Climate averages 1991–2020

Bailundo weather
in March.

A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 28.0°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 18.8°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 149 mm 20 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a hot month in Bailundo: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 18.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 149 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes March a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Malanje (38 km away). In March its highs average 27.8°C, about as warm as Bailundo, with 157 mm of rain.

Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Bailundo ranks joint 27th of 47 for the warmest March highs and 21st of 47 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 47 cities is 28.2°C; Bailundo is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 149 mm to 126 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Bailundo climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Bailundo, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	27.3°C18.4°C	18.4°C	74	13.4	12.613 h
February	28.4°C18.7°C	18.7°C	80	12.4	12.412 h
March, selected	28.0°C18.8°C	18.8°C	149	20.1	12.212 h
April	27.6°C18.8°C	18.8°C	126	19.9	11.912 h
May	29.3°C18.0°C	18.0°C	13	3.2	11.712 h
June	29.8°C15.3°C	15.3°C	0.4	0.1	11.612 h
July	30.4°C14.5°C	14.5°C	0	0.0	11.612 h
August	31.1°C15.5°C	15.5°C	4.0	1.3	11.812 h
September	30.6°C16.9°C	16.9°C	47	11.4	12.012 h
October	28.8°C18.1°C	18.1°C	141	24.0	12.312 h
November	27.1°C18.4°C	18.4°C	166	23.5	12.513 h
December	26.6°C18.3°C	18.3°C	117	18.8	12.713 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

March in nearby cities

Distance from Bailundo

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bailundo) is explained once on the Bailundo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.