Climate averages 1991–2020
Mongu weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 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 Mongu: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 149 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Livingstone (409 km away). In March its highs average 28.1°C, about as warm as Mongu, with 97 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Mongu ranks 2nd of 24 for the warmest March highs and 12th of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Mongu is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 149 mm to 26 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
Mongu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.3°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 262 | 24.9 | 12.913 h |
| February | 27.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 217 | 22.0 | 12.613 h |
| March, selected | 27.9°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 149 | 18.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 26 | 4.3 | 11.812 h |
| May | 28.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 11.411 h |
| June | 26.4°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.211 h |
| July | 26.4°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.311 h |
| August | 30.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| September | 33.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 3.0 | 0.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 34.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 24 | 5.0 | 12.412 h |
| November | 30.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 131 | 18.8 | 12.813 h |
| December | 27.8°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 232 | 25.0 | 13.013 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
- Livingstone in MarchZambia · 409 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 18.9°C · 97 mm rain
- Choma in MarchZambia · 448 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 16.8°C · 125 mm rain
- Rundu in MarchNamibia · 465 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 18.7°C · 105 mm rain
- Tshilenge in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 477 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 261 mm rain
- Solwezi in MarchZambia · 491 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.6°C · 209 mm rain
- Mazabuka in MarchZambia · 500 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.6°C · 93 mm rain
- Luena in MarchAngola · 519 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.0°C · 198 mm rain
- Maun in MarchBotswana · 527 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 19.3°C · 71 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 Mongu) is explained once on the Mongu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.