Climate averages 1991–2020
Kongolo weather
in March.
A hot, 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 hot month in Kongolo: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 163 mm of rain on roughly 20 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 Kabalo (75 km away). In March its highs average 29.9°C, about as warm as Kongolo, with 166 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kongolo ranks 30th of 60 for the warmest March highs and joint 35th of 60 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 60 cities is 29.1°C; Kongolo is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 163 mm to 108 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
Kongolo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.7°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 192 | 23.2 | 12.412 h |
| February | 29.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 145 | 18.4 | 12.312 h |
| March, selected | 29.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 163 | 20.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 108 | 15.9 | 12.012 h |
| May | 32.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 20 | 4.9 | 11.912 h |
| June | 33.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 3.3 | 0.6 | 11.812 h |
| July | 34.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 1.5 | 0.3 | 11.812 h |
| August | 33.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 16 | 3.3 | 11.912 h |
| September | 31.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 61 | 10.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 156 | 21.1 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.3°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 219 | 23.9 | 12.412 h |
| December | 28.1°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 217 | 25.4 | 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
- Kabalo in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 75 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 166 mm rain
- Kasongo in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 113 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 194 mm rain
- Kalima in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 135 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.0°C · 169 mm rain
- Manono in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 217 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 164 mm rain
- Kalemie in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 251 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 21.6°C · 148 mm rain
- Mulongo in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 272 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 179 mm rain
- Kabinda in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 291 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 19.7°C · 201 mm rain
- Kigoma in MarchTanzania · 296 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 23.0°C · 271 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 Kongolo) is explained once on the Kongolo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.