Climate averages 1991–2020
Bukama weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Bukama: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 157 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kamina (108 km away). In March its highs average 26.9°C, 2.4°C cooler than Bukama, with 199 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bukama ranks joint 33rd of 60 for the warmest March highs and 31st of 60 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 60 cities is 29.1°C; Bukama is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 157 mm to 60 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
Bukama climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 267 | 26.0 | 12.613 h |
| February | 28.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 196 | 20.6 | 12.412 h |
| March, selected | 29.3°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 157 | 20.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 30.5°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 60 | 11.1 | 11.912 h |
| May | 32.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 5.3 | 1.1 | 11.712 h |
| June | 32.9°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| July | 33.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| August | 34.6°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 0.7 | 0.3 | 11.812 h |
| September | 35.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 11 | 3.2 | 12.012 h |
| October | 32.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 76 | 15.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 30.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 156 | 22.6 | 12.513 h |
| December | 28.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 229 | 25.1 | 12.613 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
- Kamina in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 108 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.6°C · 199 mm rain
- Kolwezi in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 173 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 164 mm rain
- Mulongo in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 198 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 179 mm rain
- Kambove in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 203 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.8°C · 196 mm rain
- Likasi in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 220 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.2°C · 200 mm rain
- Kanyama in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 263 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.4°C · 190 mm rain
- Manono in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 272 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 164 mm rain
- Nchelenge in MarchZambia · 316 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 253 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 Bukama) is explained once on the Bukama year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.