Climate averages 1991–2020
Kananga weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 7th 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 Kananga: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 21.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 176 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 Miabi (114 km away). In March its highs average 29.8°C, about as warm as Kananga, with 179 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kananga ranks joint 33rd of 60 for the warmest March highs and 44th of 60 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 60 cities is 29.1°C; Kananga is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 176 mm to 178 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
Kananga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 131 | 19.4 | 12.412 h |
| February | 29.5°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 128 | 18.2 | 12.312 h |
| March, selected | 29.3°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 176 | 22.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.1°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 178 | 22.1 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 64 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| June | 31.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 9.9 | 2.2 | 11.812 h |
| July | 32.1°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 6.0 | 1.3 | 11.812 h |
| August | 31.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 52 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.4°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 136 | 19.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.7°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 181 | 24.8 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 186 | 24.9 | 12.412 h |
| December | 28.3°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 159 | 22.3 | 12.512 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
- Miabi in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 114 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.3°C · 179 mm rain
- Mbuji-Mayi in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 132 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.1°C · 179 mm rain
- Mweka in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 150 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 168 mm rain
- Mwene-Ditu in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 169 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.3°C · 186 mm rain
- Tshikapa in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 188 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 163 mm rain
- Gandajika in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 194 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 20.1°C · 168 mm rain
- Kabinda in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 230 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 19.7°C · 201 mm rain
- Dundo in MarchAngola · 241 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 Kananga) is explained once on the Kananga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.