Climate averages 1991–2020
Bunia weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd 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 Bunia: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 18.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes March a wet month (the 7th 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 Hoima (123 km away). In March its highs average 28.9°C, 1.3°C warmer than Bunia, with 199 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bunia ranks 48th of 60 for the warmest March highs and 4th of 60 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 60 cities is 29.1°C; Bunia is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 97 mm to 105 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
Bunia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.4°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 34 | 7.1 | 12.012 h |
| February | 28.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 44 | 8.0 | 12.112 h |
| March, selected | 27.6°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 97 | 14.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.3°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 105 | 17.1 | 12.112 h |
| May | 26.2°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 84 | 15.7 | 12.212 h |
| June | 26.0°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 82 | 15.5 | 12.212 h |
| July | 25.7°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 80 | 16.4 | 12.212 h |
| August | 25.7°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 109 | 20.0 | 12.212 h |
| September | 26.0°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 129 | 20.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.5°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 158 | 24.3 | 12.112 h |
| November | 25.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 125 | 18.9 | 12.012 h |
| December | 26.1°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 65 | 10.8 | 12.012 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
- Hoima in MarchUganda · 123 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 199 mm rain
- Hyosha in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 126 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.8°C · 95 mm rain
- Masindi in MarchUganda · 163 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Mubende in MarchUganda · 169 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 17.5°C · 97 mm rain
- Arua in MarchUganda · 178 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 50 mm rain
- Ibanda in MarchUganda · 190 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 141 mm rain
- Butembo in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 190 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 154 mm rain
- Mityana in MarchUganda · 234 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.0°C · 138 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 Bunia) is explained once on the Bunia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.