Climate averages 1991–2020
Gemena 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 Gemena: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 132 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 Binga (127 km away). In March its highs average 31.5°C, about as warm as Gemena, with 134 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gemena ranks joint 3rd of 60 for the warmest March highs and 13th of 60 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 60 cities is 29.1°C; Gemena is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 132 mm to 138 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
Gemena climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 27 | 5.7 | 12.012 h |
| February | 33.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 51 | 8.6 | 12.012 h |
| March, selected | 31.8°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 132 | 17.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 138 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 114 | 18.9 | 12.312 h |
| June | 29.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 95 | 18.1 | 12.312 h |
| July | 28.9°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 123 | 21.3 | 12.312 h |
| August | 28.5°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 162 | 24.8 | 12.212 h |
| September | 28.8°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 159 | 23.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.8°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 182 | 25.4 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.3°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 138 | 21.2 | 12.012 h |
| December | 30.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 44 | 8.5 | 11.912 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
- Binga in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 127 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.1°C · 134 mm rain
- Gbadolite in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 178 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 98 mm rain
- Bangui in MarchCentral African Republic · 183 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Bimbo in MarchCentral African Republic · 187 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 88 mm rain
- Bégoua in MarchCentral African Republic · 191 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 91 mm rain
- Lisala in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 229 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 136 mm rain
- Bambari in MarchCentral African Republic · 297 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Bumba in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 322 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 136 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 Gemena) is explained once on the Gemena year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.