Climate averages 1991–2020
Buta weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Buta: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 129 mm of rain on roughly 17 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 Basoko (212 km away). In March its highs average 31.4°C, about as warm as Buta, with 134 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Buta ranks joint 3rd of 60 for the warmest March highs and 10th of 60 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 60 cities is 29.1°C; Buta is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 129 mm to 143 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
Buta climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.8°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 33 | 6.2 | 12.012 h |
| February | 33.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 60 | 9.5 | 12.012 h |
| March, selected | 31.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 129 | 16.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.3°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 143 | 19.8 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 125 | 20.7 | 12.212 h |
| June | 29.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 108 | 19.1 | 12.312 h |
| July | 29.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 99 | 18.9 | 12.312 h |
| August | 28.8°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 135 | 23.0 | 12.212 h |
| September | 29.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 139 | 23.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.7°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 169 | 24.8 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.9°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 140 | 21.3 | 12.012 h |
| December | 30.8°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 43 | 9.0 | 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
- Basoko in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 212 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.6°C · 134 mm rain
- Kisangani in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 258 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 161 mm rain
- Bumba in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 260 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 136 mm rain
- Isiro in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 321 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.7°C · 146 mm rain
- Bakwa in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 331 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 99 mm rain
- Lisala in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 364 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 136 mm rain
- Babamba in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 421 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 20.4°C · 153 mm rain
- Gbadolite in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 446 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 98 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 Buta) is explained once on the Buta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.