Climate averages 1991–2020
Balombo weather
in March.
A warm, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Balombo: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 17.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 239 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes March a very 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 Bocoio (70 km away). In March its highs average 27.1°C, about as warm as Balombo, with 256 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Balombo ranks 34th of 47 for the warmest March highs and 41st of 47 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 47 cities is 28.2°C; Balombo is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 239 mm to 115 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Balombo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.0°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 171 | 19.7 | 12.813 h |
| February | 26.8°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 168 | 17.5 | 12.513 h |
| March, selected | 26.9°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 239 | 23.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 115 | 16.4 | 11.812 h |
| May | 29.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 5.8 | 1.2 | 11.612 h |
| June | 29.6°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| July | 30.0°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| August | 31.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 2.6 | 0.7 | 11.712 h |
| September | 31.9°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 45 | 8.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 205 | 25.9 | 12.412 h |
| November | 26.8°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 268 | 26.7 | 12.713 h |
| December | 25.7°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 224 | 23.2 | 12.813 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
- Bocoio in MarchAngola · 70 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.9°C · 256 mm rain
- Longonjo in MarchAngola · 80 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.8°C · 227 mm rain
- Ecunna in MarchAngola · 87 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 252 mm rain
- Cubal in MarchAngola · 95 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 193 mm rain
- Caála in MarchAngola · 102 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.7°C · 252 mm rain
- Cela in MarchAngola · 111 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 16.9°C · 166 mm rain
- Huambo in MarchAngola · 115 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.7°C · 187 mm rain
- Lobito in MarchAngola · 134 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.7°C · 97 mm rain
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 limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Balombo) is explained once on the Balombo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.