Climate averages 1991–2020
Kikwit weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Kikwit: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 133 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes March a wet month (the 8th 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 Bulungu (60 km away). In March its highs average 31.0°C, 0.6°C warmer than Kikwit, with 156 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kikwit ranks joint 17th of 60 for the warmest March highs and 14th of 60 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 60 cities is 29.1°C; Kikwit is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 133 mm to 166 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
Kikwit climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 116 | 19.2 | 12.412 h |
| February | 30.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 112 | 16.7 | 12.312 h |
| March, selected | 30.4°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 133 | 20.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.7°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 166 | 23.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 30.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 83 | 15.6 | 11.912 h |
| June | 31.4°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 13 | 3.4 | 11.812 h |
| July | 32.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 7.4 | 2.3 | 11.912 h |
| August | 32.1°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 41 | 9.9 | 11.912 h |
| September | 31.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 106 | 18.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.8°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 167 | 25.4 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.1°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 178 | 24.8 | 12.312 h |
| December | 29.2°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 148 | 23.3 | 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
- Bulungu in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 60 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 156 mm rain
- Idiofa in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 86 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.6°C · 162 mm rain
- Ilebo in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 211 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 145 mm rain
- Bandundu Province in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 249 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 154 mm rain
- Tshikapa in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 267 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 163 mm rain
- Mweka in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 305 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 168 mm rain
- Chitato in MarchAngola · 329 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.2°C · 190 mm rain
- Dundo in MarchAngola · 340 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 Kikwit) is explained once on the Kikwit year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.