Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbanza-Ngungu 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 Mbanza-Ngungu: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 147 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 Inkisi (26 km away). In March its highs average 29.8°C, 1.6°C warmer than Mbanza-Ngungu, with 128 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbanza-Ngungu ranks 45th of 60 for the warmest March highs and joint 22nd of 60 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 60 cities is 29.1°C; Mbanza-Ngungu is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 147 mm to 201 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
Mbanza-Ngungu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.3°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 154 | 23.1 | 12.412 h |
| February | 27.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 115 | 18.2 | 12.312 h |
| March, selected | 28.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 147 | 20.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.8°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 201 | 24.9 | 12.012 h |
| May | 27.4°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 95 | 16.3 | 11.912 h |
| June | 27.1°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 3.6 | 0.8 | 11.812 h |
| July | 27.2°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| August | 27.1°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 5.6 | 1.4 | 11.912 h |
| September | 27.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 18 | 5.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.0°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 113 | 18.3 | 12.212 h |
| November | 27.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 222 | 25.9 | 12.312 h |
| December | 26.9°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 205 | 26.7 | 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
- Inkisi in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 26 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 128 mm rain
- Kimpese in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 58 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 130 mm rain
- Masina in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 114 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 125 mm rain
- Kinshasa in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 115 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 109 mm rain
- Brazzaville in MarchRepublic of the Congo · 120 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 109 mm rain
- Mbanza Kongo in MarchAngola · 131 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.3°C · 152 mm rain
- Matadi in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 167 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 134 mm rain
- Boma in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 210 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 147 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 Mbanza-Ngungu) is explained once on the Mbanza-Ngungu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.