Climate averages 1991–2020

Lodja weather
in March.

A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 30.2°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 21.9°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 131 mm 21 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a hot month in Lodja: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 131 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 Kindu (266 km away). In March its highs average 29.7°C, about as warm as Lodja, with 162 mm of rain.

Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lodja ranks 22nd of 60 for the warmest March highs and 12th of 60 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 60 cities is 29.1°C; Lodja is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 131 mm to 140 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Lodja climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Lodja, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	29.8°C21.6°C	21.6°C	112	18.3	12.312 h
February	30.5°C21.9°C	21.9°C	104	17.1	12.212 h
March, selected	30.2°C21.9°C	21.9°C	131	20.6	12.112 h
April	29.4°C22.0°C	22.0°C	140	21.6	12.012 h
May	29.8°C21.9°C	21.9°C	85	16.2	12.012 h
June	30.7°C21.1°C	21.1°C	29	6.6	11.912 h
July	31.6°C20.9°C	20.9°C	24	5.2	11.912 h
August	30.5°C21.4°C	21.4°C	73	14.8	12.012 h
September	29.7°C21.3°C	21.3°C	117	21.3	12.112 h
October	29.4°C21.3°C	21.3°C	146	24.3	12.212 h
November	28.9°C21.3°C	21.3°C	148	23.6	12.312 h
December	28.9°C21.4°C	21.4°C	132	21.4	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

Distance from Lodja

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Lodja) is explained once on the Lodja year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.