Climate averages 1991–2020
Kimpese weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 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 Kimpese: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 130 mm of rain on roughly 19 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 Mbanza-Ngungu (58 km away). In March its highs average 28.2°C, 2.4°C cooler than Kimpese, with 147 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kimpese ranks 16th of 60 for the warmest March highs and 11th of 60 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 60 cities is 29.1°C; Kimpese is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 130 mm to 176 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
Kimpese climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 141 | 20.2 | 12.412 h |
| February | 30.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 104 | 16.4 | 12.312 h |
| March, selected | 30.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 130 | 19.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 176 | 22.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.5°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 69 | 13.5 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.9°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 1.6 | 0.3 | 11.812 h |
| July | 28.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| August | 28.6°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 3.4 | 0.9 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.3°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 11 | 3.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.1°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 75 | 13.5 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 179 | 23.5 | 12.412 h |
| December | 29.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 180 | 24.6 | 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
- Mbanza-Ngungu in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 58 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 147 mm rain
- Mbanza Kongo in MarchAngola · 81 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.3°C · 152 mm rain
- Inkisi in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 84 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 128 mm rain
- Matadi in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 112 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 134 mm rain
- Boma in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 156 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 147 mm rain
- Kinshasa in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 168 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 109 mm rain
- Masina in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 169 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 125 mm rain
- Brazzaville in MarchRepublic of the Congo · 172 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 109 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 Kimpese) is explained once on the Kimpese year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.