Climate averages 1991–2020
Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 94 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes March a wet month (the 10th 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 Soyo (23 km away). In March its highs average 28.6°C, 0.6°C cooler than Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, with 94 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks joint 35th of 60 for the warmest March highs and 2nd of 60 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 60 cities is 29.1°C; Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 94 mm to 101 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
Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 87 | 14.4 | 12.412 h |
| February | 28.8°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 96 | 14.5 | 12.312 h |
| March, selected | 29.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 94 | 14.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.7°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 101 | 14.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 27.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 28 | 5.2 | 11.812 h |
| June | 25.7°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| July | 24.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| August | 24.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 1.6 | 0.2 | 11.912 h |
| September | 25.6°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 4.2 | 1.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 27 | 7.4 | 12.212 h |
| November | 27.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 78 | 13.7 | 12.412 h |
| December | 27.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 81 | 13.3 | 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
- Soyo in MarchAngola · 23 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 25.9°C · 94 mm rain
- Cabinda in MarchAngola · 45 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 25.3°C · 169 mm rain
- Boma in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 76 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 147 mm rain
- Matadi in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 121 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 134 mm rain
- Pointe-Noire in MarchRepublic of the Congo · 140 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 129 mm rain
- Dolisie in MarchRepublic of the Congo · 195 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 177 mm rain
- Mbanza Kongo in MarchAngola · 210 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.3°C · 152 mm rain
- Nkayi in MarchRepublic of the Congo · 219 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 Moanda) is explained once on the Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.