Climate averages 1991–2020
Basoko weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd 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 Basoko: daytime highs average 31.4°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 134 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes March a wet month (the 8th 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 Bumba (166 km away). In March its highs average 31.6°C, about as warm as Basoko, with 136 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Basoko ranks 7th of 60 for the warmest March highs and joint 15th of 60 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 60 cities is 29.1°C; Basoko is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 134 mm to 142 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
Basoko climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 54 | 10.5 | 12.112 h |
| February | 32.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 79 | 12.4 | 12.112 h |
| March, selected | 31.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 134 | 18.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 142 | 20.5 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 110 | 20.9 | 12.212 h |
| June | 29.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 92 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| July | 29.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 102 | 20.4 | 12.212 h |
| August | 29.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 132 | 23.7 | 12.212 h |
| September | 29.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 144 | 24.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 172 | 25.8 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 149 | 23.2 | 12.112 h |
| December | 30.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 78 | 14.4 | 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
- Bumba in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 166 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 136 mm rain
- Kisangani in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 193 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 161 mm rain
- Buta in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 212 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 129 mm rain
- Lisala in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 254 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 136 mm rain
- Binga in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 369 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.1°C · 134 mm rain
- Gbadolite in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 446 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 98 mm rain
- Babamba in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 446 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 20.4°C · 153 mm rain
- Isiro in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 476 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.7°C · 146 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 Basoko) is explained once on the Basoko year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.