Climate averages 1991–2020
Moundou weather
in March.
A very hot, very dry month: the 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 Moundou: daytime highs average 38.4°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 2.8 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes March a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Doba (86 km away). In March its highs average 38.7°C, about as warm as Moundou, with 2.4 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Chad, Moundou ranks 7th of 8 for the warmest March highs and 7th of 8 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 8 cities is 38.8°C; Moundou is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 37.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.8 mm to 24 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
Moundou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| February | 35.9°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 38.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 2.8 | 0.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 37.9°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 24 | 5.6 | 12.312 h |
| May | 34.9°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 74 | 12.3 | 12.513 h |
| June | 32.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 116 | 16.8 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 203 | 24.7 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.7°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 262 | 27.3 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 175 | 22.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.1°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 65 | 12.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.7°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 2.5 | 0.6 | 11.712 h |
| December | 32.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 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
- Doba in MarchChad · 86 kmHigh 38.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Kelo in MarchChad · 87 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Pala in MarchChad · 156 kmHigh 38.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Sarh in MarchChad · 261 kmHigh 38.9°C · Low 24.7°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Guider in MarchCameroon · 278 kmHigh 39.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Maroua in MarchCameroon · 296 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Bouar in MarchCentral African Republic · 298 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.1°C · 67 mm rain
- Ngaoundéré in MarchCameroon · 308 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 19.5°C · 27 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 Moundou) is explained once on the Moundou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.