Climate averages 1991–2020
Bakwa weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd 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 Bakwa: daytime highs average 32.0°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 99 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 06 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Isiro (152 km away). In March its highs average 29.8°C, 2.2°C cooler than Bakwa, with 146 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bakwa ranks 2nd of 60 for the warmest March highs and 6th of 60 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 60 cities is 29.1°C; Bakwa is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 99 mm to 180 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
Bakwa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 17 | 3.1 | 11.912 h |
| February | 34.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 30 | 5.5 | 12.012 h |
| March, selected | 32.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 99 | 15.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 180 | 21.8 | 12.212 h |
| May | 28.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 155 | 22.8 | 12.312 h |
| June | 28.0°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 132 | 22.0 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 135 | 23.6 | 12.312 h |
| August | 27.8°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 166 | 25.5 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 175 | 25.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.1°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 223 | 27.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.2°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 118 | 17.7 | 11.912 h |
| December | 31.4°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 22 | 4.3 | 11.912 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
- Isiro in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 152 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.7°C · 146 mm rain
- Buta in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 331 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 129 mm rain
- Yei in MarchSouth Sudan · 364 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 67 mm rain
- Wau in MarchSouth Sudan · 403 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 25.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Arua in MarchUganda · 409 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 50 mm rain
- Bunia in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 427 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 18.5°C · 97 mm rain
- Babamba in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 439 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 20.4°C · 153 mm rain
- Hyosha in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 448 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.8°C · 95 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 Bakwa) is explained once on the Bakwa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.