Climate averages 1991–2020
Moanda, Gabon weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: one of the warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Moanda, Gabon: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 148 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Franceville (43 km away). In March its highs average 30.2°C, about as warm as Moanda, Gabon, with 176 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Gabon, Moanda, Gabon ranks 1st of 6 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 6 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 6 cities is 29.7°C; Moanda, Gabon is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 148 mm to 140 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, Gabon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 137 | 21.8 | 12.212 h |
| February | 30.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 136 | 20.0 | 12.212 h |
| March, selected | 30.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 148 | 22.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 140 | 22.7 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 121 | 22.1 | 12.012 h |
| June | 28.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 41 | 10.1 | 12.012 h |
| July | 29.0°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 29 | 8.0 | 12.012 h |
| August | 29.3°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 49 | 11.9 | 12.112 h |
| September | 29.5°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 106 | 21.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 189 | 26.8 | 12.112 h |
| November | 29.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 185 | 25.8 | 12.212 h |
| December | 29.4°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 158 | 23.9 | 12.212 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
- Franceville in MarchGabon · 43 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 176 mm rain
- Nkayi in MarchRepublic of the Congo · 291 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 125 mm rain
- Dolisie in MarchRepublic of the Congo · 299 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 177 mm rain
- Brazzaville in MarchRepublic of the Congo · 379 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 109 mm rain
- Pointe-Noire in MarchRepublic of the Congo · 386 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 129 mm rain
- Kinshasa in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 387 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 109 mm rain
- Oyem in MarchGabon · 395 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 200 mm rain
- Masina in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 397 kmHigh 30.4°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, Gabon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.