Climate averages 1991–2020
Boma weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 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 Boma: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 147 mm of rain on roughly 20 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 Matadi (45 km away). In March its highs average 30.4°C, about as warm as Boma, with 134 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Boma ranks joint 10th of 60 for the warmest March highs and joint 22nd of 60 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 60 cities is 29.1°C; Boma is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 147 mm to 184 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
Boma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 176 | 21.9 | 12.412 h |
| February | 30.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 146 | 19.3 | 12.312 h |
| March, selected | 30.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 147 | 20.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.3°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 184 | 22.1 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.5°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 63 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.0°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 3.1 | 0.4 | 11.812 h |
| July | 27.4°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 2.2 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| August | 27.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 5.5 | 0.8 | 11.912 h |
| September | 28.2°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 12 | 2.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 52 | 10.4 | 12.212 h |
| November | 30.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 155 | 22.0 | 12.412 h |
| December | 29.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 187 | 23.4 | 12.512 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
- Matadi in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 45 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 134 mm rain
- Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 76 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.9°C · 94 mm rain
- Soyo in MarchAngola · 82 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 25.9°C · 94 mm rain
- Cabinda in MarchAngola · 100 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 25.3°C · 169 mm rain
- Mbanza Kongo in MarchAngola · 139 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.3°C · 152 mm rain
- Kimpese in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 156 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 130 mm rain
- Pointe-Noire in MarchRepublic of the Congo · 178 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 129 mm rain
- Nkayi in MarchRepublic of the Congo · 187 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 125 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 Boma) is explained once on the Boma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.