Climate averages 1991–2020
Tshikapa weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the joint 7th 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 Tshikapa: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 163 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes March a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chitato (99 km away). In March its highs average 28.7°C, 1.8°C cooler than Tshikapa, with 190 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tshikapa ranks 15th of 60 for the warmest March highs and joint 35th of 60 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 60 cities is 29.1°C; Tshikapa is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 163 mm to 153 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
Tshikapa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.2°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 137 | 20.3 | 12.412 h |
| February | 30.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 128 | 18.8 | 12.312 h |
| March, selected | 30.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 163 | 22.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 153 | 19.9 | 12.012 h |
| May | 31.6°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 39 | 6.9 | 11.812 h |
| June | 32.8°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 6.0 | 1.3 | 11.812 h |
| July | 33.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 1.7 | 0.4 | 11.812 h |
| August | 33.1°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 33 | 6.2 | 11.912 h |
| September | 31.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 92 | 15.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 134 | 22.0 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.6°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 177 | 23.4 | 12.412 h |
| December | 29.6°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 174 | 23.5 | 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
- Chitato in MarchAngola · 99 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.2°C · 190 mm rain
- Dundo in MarchAngola · 106 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.5°C · 190 mm rain
- Kananga in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 188 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.0°C · 176 mm rain
- Mweka in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 193 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 168 mm rain
- Idiofa in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 209 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.6°C · 162 mm rain
- Lucapa in MarchAngola · 223 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.1°C · 198 mm rain
- Ilebo in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 233 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 145 mm rain
- Kikwit in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 267 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.6°C · 133 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 Tshikapa) is explained once on the Tshikapa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.