Climate averages 1991–2020
Babamba weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Babamba: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 153 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes March a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Butembo (201 km away). In March its highs average 24.4°C, 4.6°C cooler than Babamba, with 154 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Babamba ranks joint 37th of 60 for the warmest March highs and 25th of 60 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 60 cities is 29.1°C; Babamba is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 153 mm to 182 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
Babamba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 76 | 13.0 | 12.112 h |
| February | 30.0°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 92 | 13.9 | 12.112 h |
| March, selected | 29.0°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 153 | 21.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.1°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 182 | 24.4 | 12.112 h |
| May | 27.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 177 | 26.1 | 12.112 h |
| June | 27.2°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 143 | 23.3 | 12.112 h |
| July | 27.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 144 | 22.9 | 12.112 h |
| August | 27.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 192 | 25.8 | 12.112 h |
| September | 27.3°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 209 | 26.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 235 | 27.6 | 12.112 h |
| November | 27.0°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 207 | 25.1 | 12.112 h |
| December | 28.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 118 | 19.7 | 12.112 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
- Butembo in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 201 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 154 mm rain
- Hyosha in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 233 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.8°C · 95 mm rain
- Kisangani in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 258 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 161 mm rain
- Rutshuru in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 266 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 15.6°C · 221 mm rain
- Isiro in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 288 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.7°C · 146 mm rain
- Musanze in MarchRwanda · 304 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 234 mm rain
- Rutoma in MarchUganda · 333 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.0°C · 121 mm rain
- Bukavu in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 334 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 16.3°C · 225 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 Babamba) is explained once on the Babamba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.