Climate averages 1991–2020
Ilebo weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Ilebo: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 145 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th 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 Mweka (122 km away). In March its highs average 29.0°C, 0.8°C cooler than Ilebo, with 168 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ilebo ranks joint 25th of 60 for the warmest March highs and 20th of 60 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 60 cities is 29.1°C; Ilebo is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 145 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
Ilebo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 127 | 19.8 | 12.312 h |
| February | 30.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 127 | 18.4 | 12.212 h |
| March, selected | 29.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 145 | 21.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 138 | 21.1 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.5°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 81 | 15.3 | 11.912 h |
| June | 30.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 23 | 4.7 | 11.912 h |
| July | 31.8°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 16 | 3.8 | 11.912 h |
| August | 30.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 67 | 13.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 30.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 123 | 21.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 149 | 24.2 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 158 | 23.3 | 12.312 h |
| December | 28.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 153 | 23.1 | 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
- Mweka in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 122 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 168 mm rain
- Idiofa in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 131 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.6°C · 162 mm rain
- Kikwit in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 211 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.6°C · 133 mm rain
- Bulungu in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 221 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 156 mm rain
- Tshikapa in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 233 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 163 mm rain
- Kananga in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 267 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.0°C · 176 mm rain
- Chitato in MarchAngola · 331 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.2°C · 190 mm rain
- Dundo in MarchAngola · 338 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.5°C · 190 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 Ilebo) is explained once on the Ilebo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.