Climate averages 1991–2020
Bandundu Province weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Bandundu Province: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 154 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes March a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bulungu (192 km away). In March its highs average 31.0°C, about as warm as Bandundu Province, with 156 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bandundu Province ranks joint 10th of 60 for the warmest March highs and joint 26th of 60 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 60 cities is 29.1°C; Bandundu Province is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 154 mm to 167 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
Bandundu Province climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.2°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 131 | 20.3 | 12.312 h |
| February | 30.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 133 | 17.2 | 12.212 h |
| March, selected | 30.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 154 | 20.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 167 | 22.4 | 12.012 h |
| May | 30.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 104 | 18.0 | 12.012 h |
| June | 31.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 23 | 5.4 | 11.912 h |
| July | 32.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 12 | 3.1 | 11.912 h |
| August | 32.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 43 | 10.4 | 12.012 h |
| September | 31.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 99 | 18.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 178 | 24.6 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 186 | 24.5 | 12.312 h |
| December | 29.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 176 | 24.8 | 12.312 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
- Bulungu in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 192 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 156 mm rain
- Kikwit in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 249 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.6°C · 133 mm rain
- Masina in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 251 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 125 mm rain
- Kinshasa in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 255 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 109 mm rain
- Brazzaville in MarchRepublic of the Congo · 256 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 109 mm rain
- Idiofa in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 306 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.6°C · 162 mm rain
- Inkisi in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 328 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 128 mm rain
- Mbanza-Ngungu in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 353 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 147 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 Bandundu Province) is explained once on the Bandundu Province year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.