Climate averages 1991–2020
Masina weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd 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 Masina: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 125 mm of rain on roughly 19 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 Kinshasa (11 km away). In March its highs average 30.3°C, about as warm as Masina, with 109 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Masina ranks joint 17th of 60 for the warmest March highs and 8th of 60 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 60 cities is 29.1°C; Masina is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 125 mm to 186 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
Masina climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 118 | 20.7 | 12.312 h |
| February | 30.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 103 | 16.7 | 12.312 h |
| March, selected | 30.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 125 | 19.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 186 | 23.9 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 99 | 18.0 | 11.912 h |
| June | 29.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 6.1 | 1.5 | 11.912 h |
| July | 29.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.912 h |
| August | 30.2°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 5.9 | 1.5 | 12.012 h |
| September | 31.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 19 | 5.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 124 | 20.2 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 188 | 25.8 | 12.312 h |
| December | 29.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 160 | 25.8 | 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
- Kinshasa in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 11 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 109 mm rain
- Brazzaville in MarchRepublic of the Congo · 18 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 109 mm rain
- Inkisi in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 91 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 128 mm rain
- Mbanza-Ngungu in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 114 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 147 mm rain
- Kimpese in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 169 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 130 mm rain
- Nkayi in MarchRepublic of the Congo · 235 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 125 mm rain
- Mbanza Kongo in MarchAngola · 245 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.3°C · 152 mm rain
- Bandundu Province in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 251 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 154 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 Masina) is explained once on the Masina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.