Climate averages 1991–2020

Kalima weather
in March.

A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.

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

Average high 28.9°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 20.0°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 169 mm 22 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a hot month in Kalima: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 20.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 169 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 Kalemie (120 km away). In March its highs average 26.9°C, 2.0°C cooler than Kalima, with 148 mm of rain.

Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kalima ranks 39th of 60 for the warmest March highs and 42nd of 60 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 60 cities is 29.1°C; Kalima is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 169 mm to 101 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

Kalima climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Kalima, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	27.7°C19.5°C	19.5°C	198	24.1	12.412 h
February	28.6°C19.9°C	19.9°C	148	18.8	12.312 h
March, selected	28.9°C20.0°C	20.0°C	169	21.7	12.112 h
April	29.3°C20.2°C	20.2°C	101	14.7	12.012 h
May	31.0°C20.2°C	20.2°C	27	5.4	11.912 h
June	32.0°C19.8°C	19.8°C	3.7	0.8	11.812 h
July	32.5°C19.6°C	19.6°C	1.4	0.3	11.812 h
August	32.5°C20.2°C	20.2°C	13	2.9	11.912 h
September	31.4°C20.1°C	20.1°C	55	11.0	12.112 h
October	29.1°C19.9°C	19.9°C	160	21.3	12.212 h
November	27.4°C19.5°C	19.5°C	242	25.6	12.412 h
December	27.2°C19.4°C	19.4°C	223	26.5	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

Distance from Kalima

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 Kalima) is explained once on the Kalima year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.