Climate averages 1991–2020
Lobito 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 Lobito: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 9 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 Benguela (28 km away). In March its highs average 29.5°C, about as warm as Lobito, with 104 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Lobito ranks 14th of 47 for the warmest March highs and 12th of 47 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 47 cities is 28.2°C; Lobito is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 97 mm to 39 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
Lobito climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 29 | 3.8 | 12.813 h |
| February | 29.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 40 | 4.0 | 12.513 h |
| March, selected | 29.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 97 | 8.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 29.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 39 | 4.3 | 11.812 h |
| May | 28.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 3.5 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| June | 26.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 1.7 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| July | 24.5°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 1.7 | 0.2 | 11.511 h |
| August | 24.4°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| September | 25.8°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 12.012 h |
| October | 27.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 2.6 | 0.7 | 12.412 h |
| November | 28.7°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 13 | 2.3 | 12.713 h |
| December | 28.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 25 | 4.1 | 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
- Benguela in MarchAngola · 28 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 104 mm rain
- Baía Farta in MarchAngola · 45 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 25.2°C · 73 mm rain
- Bocoio in MarchAngola · 66 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.9°C · 256 mm rain
- Cubal in MarchAngola · 107 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 193 mm rain
- Sumbe in MarchAngola · 133 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.9°C · 128 mm rain
- Balombo in MarchAngola · 134 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.2°C · 239 mm rain
- Porto Amboim in MarchAngola · 183 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 25.4°C · 107 mm rain
- Gabela in MarchAngola · 192 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 18.8°C · 258 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 Lobito) is explained once on the Lobito year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.