Climate averages 1991–2020
Mansa weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Mansa: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 176 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 10 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lubumbashi (163 km away). In March its highs average 25.8°C, about as warm as Mansa, with 171 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Mansa ranks joint 10th of 24 for the warmest March highs and 18th of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Mansa is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 176 mm to 38 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
Mansa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.2°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 248 | 27.5 | 12.713 h |
| February | 25.5°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 216 | 23.9 | 12.512 h |
| March, selected | 25.5°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 176 | 22.7 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.4°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 38 | 6.6 | 11.912 h |
| May | 26.0°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 1.9 | 0.4 | 11.612 h |
| June | 25.0°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| July | 24.8°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| August | 27.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| September | 30.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.3°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 18 | 3.3 | 12.312 h |
| November | 28.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 124 | 15.7 | 12.613 h |
| December | 25.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 241 | 26.3 | 12.813 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
- Lubumbashi in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 163 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.2°C · 171 mm rain
- Mufulira in MarchZambia · 166 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 179 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in MarchZambia · 174 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 200 mm rain
- Chingola in MarchZambia · 184 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.1°C · 175 mm rain
- Kipushi in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 190 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.8°C · 201 mm rain
- Kitwe in MarchZambia · 193 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 172 mm rain
- Ndola in MarchZambia · 198 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.0°C · 161 mm rain
- Kalulushi in MarchZambia · 202 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 172 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 Mansa) is explained once on the Mansa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.