Climate averages 1991–2020
Bukavu weather
in March.
A warm, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Bukavu: daytime highs average 24.8°C and nights cool to about 16.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 225 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Uvira (106 km away). In March its highs average 27.7°C, 3.0°C warmer than Bukavu, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bukavu ranks 58th of 60 for the warmest March highs and 59th of 60 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 60 cities is 29.1°C; Bukavu is 4.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 225 mm to 202 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
Bukavu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.2°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 302 | 24.8 | 12.212 h |
| February | 24.7°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 229 | 21.4 | 12.212 h |
| March, selected | 24.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 225 | 23.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.3°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 202 | 22.5 | 12.112 h |
| May | 24.3°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 93 | 13.9 | 12.012 h |
| June | 24.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 24 | 4.3 | 12.012 h |
| July | 25.0°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 8.9 | 1.4 | 12.012 h |
| August | 25.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 26 | 4.0 | 12.012 h |
| September | 25.9°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 85 | 10.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.7°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 239 | 20.9 | 12.212 h |
| November | 24.0°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 310 | 25.0 | 12.212 h |
| December | 23.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 310 | 25.1 | 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
- Uvira in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 106 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 82 mm rain
- Muhanga in MarchRwanda · 109 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 13.2°C · 121 mm rain
- Gitarama in MarchRwanda · 112 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 12.6°C · 121 mm rain
- Bujumbura in MarchBurundi · 115 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 22.8°C · 82 mm rain
- Musanze in MarchRwanda · 141 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 234 mm rain
- Kigali in MarchRwanda · 148 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.7°C · 105 mm rain
- Gitega in MarchBurundi · 159 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Rutshuru in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 160 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 15.6°C · 221 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 Bukavu) is explained once on the Bukavu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.