Climate averages 1991–2020
Cahama weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Cahama: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 125 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes March a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ondjiva (175 km away). In March its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Cahama, with 115 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Cahama ranks joint 21st of 47 for the warmest March highs and 19th of 47 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 47 cities is 28.2°C; Cahama is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 125 mm to 34 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
Cahama climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.5°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 100 | 12.4 | 13.013 h |
| February | 29.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 118 | 13.1 | 12.613 h |
| March, selected | 28.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 125 | 17.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 29.5°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 34 | 6.6 | 11.712 h |
| May | 29.9°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 0.8 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| June | 28.0°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.211 h |
| July | 28.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.311 h |
| August | 31.0°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| September | 34.0°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 2.5 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 34.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 20 | 4.0 | 12.512 h |
| November | 32.9°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 56 | 9.9 | 12.913 h |
| December | 31.4°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 88 | 11.1 | 13.113 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
- Ondjiva in MarchAngola · 175 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 18.7°C · 115 mm rain
- Lubango in MarchAngola · 176 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.5°C · 330 mm rain
- Matala in MarchAngola · 189 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.4°C · 192 mm rain
- Mossamedes in MarchAngola · 261 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Cubal in MarchAngola · 361 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 193 mm rain
- Longonjo in MarchAngola · 389 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.8°C · 227 mm rain
- Caála in MarchAngola · 405 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.7°C · 252 mm rain
- Menongue in MarchAngola · 405 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.6°C · 167 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 Cahama) is explained once on the Cahama year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.