Rundu weather in March

In March, Rundu sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 106 mm of rain across 14.6 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 4th-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 33% of the time in March, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Rundu's 9th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rundu's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
7th warmest
Overnight low
19°
7th coldest
Rainfall
106 mm
14.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
6:47 AM – 6:54 PM
Cloud cover
60%
9th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.72 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.7
out of 10

Rundu is human settlement in Namibia.

Founded
1936

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

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 Rundu reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and on par with April.

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How March really feels in Rundu

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Rundu weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 7th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 20°16518.6133.9
Feb30° / 20°13216.312.64.2
Mar29° / 19°10614.612.14.7
Apr29° / 17°204.211.66.4
May28° / 13°10.111.28.3
Jun26° / 10°0010.99.4
Jul25° / 00119.4
Aug29° / 12°0011.47.6
Sep33° / 17°10.411.94.8
Oct35° / 20°143.412.43.3
Nov33° / 20°6511.712.83.5
Dec31° / 20°1221713.13.6

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14456
24555
34654
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54753
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Rundu gets around 106 mm of rain over 14.6 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 47% and peaks near 54% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, March lands in the muggy band about 45% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 45% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
17142950
26142951
36143049
46153049
56153049
66153048
77153048
87153148
97153047
108153047
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2519132642
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2821142738
2922142836
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3125142833

Wind in March

Winds average 8 km/h in March.

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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 6:43 AM to 6:50 AM, and sunset from 7:06 PM to 6:42 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.46:437:06
212.46:437:05
312.36:437:04
412.36:447:03
512.36:447:03
612.36:447:02
712.36:457:01
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912.26:457:00
1012.26:456:59
1112.26:466:58
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1512.16:476:55
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2012.16:486:51
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Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.72 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.95 kWh/m² to a high of 7.25 kWh/m² in October across the year — March's 5.72 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Rundu

In seasonPeak

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

Rundu's rainy season runs December–March, 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 Rundu?

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

4.7
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
6.3
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Rundu in March

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

In March, Rundu sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Rundu 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 Rundu peaks around January 16 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 11 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeJan 16UV 16Jul 11UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan16Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep10Very high
Oct12Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Rundu 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 Rundu is worst in September — around 49 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 13.6× the cleanest month (December, 4 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModeratePoorModerateGoodSep 1546 µg/m³Dec 184 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan6Good
Feb6Good
Mar6Good
Apr5Good
May7Good
Jun9Good
Jul16Moderate
Aug30Moderate
Sep49Poor
Oct23Moderate
Nov6Good
Dec4Good
Location & terrain

Where is Rundu?

Rundu sits at 17.9°S, 19.8°E, 1,114 m above sea level, in Namibia. The nearest listed city is Ndiyona, 99 km away.

NdiyonaGrootfonteinTsumebOndangwaHelao NafidiOngwediva

Topography around Rundu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rundu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 63 m around an average of 1,094 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 80 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 157 m.

The land around Rundu is covered by artificial surfaces (47%) within 3 km, shrubs (52%) and grassland (29%) within 16 km, and shrubs (87%) within 80 km.

3 km
63 m
16 km
80 m
80 km
157 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
March weather nearby: Ndiyona 99 km · Grootfontein 255 km · Tsumeb 263 km · Ondangwa 401 km · Helao Nafidi 415 km · Senanga 422 km · Ongwediva 424 km · Menongue 425 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
Christian 98%unaffiliated 2%other 1%

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 Rundu (-17.918°, 19.7731°, elevation 1,114 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).