Climate averages 1991–2020

Manono weather
in March.

A hot, 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 29.9°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 21.2°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 164 mm 21 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a hot month in Manono: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 164 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Mulongo (74 km away). In March its highs average 29.2°C, 0.7°C cooler than Manono, with 179 mm of rain.

Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Manono ranks joint 23rd of 60 for the warmest March highs and joint 37th of 60 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 60 cities is 29.1°C; Manono is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 164 mm to 97 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

Manono climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Manono, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	28.7°C20.8°C	20.8°C	203	23.7	12.512 h
February	29.6°C21.1°C	21.1°C	158	18.6	12.312 h
March, selected	29.9°C21.2°C	21.2°C	164	21.2	12.112 h
April	30.8°C21.3°C	21.3°C	97	14.7	11.912 h
May	33.4°C21.6°C	21.6°C	12	3.3	11.812 h
June	34.5°C21.4°C	21.4°C	0.9	0.2	11.712 h
July	34.4°C21.2°C	21.2°C	0.2	0.1	11.712 h
August	35.1°C21.9°C	21.9°C	4.1	1.2	11.912 h
September	33.6°C22.1°C	22.1°C	35	7.0	12.112 h
October	30.6°C21.4°C	21.4°C	120	18.5	12.312 h
November	28.9°C20.8°C	20.8°C	194	24.2	12.412 h
December	28.3°C20.7°C	20.7°C	209	25.8	12.513 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 Manono

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