Climate averages 1991–2020
Likasi weather
in March.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 8th 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 Likasi: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 17.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 200 mm of rain on roughly 25 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 Kambove (20 km away). In March its highs average 25.1°C, 0.6°C cooler than Likasi, with 196 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Likasi ranks 55th of 60 for the warmest March highs and 54th of 60 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 60 cities is 29.1°C; Likasi is 3.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs stay level at 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 200 mm to 51 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
Likasi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.3°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 269 | 28.5 | 12.713 h |
| February | 25.6°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 227 | 24.4 | 12.512 h |
| March, selected | 25.6°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 200 | 24.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.6°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 51 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| May | 26.9°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 2.6 | 0.6 | 11.612 h |
| June | 25.8°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| July | 25.7°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| August | 28.5°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| September | 31.0°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 3.5 | 1.0 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 37 | 7.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 27.8°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 145 | 21.5 | 12.613 h |
| December | 25.6°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 234 | 27.4 | 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
- Kambove in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 20 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.8°C · 196 mm rain
- Kipushi in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 103 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.8°C · 201 mm rain
- Lubumbashi in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 110 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.2°C · 171 mm rain
- Solwezi in MarchZambia · 137 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.6°C · 209 mm rain
- Kolwezi in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 142 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 164 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in MarchZambia · 194 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 200 mm rain
- Chingola in MarchZambia · 212 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.1°C · 175 mm rain
- Bukama in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 220 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 157 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 Likasi) is explained once on the Likasi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.