Climate averages 1991–2020
Ondjiva weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Ondjiva: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 115 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cahama (175 km away). In March its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Ondjiva, with 125 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Ondjiva ranks joint 21st of 47 for the warmest March highs and joint 15th of 47 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 47 cities is 28.2°C; Ondjiva is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 115 mm to 26 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
Ondjiva climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 152 | 14.1 | 13.013 h |
| February | 28.8°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 148 | 14.6 | 12.713 h |
| March, selected | 28.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 115 | 15.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 29.3°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 26 | 5.3 | 11.712 h |
| May | 29.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.311 h |
| June | 26.9°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.111 h |
| July | 26.9°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.211 h |
| August | 30.2°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| September | 33.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 1.8 | 0.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 34.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 19 | 3.8 | 12.512 h |
| November | 32.8°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 61 | 10.0 | 12.913 h |
| December | 31.1°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 118 | 12.9 | 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
- Cahama in MarchAngola · 175 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 125 mm rain
- Matala in MarchAngola · 270 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.4°C · 192 mm rain
- Lubango in MarchAngola · 338 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.5°C · 330 mm rain
- Menongue in MarchAngola · 340 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.6°C · 167 mm rain
- Mossamedes in MarchAngola · 435 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Rundu in MarchNamibia · 439 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 18.7°C · 105 mm rain
- Longonjo in MarchAngola · 465 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.8°C · 227 mm rain
- Caála in MarchAngola · 469 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.7°C · 252 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 Ondjiva) is explained once on the Ondjiva year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.