Climate averages 1991–2020
Nkayi weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Nkayi: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 125 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes March a wet month (the 8th 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 Dolisie (69 km away). In March its highs average 29.8°C, 1.2°C cooler than Nkayi, with 177 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in the Republic of the Congo, Nkayi ranks 1st of 4 for the warmest March highs and 2nd of 4 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 4 cities is 30.1°C; Nkayi is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 125 mm to 150 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
Nkayi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 135 | 22.4 | 12.312 h |
| February | 30.8°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 120 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| March, selected | 31.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 125 | 20.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 150 | 21.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 30.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 69 | 13.8 | 11.912 h |
| June | 29.0°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 2.7 | 0.6 | 11.912 h |
| July | 28.8°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.912 h |
| August | 28.9°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 2.5 | 0.7 | 12.012 h |
| September | 29.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 11 | 3.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 83 | 15.1 | 12.212 h |
| November | 30.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 158 | 24.3 | 12.312 h |
| December | 29.8°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 175 | 25.1 | 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
- Dolisie in MarchRepublic of the Congo · 69 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 177 mm rain
- Pointe-Noire in MarchRepublic of the Congo · 171 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 129 mm rain
- Matadi in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 185 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 134 mm rain
- Boma in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 187 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 147 mm rain
- Cabinda in MarchAngola · 195 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 25.3°C · 169 mm rain
- Kimpese in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 199 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 130 mm rain
- Mbanza-Ngungu in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 211 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 147 mm rain
- Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 219 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.9°C · 94 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 Nkayi) is explained once on the Nkayi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.