Climate averages 1991–2020

Mbanza Kongo weather
in March.

A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

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

Average high 29.3°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 21.3°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 152 mm 20 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a hot month in Mbanza Kongo: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 152 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes March a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Kimpese (81 km away). In March its highs average 30.5°C, 1.3°C warmer than Mbanza Kongo, with 130 mm of rain.

Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Mbanza Kongo ranks 15th of 47 for the warmest March highs and 22nd of 47 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 47 cities is 28.2°C; Mbanza Kongo is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 152 mm to 229 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

Mbanza Kongo climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Mbanza Kongo, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	28.3°C20.7°C	20.7°C	154	21.6	12.412 h
February	29.0°C21.1°C	21.1°C	127	18.0	12.312 h
March, selected	29.3°C21.3°C	21.3°C	152	20.4	12.112 h
April	28.6°C21.2°C	21.2°C	229	24.4	12.012 h
May	28.2°C20.8°C	20.8°C	90	14.5	11.812 h
June	27.9°C18.3°C	18.3°C	2.1	0.5	11.812 h
July	27.8°C16.8°C	16.8°C	0.4	0.1	11.812 h
August	27.3°C17.5°C	17.5°C	3.0	0.8	11.912 h
September	27.9°C18.9°C	18.9°C	11	3.4	12.112 h
October	28.6°C20.5°C	20.5°C	91	15.0	12.212 h
November	28.3°C20.8°C	20.8°C	207	24.2	12.412 h
December	28.0°C20.6°C	20.6°C	201	24.4	12.512 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 Mbanza Kongo

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