Climate averages 1991–2020
Kipushi weather
in March.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Kipushi: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 201 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lubumbashi (27 km away). In March its highs average 25.8°C, 0.7°C warmer than Kipushi, with 171 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kipushi ranks 56th of 60 for the warmest March highs and joint 55th of 60 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 60 cities is 29.1°C; Kipushi is 3.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 201 mm to 45 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
Kipushi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.9°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 290 | 28.8 | 12.713 h |
| February | 25.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 238 | 25.2 | 12.512 h |
| March, selected | 25.2°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 201 | 24.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.3°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 45 | 7.9 | 11.812 h |
| May | 26.3°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 2.9 | 0.8 | 11.612 h |
| June | 25.0°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| July | 24.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| August | 27.7°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| September | 30.5°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 3.0 | 0.8 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.0°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 31 | 5.6 | 12.412 h |
| November | 27.9°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 152 | 20.4 | 12.613 h |
| December | 25.2°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 255 | 28.5 | 12.813 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
- Lubumbashi in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 27 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.2°C · 171 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in MarchZambia · 91 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 200 mm rain
- Likasi in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 103 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.2°C · 200 mm rain
- Solwezi in MarchZambia · 104 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.6°C · 209 mm rain
- Chingola in MarchZambia · 110 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.1°C · 175 mm rain
- Kambove in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 122 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.8°C · 196 mm rain
- Mufulira in MarchZambia · 139 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 179 mm rain
- Kalulushi in MarchZambia · 151 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 172 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 Kipushi) is explained once on the Kipushi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.