Christiana weather in March

In March, Christiana sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 65 mm of rain across 10.3 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 27°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of March to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Christiana's 9th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Christiana's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 65 mm; 10.3 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 6:23 AM – 6:35 PM
Cloud cover: 39%; 9th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.94 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.0; out of 10

Christiana is town in North West, South Africa.

Founded: 1870

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 30°C in the first days to 27°C by the end.

A typical March day in Christiana reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 2°C cooler than February and about 3°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	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14

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

How March really feels in Christiana

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.

Christiana weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 6th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 18°	84	12.8	13.6	4.4
Feb	30° / 18°	72	11.4	13	4.8
Mar	29° / 16°	65	10.3	12.2	6.0
Apr	25° / 12°	42	6.7	11.4	7.8
May	22° / 7°	17	2.6	10.6	8.6
Jun	19° / 3°	10	1.7	10.3	8.2
Jul	19° / 3°	5	0.9	10.4	8.4
Aug	22° / 6°	11	1.6	11	8.9
Sep	26° / 10°	14	2	11.8	8.5
Oct	29° / 13°	36	6.8	12.7	6.6
Nov	30° / 15°	59	8.3	13.4	5.4
Dec	31° / 17°	70	11.7	13.7	4.4

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%.

	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 (%)	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	81	80	80	80	78	78	78	77	77	77	77	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	77	77
Cloudier (%)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	20	20	20	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	81	19
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	76	24
23	76	24
24	76	24
25	76	24
26	76	24
27	76	24
28	76	24
29	76	24
30	77	23
31	77	23

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Christiana gets around 65 mm of rain over 10.3 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 33% and peaks near 34% 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 (%)	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	31

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

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 50% 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 (%)	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	46	46	47	47	47	48	48	48	49	49	50	50	52	52	53	54	55	58	59	61	62	64	65
Comfortable (%)	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	35	35	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	35	34	33	31	30	29	28	27	26
Humid (%)	25	24	24	23	22	21	20	19	19	18	17	17	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	9
Muggy (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	39	34	25	1
2	40	34	24	1
3	41	34	24	1
4	42	34	23	1
5	43	34	22	1
6	44	34	21	1
7	45	34	20	1
8	46	34	19	1
9	46	35	19	1
10	46	35	18	0
11	47	36	17	0
12	47	36	17	0
13	47	36	16	0
14	48	37	15	0
15	48	37	15	0
16	48	37	14	0
17	49	37	14	0
18	49	37	13	0
19	50	37	13	0
20	50	37	13	0
21	52	36	12	0
22	52	36	12	0
23	53	35	12	0
24	54	34	12	0
25	55	33	12	0
26	58	31	11	0
27	59	30	11	0
28	61	29	10	0
29	62	28	10	0
30	64	27	9	0
31	65	26	9	0

Wind in March

Winds average 10 km/h in March.

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

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 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 48 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:14 AM to 6:31 AM, and sunset from 6:51 PM to 6:18 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)	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.8	11.8	11.8
Sunrise (AM)	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31
Sunset (PM)	6:51	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:22	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:18

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.6	6:14	6:51
2	12.6	6:14	6:50
3	12.6	6:15	6:49
4	12.5	6:16	6:48
5	12.5	6:16	6:47
6	12.5	6:17	6:46
7	12.5	6:18	6:45
8	12.4	6:18	6:44
9	12.4	6:19	6:43
10	12.4	6:19	6:42
11	12.3	6:20	6:41
12	12.3	6:21	6:40
13	12.3	6:21	6:39
14	12.3	6:22	6:37
15	12.2	6:22	6:36
16	12.2	6:23	6:35
17	12.2	6:23	6:34
18	12.1	6:24	6:33
19	12.1	6:24	6:32
20	12.1	6:25	6:31
21	12.1	6:26	6:29
22	12.0	6:26	6:28
23	12.0	6:27	6:27
24	12.0	6:27	6:26
25	12.0	6:28	6:25
26	11.9	6:28	6:24
27	11.9	6:29	6:22
28	11.9	6:29	6:21
29	11.8	6:30	6:20
30	11.8	6:30	6:19
31	11.8	6:31	6:18

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.94 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.72 kWh/m² to a high of 7.69 kWh/m² in December across the year — March's 5.94 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)	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4
Level	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	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.5	Intense
2	6.5	Intense
3	6.5	Intense
4	6.4	Intense
5	6.4	Intense
6	6.4	Intense
7	6.3	Intense
8	6.3	Intense
9	6.2	Intense
10	6.2	Intense
11	6.2	Intense
12	6.1	Intense
13	6.0	Intense
14	6.0	Intense
15	6.0	Bright
16	5.9	Bright
17	5.9	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.7	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.6	Bright
24	5.6	Bright
25	5.6	Bright
26	5.5	Bright
27	5.5	Bright
28	5.5	Bright
29	5.4	Bright
30	5.4	Bright
31	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Christiana?

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

6.0

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

7.2

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Christiana in March

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

In March, Christiana sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 16°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Christiana 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 Christiana peaks around January 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 5 (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	8	6	5	5	7	9	11	13	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	8	Very high
May	6	High
Jun	5	Moderate
Jul	5	Moderate
Aug	7	High
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Christiana?

Christiana sits at 27.9°S, 25.2°E, 1,207 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Warrenton, 38 km away.

Topography around Christiana

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Christiana has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 32 m around an average of 1,203 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 81 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 389 m.

The land around Christiana is covered by grassland (39%) and shrubs (32%) within 3 km, grassland (76%) within 16 km, and grassland (61%) and shrubs (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

32 m

grassland 39%

16 km

81 m

grassland 76%

80 km

389 m

grassland 61%

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

March weather nearby: Warrenton 38 km · Pampierstad 49 km · Bloemhof 53 km · Hoopstad 74 km · Schweizer-Reneke 82 km · Kimberley 99 km · Bultfontein 106 km · Makwassie 106 km

South Africa travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / M / N; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 41% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $6,598; 2025
Happiness: 5.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 68%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 43.7; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 22.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Very high; EF EPI 602
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 Christiana (-27.914°, 25.1611°, elevation 1,207 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	17
2	30	17
3	30	17
4	30	17
5	30	17
6	30	17
7	29	17
8	29	17
9	29	17
10	29	17
11	29	17
12	29	16
13	29	16
14	29	16
15	29	16
16	29	16
17	29	16
18	28	16
19	28	16
20	28	16
21	28	15
22	28	15
23	28	15
24	28	15
25	28	15
26	28	15
27	27	15
28	27	15
29	27	14
30	27	14
31	27	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	81	19
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	76	24
23	76	24
24	76	24
25	76	24
26	76	24
27	76	24
28	76	24
29	76	24
30	77	23
31	77	23

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	39	34	25	1
2	40	34	24	1
3	41	34	24	1
4	42	34	23	1
5	43	34	22	1
6	44	34	21	1
7	45	34	20	1
8	46	34	19	1
9	46	35	19	1
10	46	35	18	0
11	47	36	17	0
12	47	36	17	0
13	47	36	16	0
14	48	37	15	0
15	48	37	15	0
16	48	37	14	0
17	49	37	14	0
18	49	37	13	0
19	50	37	13	0
20	50	37	13	0
21	52	36	12	0
22	52	36	12	0
23	53	35	12	0
24	54	34	12	0
25	55	33	12	0
26	58	31	11	0
27	59	30	11	0
28	61	29	10	0
29	62	28	10	0
30	64	27	9	0
31	65	26	9	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	81	19
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	76	24
23	76	24
24	76	24
25	76	24
26	76	24
27	76	24
28	76	24
29	76	24
30	77	23
31	77	23

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	39	34	25	1
2	40	34	24	1
3	41	34	24	1
4	42	34	23	1
5	43	34	22	1
6	44	34	21	1
7	45	34	20	1
8	46	34	19	1
9	46	35	19	1
10	46	35	18	0
11	47	36	17	0
12	47	36	17	0
13	47	36	16	0
14	48	37	15	0
15	48	37	15	0
16	48	37	14	0
17	49	37	14	0
18	49	37	13	0
19	50	37	13	0
20	50	37	13	0
21	52	36	12	0
22	52	36	12	0
23	53	35	12	0
24	54	34	12	0
25	55	33	12	0
26	58	31	11	0
27	59	30	11	0
28	61	29	10	0
29	62	28	10	0
30	64	27	9	0
31	65	26	9	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	81	19
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	76	24
23	76	24
24	76	24
25	76	24
26	76	24
27	76	24
28	76	24
29	76	24
30	77	23
31	77	23

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	39	34	25	1
2	40	34	24	1
3	41	34	24	1
4	42	34	23	1
5	43	34	22	1
6	44	34	21	1
7	45	34	20	1
8	46	34	19	1
9	46	35	19	1
10	46	35	18	0
11	47	36	17	0
12	47	36	17	0
13	47	36	16	0
14	48	37	15	0
15	48	37	15	0
16	48	37	14	0
17	49	37	14	0
18	49	37	13	0
19	50	37	13	0
20	50	37	13	0
21	52	36	12	0
22	52	36	12	0
23	53	35	12	0
24	54	34	12	0
25	55	33	12	0
26	58	31	11	0
27	59	30	11	0
28	61	29	10	0
29	62	28	10	0
30	64	27	9	0
31	65	26	9	0