Saldanha weather in March

In March, Saldanha sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 8 mm of rain across 1.6 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in March, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of March to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Saldanha's 4th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Saldanha's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
4th warmest
Overnight low
16°
9th coldest
Rainfall
8 mm
1.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
6:50 AM – 7:05 PM
Cloud cover
28%
4th clearest
Wind
21 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
6.08 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.1
out of 10

Saldanha is town in the Western Cape, South Africa.

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 20°C through the month.

A typical March day in Saldanha reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 22°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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Saldanha weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 4th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan21° / 17°71.513.98.5
Feb21° / 17°61.313.28.5
Mar20° / 16°81.612.38.1
Apr19° / 15°193.311.27.3
May17° / 14°315.510.36.5
Jun16° / 12°538.39.95.6
Jul16° / 12°476.8105.6
Aug16° / 12°416.910.85.6
Sep17° / 13°235.411.86.2
Oct18° / 14°122.912.87.2
Nov19° / 15°132.713.77.6
Dec20° / 16°71.814.18.2

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Saldanha gets around 8 mm of rain over 1.6 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 5% and peaks near 10% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
15
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Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, March lands in the comfortable band about 55% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
11246421
21246411
31346400
41347390
51448380
61449370
71449360
81551340
91552330
101652320
111653310
121753300
131754290
141756270
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161857250
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212159200
222160190
232260180
242261170
252361160
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272461150
282561140
292661130
302760130
312860120

Wind in March

Winds average 21 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 20 km/h on the calmest days to 22 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
122breezy
222breezy
322breezy
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3120light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 min at the start of March to 11 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 66 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:38 AM to 7:01 AM, and sunset from 7:24 PM to 6:45 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.86:387:24
212.76:397:23
312.76:407:22
412.76:417:21
512.66:427:20
612.66:437:18
712.66:437:17
812.56:447:16
912.56:457:15
1012.56:467:13
1112.46:467:12
1212.46:477:11
1312.46:487:09
1412.36:497:08
1512.36:507:07
1612.36:507:05
1712.26:517:04
1812.26:527:03
1912.16:537:01
2012.16:537:00
2112.16:546:59
2212.06:556:57
2312.06:556:56
2412.06:566:55
2511.96:576:53
2611.96:586:52
2711.96:586:51
2811.86:596:49
2911.87:006:48
3011.87:016:46
3111.77:016:45

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6.08 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.64 kWh/m² to a high of 8.39 kWh/m² in December across the year — March's 6.08 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.8Intense
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56.7Intense
66.6Intense
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86.5Intense
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116.4Intense
126.3Intense
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146.2Intense
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166.1Intense
176.0Intense
186.0Bright
195.9Bright
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215.8Bright
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235.7Bright
245.6Bright
255.6Bright
265.5Bright
275.5Bright
285.4Bright
295.3Bright
305.3Bright
315.2Bright
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Saldanha?

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

8.1
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
4.2
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

March is one of the better times to visit Saldanha for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Saldanha in March

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

In March, Saldanha sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 16°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a windbreaker.

sun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near Saldanha in March

The nearest coast averages about 17°C in March — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 14 km away) is warmest in January at about 17°C and coldest in August near 15°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

14°16°18°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan17Cool
Feb17Cool
Mar17Cool
Apr16Cool
May16Cool
Jun15Cool
Jul15Bracing
Aug15Bracing
Sep15Cool
Oct15Cool
Nov16Cool
Dec17Cool

UV index in Saldanha in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Saldanha peaks around January 14 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highModerateExtremeJan 14UV 13Jun 19UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb10Extreme
Mar10Very high
Apr6High
May4Moderate
Jun3Moderate
Jul3Moderate
Aug4Moderate
Sep5High
Oct10Very high
Nov11Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Saldanha?

Saldanha sits at 33.0°S, 17.9°E, 20 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Vredenburg, 12 km away.

Topography around Saldanha

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Saldanha has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 116 m around an average of 18 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 186 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,124 m.

The land around Saldanha is covered by water (37%) within 3 km, water (50%) and cropland (21%) within 16 km, and water (48%), cropland (25%) and shrubs (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
116 m
16 km
186 m
80 km
1,124 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: Vredenburg 12 km · Moorreesburg 69 km · Atlantis 80 km · Malmesbury 88 km · Cape Town 111 km · Durbanville 112 km · Rondebosch 117 km · Kraaifontein 117 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 Saldanha (-33.0117°, 17.9442°, elevation 20 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).