Climate averages 1991–2020
Idiofa weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Idiofa: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 20.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 162 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes March a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kikwit (86 km away). In March its highs average 30.4°C, 1.0°C warmer than Idiofa, with 133 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Idiofa ranks 32nd of 60 for the warmest March highs and joint 33rd of 60 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 60 cities is 29.1°C; Idiofa is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 162 mm to 157 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
Idiofa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 128 | 21.4 | 12.412 h |
| February | 29.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 128 | 19.6 | 12.312 h |
| March, selected | 29.4°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 162 | 23.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.8°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 157 | 22.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 72 | 14.0 | 11.912 h |
| June | 30.5°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 17 | 4.1 | 11.812 h |
| July | 31.4°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 11 | 3.1 | 11.912 h |
| August | 30.8°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 56 | 11.9 | 12.012 h |
| September | 29.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 123 | 21.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.9°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 168 | 25.8 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.2°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 185 | 25.6 | 12.312 h |
| December | 28.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 161 | 25.3 | 12.412 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
- Kikwit in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 86 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.6°C · 133 mm rain
- Bulungu in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 119 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 156 mm rain
- Ilebo in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 131 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 145 mm rain
- Tshikapa in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 209 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 163 mm rain
- Mweka in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 218 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 168 mm rain
- Chitato in MarchAngola · 289 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.2°C · 190 mm rain
- Dundo in MarchAngola · 299 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.5°C · 190 mm rain
- Bandundu Province in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 306 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 154 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 Idiofa) is explained once on the Idiofa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.