Opuwo weather in March

In March, Opuwo sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 99 mm of rain across 14.4 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-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 35% of the time in March, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of March to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Opuwo's 10th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Opuwo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 99 mm; 14.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 7:10 AM – 7:18 PM
Cloud cover: 57%; 10th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 6.05 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.0; out of 10

Opuwo is city in Namibia.

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 Opuwo 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 25°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 1°C cooler than February and on par with 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	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	18
2	29	18
3	29	18
4	29	18
5	29	18
6	29	18
7	29	18
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	18
26	29	18
27	29	18
28	29	18
29	29	18
30	29	18
31	29	18

How March really feels in Opuwo

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.

Opuwo weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 18°	88	10.7	13	4.6
Feb	30° / 18°	108	11.9	12.6	4.7
Mar	29° / 18°	99	14.4	12.1	5.0
Apr	29° / 17°	27	5.3	11.6	6.5
May	28° / 15°	1	0.1	11.2	8.3
Jun	26° / 12°	0	0	10.9	9.4
Jul	26° / 11°	0	0	11	9.4
Aug	29° / 13°	0	0	11.4	7.7
Sep	32° / 15°	2	0.6	11.9	5.3
Oct	33° / 17°	11	3.1	12.4	4.1
Nov	33° / 18°	38	6.5	12.8	4.2
Dec	32° / 18°	64	8.7	13.1	4.3

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 47%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	49	49	50	51	52	52	53	53	54	53	53	52	52	52	51	51	50	50	50	51	51	51	52	53	54	56	58	59	61	63	66
Cloudier (%)	51	51	50	49	48	48	47	47	46	47	47	48	48	48	49	49	50	50	50	49	49	49	48	47	46	44	42	41	39	37	34

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	50	50
4	51	49
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	54	46
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	50	50
18	50	50
19	50	50
20	51	49
21	51	49
22	51	49
23	52	48
24	53	47
25	54	46
26	56	44
27	58	42
28	59	41
29	61	39
30	63	37
31	66	34

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Opuwo gets around 99 mm of rain over 14.4 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 47% and peaks near 49% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	49	49	48	48	48	47	47	46	46	46	46	46	46	47	47	47	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	47	47	46	45	44	43	41	40

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	49
3	48
4	48
5	48
6	47
7	47
8	46
9	46
10	46
11	46
12	46
13	46
14	47
15	47
16	47
17	48
18	48
19	48
20	48
21	48
22	48
23	48
24	47
25	47
26	46
27	45
28	44
29	43
30	41
31	40

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, March lands in the humid band about 41% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 12% 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 (%)	33	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	30	31	32	34
Comfortable (%)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	17
Humid (%)	35	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	38	38	39	40	41	41	42	43	44	44	45	45	46	46	45	45	44	44	43	42	40
Muggy (%)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	33	19	35	13
2	32	19	36	13
3	32	19	36	13
4	32	19	36	13
5	31	19	36	13
6	31	19	36	13
7	31	19	37	13
8	31	19	37	13
9	31	19	37	13
10	30	19	37	13
11	30	19	38	13
12	30	19	38	13
13	30	19	39	12
14	30	18	40	12
15	29	18	41	12
16	29	18	41	12
17	29	17	42	12
18	29	17	43	12
19	29	16	44	12
20	29	16	44	11
21	28	15	45	11
22	28	15	45	11
23	28	15	46	11
24	28	15	46	11
25	28	15	45	11
26	28	16	45	11
27	29	16	44	11
28	30	16	44	10
29	31	16	43	10
30	32	16	42	10
31	34	17	40	9

Wind in March

Winds average 8 km/h in March, the calmest month.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	8	calm
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31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of March to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 30 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:06 AM to 7:14 AM, and sunset from 7:29 PM to 7:06 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)	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	7:06	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:12	7:12	7:12	7:12	7:12	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:14
Sunset (PM)	7:29	7:29	7:28	7:27	7:27	7:26	7:25	7:24	7:24	7:23	7:22	7:21	7:21	7:20	7:19	7:18	7:17	7:16	7:16	7:15	7:14	7:13	7:12	7:11	7:11	7:10	7:09	7:08	7:07	7:06	7:06

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	7:06	7:29
2	12.4	7:07	7:29
3	12.4	7:07	7:28
4	12.3	7:07	7:27
5	12.3	7:08	7:27
6	12.3	7:08	7:26
7	12.3	7:08	7:25
8	12.3	7:08	7:24
9	12.2	7:09	7:24
10	12.2	7:09	7:23
11	12.2	7:09	7:22
12	12.2	7:10	7:21
13	12.2	7:10	7:21
14	12.2	7:10	7:20
15	12.1	7:10	7:19
16	12.1	7:10	7:18
17	12.1	7:11	7:17
18	12.1	7:11	7:16
19	12.1	7:11	7:16
20	12.1	7:11	7:15
21	12.0	7:12	7:14
22	12.0	7:12	7:13
23	12.0	7:12	7:12
24	12.0	7:12	7:11
25	12.0	7:12	7:11
26	12.0	7:13	7:10
27	11.9	7:13	7:09
28	11.9	7:13	7:08
29	11.9	7:13	7:07
30	11.9	7:13	7:06
31	11.9	7:14	7:06

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6.05 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.13 kWh/m² to a high of 7.58 kWh/m² in November across the year — March's 6.05 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	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.3	Intense
2	6.2	Intense
3	6.2	Intense
4	6.2	Intense
5	6.2	Intense
6	6.2	Intense
7	6.2	Intense
8	6.2	Intense
9	6.2	Intense
10	6.2	Intense
11	6.1	Intense
12	6.1	Intense
13	6.1	Intense
14	6.1	Intense
15	6.1	Intense
16	6.0	Intense
17	6.0	Intense
18	6.0	Intense
19	6.0	Bright
20	6.0	Bright
21	6.0	Bright
22	5.9	Bright
23	5.9	Bright
24	5.9	Bright
25	5.9	Bright
26	5.9	Bright
27	5.9	Bright
28	5.9	Bright
29	5.9	Bright
30	5.9	Bright
31	5.9	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Opuwo?

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

5.0

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

6.4

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Opuwo in March

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

In March, Opuwo sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Opuwo in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Opuwo peaks around January 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 8 (very 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)	15	15	14	11	9	8	8	9	10	13	13	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Opuwo?

Opuwo sits at 18.1°S, 13.8°E, 0 m above sea level, in Namibia. The nearest listed city is Xangongo, 190 km away.

Topography around Opuwo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Opuwo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 144 m around an average of 1,158 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 620 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,208 m.

The land around Opuwo is covered by shrubs (41%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, shrubs (84%) within 16 km, and shrubs (92%) within 80 km.

3 km

144 m

shrubs 41%

16 km

620 m

shrubs 84%

80 km

1,208 m

shrubs 92%

shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

March weather nearby: Xangongo 190 km · Humbe 190 km · Oshakati 200 km · Cahama 204 km · Ongwediva 206 km · Ondangwa 227 km · Ondjiva 229 km · Helao Nafidi 230 km

Namibia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type D / M; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 41% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $4,876; 2025
Happiness: 4.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 11.2; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 34.8; 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 Opuwo (-18.0607°, 13.84°, elevation 0 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	18
2	29	18
3	29	18
4	29	18
5	29	18
6	29	18
7	29	18
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	18
26	29	18
27	29	18
28	29	18
29	29	18
30	29	18
31	29	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	50	50
4	51	49
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	54	46
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	50	50
18	50	50
19	50	50
20	51	49
21	51	49
22	51	49
23	52	48
24	53	47
25	54	46
26	56	44
27	58	42
28	59	41
29	61	39
30	63	37
31	66	34

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	49
3	48
4	48
5	48
6	47
7	47
8	46
9	46
10	46
11	46
12	46
13	46
14	47
15	47
16	47
17	48
18	48
19	48
20	48
21	48
22	48
23	48
24	47
25	47
26	46
27	45
28	44
29	43
30	41
31	40

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	33	19	35	13
2	32	19	36	13
3	32	19	36	13
4	32	19	36	13
5	31	19	36	13
6	31	19	36	13
7	31	19	37	13
8	31	19	37	13
9	31	19	37	13
10	30	19	37	13
11	30	19	38	13
12	30	19	38	13
13	30	19	39	12
14	30	18	40	12
15	29	18	41	12
16	29	18	41	12
17	29	17	42	12
18	29	17	43	12
19	29	16	44	12
20	29	16	44	11
21	28	15	45	11
22	28	15	45	11
23	28	15	46	11
24	28	15	46	11
25	28	15	45	11
26	28	16	45	11
27	29	16	44	11
28	30	16	44	10
29	31	16	43	10
30	32	16	42	10
31	34	17	40	9

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	18
2	29	18
3	29	18
4	29	18
5	29	18
6	29	18
7	29	18
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	18
26	29	18
27	29	18
28	29	18
29	29	18
30	29	18
31	29	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	50	50
4	51	49
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	54	46
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	50	50
18	50	50
19	50	50
20	51	49
21	51	49
22	51	49
23	52	48
24	53	47
25	54	46
26	56	44
27	58	42
28	59	41
29	61	39
30	63	37
31	66	34

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	49
3	48
4	48
5	48
6	47
7	47
8	46
9	46
10	46
11	46
12	46
13	46
14	47
15	47
16	47
17	48
18	48
19	48
20	48
21	48
22	48
23	48
24	47
25	47
26	46
27	45
28	44
29	43
30	41
31	40

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	33	19	35	13
2	32	19	36	13
3	32	19	36	13
4	32	19	36	13
5	31	19	36	13
6	31	19	36	13
7	31	19	37	13
8	31	19	37	13
9	31	19	37	13
10	30	19	37	13
11	30	19	38	13
12	30	19	38	13
13	30	19	39	12
14	30	18	40	12
15	29	18	41	12
16	29	18	41	12
17	29	17	42	12
18	29	17	43	12
19	29	16	44	12
20	29	16	44	11
21	28	15	45	11
22	28	15	45	11
23	28	15	46	11
24	28	15	46	11
25	28	15	45	11
26	28	16	45	11
27	29	16	44	11
28	30	16	44	10
29	31	16	43	10
30	32	16	42	10
31	34	17	40	9

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	18
2	29	18
3	29	18
4	29	18
5	29	18
6	29	18
7	29	18
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	18
26	29	18
27	29	18
28	29	18
29	29	18
30	29	18
31	29	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	50	50
4	51	49
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	54	46
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	50	50
18	50	50
19	50	50
20	51	49
21	51	49
22	51	49
23	52	48
24	53	47
25	54	46
26	56	44
27	58	42
28	59	41
29	61	39
30	63	37
31	66	34

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	49
3	48
4	48
5	48
6	47
7	47
8	46
9	46
10	46
11	46
12	46
13	46
14	47
15	47
16	47
17	48
18	48
19	48
20	48
21	48
22	48
23	48
24	47
25	47
26	46
27	45
28	44
29	43
30	41
31	40

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	33	19	35	13
2	32	19	36	13
3	32	19	36	13
4	32	19	36	13
5	31	19	36	13
6	31	19	36	13
7	31	19	37	13
8	31	19	37	13
9	31	19	37	13
10	30	19	37	13
11	30	19	38	13
12	30	19	38	13
13	30	19	39	12
14	30	18	40	12
15	29	18	41	12
16	29	18	41	12
17	29	17	42	12
18	29	17	43	12
19	29	16	44	12
20	29	16	44	11
21	28	15	45	11
22	28	15	45	11
23	28	15	46	11
24	28	15	46	11
25	28	15	45	11
26	28	16	45	11
27	29	16	44	11
28	30	16	44	10
29	31	16	43	10
30	32	16	42	10
31	34	17	40	9