Climate averages 1991–2020
Saurimo weather
in March.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Saurimo: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 210 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 Lucapa (143 km away). In March its highs average 28.0°C, 0.6°C warmer than Saurimo, with 198 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Saurimo ranks 32nd of 47 for the warmest March highs and 36th of 47 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 47 cities is 28.2°C; Saurimo is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 210 mm to 117 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
Saurimo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 212 | 25.0 | 12.613 h |
| February | 27.5°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 181 | 22.8 | 12.412 h |
| March, selected | 27.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 210 | 25.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.8°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 117 | 16.2 | 11.912 h |
| May | 30.5°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 6.0 | 1.5 | 11.712 h |
| June | 30.7°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| July | 31.0°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| August | 32.7°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 3.8 | 1.1 | 11.812 h |
| September | 31.9°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 46 | 10.1 | 12.012 h |
| October | 29.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 143 | 22.7 | 12.312 h |
| November | 27.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 219 | 27.0 | 12.513 h |
| December | 26.7°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 229 | 27.2 | 12.713 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
- Lucapa in MarchAngola · 143 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.1°C · 198 mm rain
- Luena in MarchAngola · 242 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.0°C · 198 mm rain
- Dundo in MarchAngola · 259 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.5°C · 190 mm rain
- Chitato in MarchAngola · 265 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.2°C · 190 mm rain
- Mwene in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 272 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.4°C · 183 mm rain
- Cafunfo in MarchAngola · 281 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.8°C · 223 mm rain
- Tshilenge in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 310 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 261 mm rain
- Tshikapa in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 364 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 163 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 Saurimo) is explained once on the Saurimo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.