Climate averages 1991–2020

Mwene weather
in March.

A hot, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 28.0°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 19.4°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 183 mm 24 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a hot month in Mwene: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 183 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Tshilenge (128 km away). In March its highs average 26.9°C, 1.2°C cooler than Mwene, with 261 mm of rain.

Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mwene ranks 46th of 60 for the warmest March highs and 48th of 60 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 60 cities is 29.1°C; Mwene is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 183 mm to 79 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

Mwene climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Mwene, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	27.3°C19.2°C	19.2°C	223	26.2	12.613 h
February	27.9°C19.3°C	19.3°C	205	23.2	12.412 h
March, selected	28.0°C19.4°C	19.4°C	183	24.3	12.212 h
April	28.9°C19.1°C	19.1°C	79	13.2	11.912 h
May	31.6°C18.7°C	18.7°C	3.6	0.8	11.712 h
June	31.7°C17.2°C	17.2°C	0.2	0.1	11.612 h
July	31.9°C16.8°C	16.8°C	0.1	0.0	11.612 h
August	33.5°C18.7°C	18.7°C	2.2	0.5	11.812 h
September	33.1°C20.3°C	20.3°C	27	5.7	12.012 h
October	30.5°C19.9°C	19.9°C	102	17.7	12.312 h
November	28.1°C19.3°C	19.3°C	167	23.9	12.613 h
December	27.2°C19.1°C	19.1°C	215	26.9	12.713 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 Mwene

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