Climate averages 1991–2020
Hyosha weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Hyosha: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 95 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes March a wet month (the 4th 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 Butembo (67 km away). In March its highs average 24.4°C, 4.0°C cooler than Hyosha, with 154 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Hyosha ranks joint 42nd of 60 for the warmest March highs and 3rd of 60 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 60 cities is 29.1°C; Hyosha is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 95 mm to 119 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
Hyosha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.5°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 35 | 8.1 | 12.112 h |
| February | 29.6°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 41 | 8.0 | 12.112 h |
| March, selected | 28.5°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 95 | 16.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.2°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 119 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| May | 26.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 137 | 19.5 | 12.112 h |
| June | 25.6°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 122 | 18.8 | 12.212 h |
| July | 25.2°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 121 | 19.2 | 12.212 h |
| August | 25.0°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 162 | 22.0 | 12.112 h |
| September | 25.2°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 151 | 20.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 170 | 23.5 | 12.112 h |
| November | 25.2°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 133 | 22.5 | 12.112 h |
| December | 26.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 61 | 13.9 | 12.112 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
- Butembo in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 67 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 154 mm rain
- Bunia in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 126 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 18.5°C · 97 mm rain
- Ibanda in MarchUganda · 143 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 141 mm rain
- Rutoma in MarchUganda · 170 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.0°C · 121 mm rain
- Mbarara in MarchUganda · 192 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.9°C · 66 mm rain
- Mubende in MarchUganda · 209 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 17.5°C · 97 mm rain
- Rutshuru in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 210 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 15.6°C · 221 mm rain
- Hoima in MarchUganda · 220 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 199 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 Hyosha) is explained once on the Hyosha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.