Delmas weather in March

In March, Delmas sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 89 mm of rain across 11.2 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 25°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% 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 Delmas's 8th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Delmas's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
7th warmest
Overnight low
14°
9th coldest
Rainfall
89 mm
11.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
6:09 AM – 6:21 PM
Cloud cover
47%
8th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.5 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.0
out of 10

Delmas is South African town in Mpumalanga.

Density
10,532/km²
people per km²
Founded
1907

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

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 25°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical March day in Delmas reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 1°C cooler than February and about 2°C warmer than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Delmas 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan26° / 15°12816.213.55.9
Feb26° / 15°10512.912.96.2
Mar25° / 14°8911.212.27.0
Apr23° / 11°406.611.47.6
May21° / 152.610.78.2
Jun18° / 71.110.48.1
Jul18° / 40.710.58.1
Aug21° / 112.111.18.5
Sep25° / 10°243.411.88.5
Oct25° / 12°8310.812.67.0
Nov25° / 14°1041413.36.2
Dec25° / 15°13817.513.65.7

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% 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 34%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16535
26634
36733
46733
56733
66931
76931
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126832
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Delmas gets around 89 mm of rain over 11.2 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 36% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
142
241
340
439
538
638
738
838
937
1037
1137
1237
1337
1437
1537
1637
1738
1837
1937
2037
2137
2236
2335
2435
2534
2633
2733
2832
2931
3030
3129

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 52% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
1384418
2394317
3414316
4434215
5444214
6454113
7474112
8484112
9484111
10494110
11504110
1250419
1350419
1451418
1550428
1651427
1751427
1851427
1952417
2053416
2154406
2254406
2355396
2457385
2558375
2659365
2761354
2863334
2965314
3067294
3170273

Wind in March

Winds average 10 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
210calm
310calm
410calm
510calm
610calm
710calm
810calm
910calm
1010calm
1110calm
1210calm
1310calm
1410calm
1510calm
1610calm
179calm
189calm
199calm
209calm
219calm
229calm
239calm
249calm
259calm
269calm
279calm
289calm
299calm
309calm
319calm

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 6:01 AM to 6:16 AM, and sunset from 6:36 PM to 6:04 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.66:016:36
212.66:026:35
312.56:026:34
412.56:036:33
512.56:036:32
612.56:046:31
712.46:056:30
812.46:056:29
912.46:066:28
1012.36:066:27
1112.36:076:26
1212.36:076:25
1312.36:086:24
1412.26:086:23
1512.26:096:22
1612.26:096:21
1712.26:106:20
1812.16:106:18
1912.16:116:17
2012.16:116:16
2112.16:126:15
2212.06:126:14
2312.06:136:13
2412.06:136:12
2512.06:146:11
2611.96:146:10
2711.96:146:09
2811.96:156:07
2911.86:156:06
3011.86:166:05
3111.86:166:04

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.92 kWh/m² to a high of 6.71 kWh/m² in December across the year — March's 5.5 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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55.9Bright
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255.2Bright
265.1Bright
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Delmas

In seasonPeak

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

Delmas's rainy season runs October–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 Delmas?

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

7.0
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
6.0
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

March is one of the better times to visit Delmas for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Delmas in March

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

In March, Delmas sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Delmas in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Delmas peaks around January 1 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 5 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeJan 1UV 14Jun 19UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr9Very high
May6High
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug7Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct10Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Delmas 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 Delmas is worst in June — around 259 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 6.0× the cleanest month (January, 43 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180210240270JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyVery unhealthyUnhealthyPoorJun 23259 µg/m³Jan 1344 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan43Poor
Feb63Unhealthy
Mar101Unhealthy
Apr158Very unhealthy
May232Very unhealthy
Jun259Very unhealthy
Jul259Very unhealthy
Aug200Very unhealthy
Sep144Unhealthy
Oct91Unhealthy
Nov65Unhealthy
Dec50Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Delmas?

Delmas sits at 26.1°S, 28.7°E, 1,558 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Etwatwa, 23 km away.

Topography around Delmas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Delmas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 57 m around an average of 1,559 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 191 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 795 m.

The land around Delmas is covered by cropland (46%) and grassland (33%) within 3 km, cropland (59%) and grassland (35%) within 16 km, and grassland (56%) and cropland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
57 m
16 km
191 m
80 km
795 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: Etwatwa 23 km · Springs 31 km · Brakpan 33 km · Leslie 34 km · Lebohang 35 km · Benoni 36 km · Nigel 38 km · Bronkhorstspruit 38 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
Christian 86%or other traditional African religions 5%nothing in particular 5%Muslim 2%

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 Delmas (-26.1466°, 28.6832°, elevation 1,558 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).