Climate averages 1991–2020
Carnot weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Carnot: daytime highs average 32.5°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 105 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes March a wet month (the 4th 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 Berbérati (76 km away). In March its highs average 31.3°C, 1.2°C cooler than Carnot, with 120 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in the Central African Republic, Carnot ranks 5th of 7 for the warmest March highs and 6th of 7 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 7 cities is 32.7°C; Carnot is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 105 mm to 176 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
Carnot climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.8°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 8.2 | 1.8 | 11.912 h |
| February | 34.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 26 | 4.8 | 12.012 h |
| March, selected | 32.5°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 105 | 15.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.5°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 176 | 21.2 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 162 | 22.5 | 12.312 h |
| June | 28.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 131 | 21.8 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 140 | 23.7 | 12.412 h |
| August | 27.8°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 174 | 25.5 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.0°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 232 | 26.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 287 | 28.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.3°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 108 | 14.9 | 11.912 h |
| December | 33.2°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 15 | 2.8 | 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
- Berbérati in MarchCentral African Republic · 76 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 21.8°C · 120 mm rain
- Bouar in MarchCentral African Republic · 115 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.1°C · 67 mm rain
- Bertoua in MarchCameroon · 246 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Bimbo in MarchCentral African Republic · 292 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 88 mm rain
- Bégoua in MarchCentral African Republic · 299 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 91 mm rain
- Bangui in MarchCentral African Republic · 304 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Ngaoundéré in MarchCameroon · 367 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 19.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Moundou in MarchChad · 404 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 24.7°C · 2.8 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 Carnot) is explained once on the Carnot year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.