Climate averages 1991–2020
Bambari weather
in March.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Bambari: daytime highs average 34.4°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gbadolite (169 km away). In March its highs average 33.1°C, 1.3°C cooler than Bambari, with 98 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in the Central African Republic, Bambari ranks 1st of 7 for the warmest March highs and 2nd of 7 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 7 cities is 32.7°C; Bambari is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 32.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 74 mm to 119 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
Bambari climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.4°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 5.3 | 1.1 | 11.812 h |
| February | 36.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 16 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 34.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 74 | 11.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 119 | 16.3 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.7°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 148 | 20.9 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 125 | 20.9 | 12.512 h |
| July | 28.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 149 | 22.4 | 12.412 h |
| August | 28.6°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 173 | 24.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.1°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 190 | 25.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.5°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 206 | 25.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 31.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 65 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| December | 33.8°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 6.2 | 1.6 | 11.812 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
- Gbadolite in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 169 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 98 mm rain
- Bégoua in MarchCentral African Republic · 278 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 91 mm rain
- Bangui in MarchCentral African Republic · 282 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Gemena in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 297 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 132 mm rain
- Bimbo in MarchCentral African Republic · 301 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 88 mm rain
- Binga in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 378 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.1°C · 134 mm rain
- Lisala in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 413 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 136 mm rain
- Bumba in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 445 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 136 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 Bambari) is explained once on the Bambari year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.