Climate averages 1991–2020

Lubumbashi weather
in March.

A warm, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.

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

Average high 25.8°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 17.2°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 171 mm 23 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a warm month in Lubumbashi: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 17.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 171 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes March a 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 Kipushi (27 km away). In March its highs average 25.2°C, 0.7°C cooler than Lubumbashi, with 201 mm of rain.

Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lubumbashi ranks joint 53rd of 60 for the warmest March highs and 43rd of 60 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 60 cities is 29.1°C; Lubumbashi is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 171 mm to 36 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

Lubumbashi climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Lubumbashi, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	25.5°C17.5°C	17.5°C	258	28.3	12.713 h
February	25.7°C17.4°C	17.4°C	215	24.7	12.512 h
March, selected	25.8°C17.2°C	17.2°C	171	23.1	12.212 h
April	25.9°C16.1°C	16.1°C	36	7.1	11.812 h
May	26.7°C14.5°C	14.5°C	2.0	0.6	11.612 h
June	25.4°C12.1°C	12.1°C	0.1	0.0	11.511 h
July	25.3°C11.5°C	11.5°C	0	0.0	11.512 h
August	28.1°C14.0°C	14.0°C	0	0.0	11.712 h
September	30.9°C17.1°C	17.1°C	2.5	0.7	12.012 h
October	31.5°C18.9°C	18.9°C	25	5.2	12.412 h
November	28.6°C18.2°C	18.2°C	130	19.3	12.613 h
December	25.9°C17.4°C	17.4°C	226	27.5	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

Distance from Lubumbashi

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 Lubumbashi) is explained once on the Lubumbashi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.