Climate averages 1991–2020
Soyo weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Soyo: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 25.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 94 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes March a wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo (23 km away). In March its highs average 29.2°C, 0.6°C warmer than Soyo, with 94 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Soyo ranks joint 21st of 47 for the warmest March highs and 11th of 47 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 47 cities is 28.2°C; Soyo is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 94 mm to 100 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
Soyo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.6°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 87 | 13.9 | 12.412 h |
| February | 28.2°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 94 | 13.5 | 12.312 h |
| March, selected | 28.6°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 94 | 14.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 100 | 14.3 | 12.012 h |
| May | 26.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 25 | 4.3 | 11.812 h |
| June | 24.7°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| July | 23.2°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| August | 23.1°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 11.912 h |
| September | 24.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 2.1 | 0.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 18 | 4.1 | 12.212 h |
| November | 27.0°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 64 | 11.5 | 12.412 h |
| December | 27.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 79 | 12.4 | 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
- Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 23 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.9°C · 94 mm rain
- Cabinda in MarchAngola · 67 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 25.3°C · 169 mm rain
- Boma in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 82 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 147 mm rain
- Matadi in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 125 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 134 mm rain
- Pointe-Noire in MarchRepublic of the Congo · 161 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 129 mm rain
- Mbanza Kongo in MarchAngola · 207 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.3°C · 152 mm rain
- Dolisie in MarchRepublic of the Congo · 218 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 177 mm rain
- Kimpese in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 237 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 130 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 Soyo) is explained once on the Soyo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.