current weather for Pietermaritzburg (South Africa)
Pietermaritzburg is located near Pelham at 1mi↑, Villa Maria at 11mi↑, Albert Falls at 12mi↑, Mpophomeni at 13mi↑, Howick at 14mi↑,
Elevation : 2103ft
currently : 68°F overcast at Pietermaritzburg
The current temperature is 68°F, the felt temperature is 68°F.
Wind direction from East with a speed of 2mph with gusts at 4mph.
The air is almost saturated with water : relative air humidity is 90 %.
Pressure is 30inHg : anticyclonic regime, a harbinger of good weather even if mists can appear in the morning and persist because the wind remains weak.
weather last updated 9495 minutes
Sun rises in 4h51 and the sun is setting in 15h39. The duration of the night is 13h11.
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Weather forecast for Pietermaritzburg (South Africa)
Monday, March 23, 2026
Sky will be covered with cloud all the night and the day will be cloudy from morning to evening. Rain is forecasted.
the temperature will range from 64°F to 68°F
wind speed up to 7mph
15h
67°F
Light rain
0in of rain
The air is almost saturated with water : relative air humidity is 90 %.
pressure is 30inHg
Wind direction from East 4mph with gusts at 5mph
18h
68°F
Light rain
0in of rain
The air is extremely humid : relative air humidity is 89 %.
pressure is 30inHg
Wind direction from East 4mph with gusts at 7mph
21h
65°F
Overcast
The air is almost saturated with water : relative air humidity is 97 %.
pressure is 30inHg
Wind direction from East 3mph with gusts at 4mph
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Sky will be covered with cloud all the night and the day will be cloudy but the sun will appear. 0in rain in 24h.
the temperature will range from 63°F to 90°F
wind speed up to 8mph
0h
65°F
Overcast
The air is almost saturated with water : relative air humidity is 96 %.
pressure is 30inHg
Wind direction from East 2mph with gusts at 4mph
3h
64°F
Overcast
The air is almost saturated with water : relative air humidity is 98 %.
pressure is 30inHg
Wind direction from North East 2mph with gusts at 3mph
6h
63°F
Overcast
The air is almost saturated with water : relative air humidity is 98 %.
pressure is 30inHg
Wind direction from North 2mph with gusts at 3mph
9h
70°F
Broken clouds
The air is extremely humid : relative air humidity is 81 %.
pressure is 30inHg
Wind direction from North 3mph with gusts at 7mph
12h
84°F
Few clouds
The air is humid : relative air humidity is 50 %.
pressure is 30inHg
Wind direction from North 5mph with gusts at 8mph
15h
90°F
Few clouds
The air is a little humid : relative air humidity is 39 %.
pressure is 30inHg
Wind direction from North East 5mph with gusts at 6mph
18h
80°F
Scattered clouds
The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 66 %.
pressure is 30inHg
Wind direction from East 5mph with gusts at 8mph
21h
70°F
Moderate rain
0.2in of rain
The air is almost saturated with water : relative air humidity is 97 %.
pressure is 30inHg
Wind direction from North West 2mph with gusts at 3mph
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Sky will be covered with cloud all the night, there will be nightly rain and the day will be cloudy from morning to evening. 0in rain in 24h.
the temperature will range from 66°F to 88°F
wind speed up to 11mph
0h
68°F
Overcast
The air is almost saturated with water : relative air humidity is 95 %.
pressure is 30inHg
Wind direction from North West 3mph with gusts at 3mph
3h
67°F
Light rain
0in of rain
The air is almost saturated with water : relative air humidity is 94 %.
pressure is 30inHg
Wind direction from West 3mph with gusts at 3mph
6h
66°F
Broken clouds
The air is almost saturated with water : relative air humidity is 94 %.
pressure is 30inHg
Wind direction from West 4mph with gusts at 3mph
9h
72°F
Broken clouds
The air is extremely humid : relative air humidity is 81 %.
pressure is 30inHg
Wind direction from West 3mph with gusts at 4mph
12h
84°F
Broken clouds
The air is humid : relative air humidity is 50 %.
pressure is 30inHg
Wind direction from South East 4mph with gusts at 3mph
15h
87°F
Broken clouds
The air is moderately humid : relative air humidity is 45 %.
pressure is 30inHg
Wind direction from South East 7mph with gusts at 5mph
18h
75°F
Light rain
0.1in of rain
The air is extremely humid : relative air humidity is 85 %.
pressure is 30inHg
Wind direction from South East 6mph with gusts at 11mph
21h
70°F
Moderate rain
0.4in of rain
The air is almost saturated with water : relative air humidity is 99 %.
pressure is 30inHg
Wind direction from South 3mph with gusts at 4mph
Thursday, March 26, 2026
Sky will be covered with cloud all the night, there will be nightly rain and the day will be cloudy but the sun will appear. 1in rain in 24h.
the temperature will range from 64°F to 90°F
wind speed up to 12mph
0h
69°F
Light rain
0in of rain
The air is almost saturated with water : relative air humidity is 98 %.
pressure is 30inHg
Wind direction from North West 2mph with gusts at 2mph
3h
67°F
Broken clouds
The air is almost saturated with water : relative air humidity is 97 %.
pressure is 30inHg
Wind direction from South 0mph with gusts at 1mph
6h
65°F
Broken clouds
The air is almost saturated with water : relative air humidity is 98 %.
pressure is 30inHg
Wind direction from North West 3mph with gusts at 3mph
9h
70°F
Broken clouds
The air is almost saturated with water : relative air humidity is 90 %.
pressure is 30inHg
Wind direction from North 3mph with gusts at 4mph
12h
84°F
Few clouds
The air is humid : relative air humidity is 51 %.
pressure is 30inHg
Wind direction from North East 4mph with gusts at 6mph
15h
90°F
Few clouds
The air is moderately humid : relative air humidity is 43 %.
pressure is 30inHg
Wind direction from East 6mph with gusts at 6mph
18h
79°F
Light rain
0in of rain
The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 74 %.
pressure is 30inHg
Wind direction from East 8mph with gusts at 12mph
21h
70°F
Heavy intensity rain
0.5in of rain
The air is almost saturated with water : relative air humidity is 97 %.
pressure is 30inHg
Wind direction from West 2mph with gusts at 7mph
Friday, March 27, 2026
Sky will be covered with cloud all the night, there will be nightly rain and the day will be cloudy from morning to evening. 1in rain in 24h.
the temperature will range from 64°F to 93°F
wind speed up to 9mph
high heat alert with 93°F at Pietermaritzburg
0h
67°F
Light rain
0.1in of rain
The air is almost saturated with water : relative air humidity is 96 %.
pressure is 30inHg
Wind direction from North West 4mph with gusts at 4mph
3h
66°F
Broken clouds
The air is almost saturated with water : relative air humidity is 94 %.
pressure is 30inHg
Wind direction from North West 4mph with gusts at 4mph
6h
65°F
Scattered clouds
The air is almost saturated with water : relative air humidity is 94 %.
pressure is 30inHg
Wind direction from North West 4mph with gusts at 4mph
9h
72°F
Scattered clouds
The air is extremely humid : relative air humidity is 85 %.
pressure is 30inHg
Wind direction from North West 3mph with gusts at 6mph
12h
88°F
Broken clouds
The air is moderately humid : relative air humidity is 46 %.
pressure is 30inHg
Wind direction from North West 3mph with gusts at 6mph
15h
92°F
Broken clouds
The air is a little humid : relative air humidity is 36 %.
pressure is 30inHg
Wind direction from South East 5mph with gusts at 7mph
18h
70°F
Heavy intensity rain
0.6in of rain
The air is almost saturated with water : relative air humidity is 95 %.
pressure is 30inHg
Wind direction from North West 4mph with gusts at 9mph
21h
65°F
Moderate rain
0.2in of rain
The air is almost saturated with water : relative air humidity is 96 %.
pressure is 30inHg
Wind direction from North West 4mph with gusts at 6mph
Saturday, March 28, 2026
Sky will be covered with cloud all the night and the day will be cloudy from morning to evening.
the temperature will range from 64°F to 75°F
wind speed up to 4mph
0h
66°F
Scattered clouds
The air is almost saturated with water : relative air humidity is 95 %.
pressure is 30inHg
Wind direction from West 3mph with gusts at 3mph
4h
65°F
Broken clouds
The air is almost saturated with water : relative air humidity is 95 %.
pressure is 30inHg
Wind direction from West 2mph with gusts at 2mph
7h
64°F
Overcast
The air is almost saturated with water : relative air humidity is 96 %.
pressure is 30inHg
Wind direction from North West 0mph with gusts at 1mph
10h
68°F
Overcast
The air is almost saturated with water : relative air humidity is 93 %.
pressure is 30inHg
Wind direction from East 2mph with gusts at 2mph
13h
75°F
Overcast
The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 73 %.
pressure is 30inHg
Wind direction from East 4mph with gusts at 4mph
Weather observation and forecast provided by OpenWeatherMap under CC BY-SA 4.0 license amended by aviation weather data.
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