Climate averages 1991–2020
Nchelenge weather
in March.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Nchelenge: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 253 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes March a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mansa (207 km away). In March its highs average 25.5°C, about as warm as Nchelenge, with 176 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Nchelenge ranks 6th of 24 for the warmest March highs and 24th of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Nchelenge is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs stay level at 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 253 mm to 132 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
Nchelenge climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 211 | 27.1 | 12.613 h |
| February | 26.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 183 | 22.7 | 12.412 h |
| March, selected | 25.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 253 | 27.2 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 132 | 15.9 | 11.912 h |
| May | 26.4°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 10 | 2.1 | 11.712 h |
| June | 25.5°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| July | 25.0°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| August | 26.7°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| September | 28.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 5.0 | 1.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 59 | 11.7 | 12.312 h |
| November | 26.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 189 | 23.1 | 12.513 h |
| December | 25.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 246 | 28.8 | 12.713 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
- Mansa in MarchZambia · 207 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.9°C · 176 mm rain
- Mulongo in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 254 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 179 mm rain
- Manono in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 271 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 164 mm rain
- Baudhuinville in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 275 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 208 mm rain
- Likasi in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 284 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.2°C · 200 mm rain
- Kasama in MarchZambia · 285 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.6°C · 216 mm rain
- Kambove in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 289 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.8°C · 196 mm rain
- Lubumbashi in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 292 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.2°C · 171 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 Nchelenge) is explained once on the Nchelenge year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.