Climate averages 1991–2020
Kindu weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 4th 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 Kindu: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 162 mm of rain on roughly 21 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 Kasongo (184 km away). In March its highs average 28.8°C, 0.9°C cooler than Kindu, with 194 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kindu ranks 29th of 60 for the warmest March highs and joint 33rd of 60 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 60 cities is 29.1°C; Kindu is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 162 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
Kindu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 145 | 19.8 | 12.312 h |
| February | 30.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 136 | 18.3 | 12.212 h |
| March, selected | 29.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 162 | 21.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 166 | 22.1 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 110 | 17.9 | 12.012 h |
| June | 29.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 40 | 8.5 | 12.012 h |
| July | 30.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 33 | 6.5 | 12.012 h |
| August | 30.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 74 | 14.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 29.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 137 | 21.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 211 | 25.7 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 212 | 25.1 | 12.212 h |
| December | 28.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 190 | 24.4 | 12.312 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
- Kasongo in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 184 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 194 mm rain
- Lodja in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 266 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.9°C · 131 mm rain
- Kongolo in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 297 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 163 mm rain
- Bukavu in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 328 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 16.3°C · 225 mm rain
- Uvira in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 361 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 82 mm rain
- Kabalo in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 363 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 166 mm rain
- Kalima in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 380 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.0°C · 169 mm rain
- Bujumbura in MarchBurundi · 385 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 22.8°C · 82 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 Kindu) is explained once on the Kindu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.