9
29	21	9
30	21	9
31	21	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	73	27
3	73	27
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	74	26
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	73	27
15	73	27
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	71	29
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	68	32
28	68	32
29	68	32
30	68	32
31	67	33

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	45
3	45
4	45
5	46
6	46
7	46
8	46
9	46
10	46
11	46
12	46
13	45
14	45
15	45
16	45
17	45
18	44
19	44
20	43
21	43
22	42
23	41
24	41
25	40
26	40
27	39
28	39
29	38
30	38
31	37

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	92	8
2	93	7
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	73	27
3	73	27
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	74	26
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	73	27
15	73	27
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	71	29
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	68	32
28	68	32
29	68	32
30	68	32
31	67	33

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	45
3	45
4	45
5	46
6	46
7	46
8	46
9	46
10	46
11	46
12	46
13	45
14	45
15	45
16	45
17	45
18	44
19	44
20	43
21	43
22	42
23	41
24	41
25	40
26	40
27	39
28	39
29	38
30	38
31	37

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	92	8
2	93	7
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	73	27
3	73	27
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	74	26
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	73	27
15	73	27
16	73	27
17	73	27
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	71	29
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	68	32
28	68	32
29	68	32
30	68	32
31	67	33

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	45
3	45
4	45
5	46
6	46
7	46
8	46
9	46
10	46
11	46
12	46
13	45
14	45
15	45
16	45
17	45
18	44
19	44
20	43
21	43
22	42
23	41
24	41
25	40
26	40
27	39
28	39
29	38
30	38
31	37

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	92	8
2	93	7
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0