Climate averages 1991–2020

Isiro weather
in March.

A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.8°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 20.7°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 146 mm 20 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a hot month in Isiro: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 146 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes March a wet month (the 5th 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 Bakwa (152 km away). In March its highs average 32.0°C, 2.2°C warmer than Isiro, with 99 mm of rain.

Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Isiro ranks joint 25th of 60 for the warmest March highs and 21st of 60 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 60 cities is 29.1°C; Isiro is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 146 mm to 188 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Isiro climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Isiro, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	31.1°C19.9°C	19.9°C	37	6.6	12.012 h
February	31.6°C20.6°C	20.6°C	61	9.8	12.012 h
March, selected	29.8°C20.7°C	20.7°C	146	20.2	12.112 h
April	28.1°C20.6°C	20.6°C	188	23.9	12.212 h
May	27.6°C20.4°C	20.4°C	152	24.4	12.212 h
June	27.0°C19.8°C	19.8°C	134	23.9	12.312 h
July	26.6°C19.4°C	19.4°C	149	25.2	12.312 h
August	26.7°C19.3°C	19.3°C	178	26.2	12.212 h
September	27.1°C19.5°C	19.5°C	190	26.4	12.112 h
October	26.7°C19.6°C	19.6°C	229	28.3	12.112 h
November	27.2°C19.6°C	19.6°C	201	24.0	12.012 h
December	29.1°C19.6°C	19.6°C	58	10.1	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

Distance from Isiro

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Isiro) is explained once on the Isiro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.