Climate averages 1991–2020
Benguela weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Benguela: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baía Farta (23 km away). In March its highs average 29.0°C, 0.5°C cooler than Benguela, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Benguela ranks joint 12th of 47 for the warmest March highs and 13th of 47 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 47 cities is 28.2°C; Benguela is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 104 mm to 47 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
Benguela climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 39 | 5.6 | 12.813 h |
| February | 29.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 48 | 5.6 | 12.513 h |
| March, selected | 29.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 104 | 11.3 | 12.212 h |
| April | 29.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 47 | 6.7 | 11.812 h |
| May | 28.9°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 1.9 | 0.2 | 11.512 h |
| June | 25.9°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 2.0 | 0.2 | 11.411 h |
| July | 24.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 2.1 | 0.1 | 11.511 h |
| August | 24.0°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 1.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| September | 25.4°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 1.8 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 27.4°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 5.4 | 1.6 | 12.412 h |
| November | 28.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 19 | 4.1 | 12.713 h |
| December | 28.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 38 | 6.0 | 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
- Baía Farta in MarchAngola · 23 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 25.2°C · 73 mm rain
- Lobito in MarchAngola · 28 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.7°C · 97 mm rain
- Bocoio in MarchAngola · 81 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.9°C · 256 mm rain
- Cubal in MarchAngola · 105 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 193 mm rain
- Balombo in MarchAngola · 151 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.2°C · 239 mm rain
- Sumbe in MarchAngola · 160 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.9°C · 128 mm rain
- Longonjo in MarchAngola · 204 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.8°C · 227 mm rain
- Porto Amboim in MarchAngola · 209 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 25.4°C · 107 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 Benguela) is explained once on the Benguela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.