Climate averages 1991–2020

Catchiungo weather
in March.

A warm, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.

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

Average high 23.2°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 14.4°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 243 mm 25 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a warm month in Catchiungo: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 14.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 243 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 9th 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 Huambo (58 km away). In March its highs average 23.6°C, about as warm as Catchiungo, with 187 mm of rain.

Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Catchiungo ranks 47th of 47 for the warmest March highs and 42nd of 47 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 47 cities is 28.2°C; Catchiungo is 5.0°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 23.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 243 mm to 90 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

Catchiungo climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Catchiungo, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	23.0°C14.3°C	14.3°C	255	21.8	12.813 h
February	23.4°C14.4°C	14.4°C	216	19.7	12.513 h
March, selected	23.2°C14.4°C	14.4°C	243	24.6	12.212 h
April	23.3°C13.6°C	13.6°C	90	13.7	11.812 h
May	24.2°C11.6°C	11.6°C	4.7	1.1	11.512 h
June	24.0°C9.7°C	9.7°C	0.4	0.2	11.411 h
July	24.5°C9.7°C	9.7°C	0	0.0	11.511 h
August	27.1°C12.2°C	12.2°C	1.5	0.4	11.712 h
September	28.4°C14.1°C	14.1°C	35	5.1	12.012 h
October	26.1°C14.7°C	14.7°C	195	21.0	12.412 h
November	23.7°C14.5°C	14.5°C	296	26.3	12.713 h
December	22.9°C14.4°C	14.4°C	290	25.6	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

Distance from Catchiungo

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 Catchiungo) is explained once on the Catchiungo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.