Climate averages 1991–2020
Dolisie weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Dolisie: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 177 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes March a wet month (the 7th 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 Nkayi (69 km away). In March its highs average 31.0°C, 1.2°C warmer than Dolisie, with 125 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in the Republic of the Congo, Dolisie ranks 3rd of 4 for the warmest March highs and 4th of 4 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 4 cities is 30.1°C; Dolisie is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 177 mm to 180 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
Dolisie climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 219 | 26.8 | 12.312 h |
| February | 29.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 183 | 23.5 | 12.212 h |
| March, selected | 29.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 177 | 24.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 180 | 23.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 94 | 17.5 | 11.912 h |
| June | 27.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 5.2 | 1.4 | 11.912 h |
| July | 27.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 1.6 | 0.3 | 11.912 h |
| August | 27.0°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 4.6 | 1.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 27.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 18 | 5.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 122 | 21.0 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.8°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 245 | 27.2 | 12.312 h |
| December | 28.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 258 | 28.1 | 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
- Nkayi in MarchRepublic of the Congo · 69 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 125 mm rain
- Pointe-Noire in MarchRepublic of the Congo · 110 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 129 mm rain
- Cabinda in MarchAngola · 160 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 25.3°C · 169 mm rain
- Boma in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 189 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 147 mm rain
- Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 195 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.9°C · 94 mm rain
- Matadi in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 203 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 134 mm rain
- Soyo in MarchAngola · 218 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 25.9°C · 94 mm rain
- Kimpese in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 247 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 130 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 Dolisie) is explained once on the Dolisie year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.