Climate averages 1991–2020
Matadi weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Matadi: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 134 mm of rain on roughly 19 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 Boma (45 km away). In March its highs average 30.8°C, about as warm as Matadi, with 147 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Matadi ranks joint 17th of 60 for the warmest March highs and joint 15th of 60 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 60 cities is 29.1°C; Matadi 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 134 mm to 193 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
Matadi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 149 | 20.4 | 12.412 h |
| February | 30.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 120 | 17.8 | 12.312 h |
| March, selected | 30.4°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 134 | 19.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 193 | 21.7 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 68 | 12.0 | 11.912 h |
| June | 27.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 2.2 | 0.3 | 11.812 h |
| July | 27.1°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 1.7 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| August | 26.7°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 5.3 | 0.8 | 11.912 h |
| September | 27.7°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 12 | 3.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.3°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 63 | 11.8 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 149 | 21.7 | 12.412 h |
| December | 29.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 175 | 22.4 | 12.512 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
- Boma in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 45 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 147 mm rain
- Mbanza Kongo in MarchAngola · 98 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.3°C · 152 mm rain
- Kimpese in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 112 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 130 mm rain
- Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 121 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.9°C · 94 mm rain
- Soyo in MarchAngola · 125 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 25.9°C · 94 mm rain
- Cabinda in MarchAngola · 144 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 25.3°C · 169 mm rain
- Mbanza-Ngungu in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 167 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 147 mm rain
- Nkayi in MarchRepublic of the Congo · 185 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 125 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 Matadi) is explained once on the Matadi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.