Catchiungo weather in March

In March, Catchiungo sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 243 mm of rain across 24.6 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in March, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of March to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Catchiungo's 9th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Catchiungo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 15°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 243 mm; 24.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 6:02 AM – 6:07 PM
Cloud cover: 84%; 9th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.37 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.4; out of 10

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month.

A typical March day in Catchiungo reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and on par with April.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Avg low (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	15
2	24	15
3	24	15
4	24	15
5	24	15
6	24	15
7	24	15
8	24	15
9	24	15
10	24	15
11	24	15
12	24	15
13	24	15
14	24	15
15	24	15
16	24	15
17	24	15
18	24	15
19	24	15
20	24	15
21	24	15
22	23	15
23	23	15
24	23	15
25	23	15
26	23	15
27	23	15
28	23	15
29	23	15
30	23	15
31	23	15

Catchiungo weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 10th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	23° / 15°	255	21.8	12.7	4.7
Feb	24° / 15°	213	19.4	12.4	4.9
Mar	24° / 15°	243	24.6	12.1	4.4
Apr	24° / 14°	90	13.7	11.7	6.2
May	24° / 12°	5	1.1	11.4	9.0
Jun	24° / 11°	0	0.2	11.3	9.6
Jul	24° / 11°	0	0	11.3	9.5
Aug	27° / 13°	2	0.4	11.6	8.7
Sep	28° / 15°	35	5.1	11.9	7.0
Oct	26° / 15°	195	21.1	12.3	5.0
Nov	24° / 15°	296	26.3	12.6	4.1
Dec	23° / 15°	290	25.6	12.7	4.2

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 88%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	15	16	17
Cloudier (%)	89	89	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	90	90	90	90	90	88	88	88	85	84	83

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	12	88
4	12	88
5	12	88
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	11	89
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	10	90
22	10	90
23	10	90
24	10	90
25	10	90
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	15	85
30	16	84
31	17	83

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Catchiungo gets around 243 mm of rain over 24.6 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 79% and peaks near 83% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	76	76	77	78	79	79	80	80	81	81	82	82	83	83	83	83	83	83	82	82	81	79	78	76

	Rain chance (%)
1	75
2	75
3	75
4	75
5	75
6	75
7	75
8	76
9	76
10	77
11	78
12	79
13	79
14	80
15	80
16	81
17	81
18	82
19	82
20	83
21	83
22	83
23	83
24	83
25	83
26	82
27	82
28	81
29	79
30	78
31	76

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of March feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, March lands in the humid band about 61% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	7	7	6	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	6
Comfortable (%)	37	37	37	36	36	35	34	34	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	34	34	35	36	37	37	38
Humid (%)	51	51	52	53	54	55	57	57	59	60	61	62	63	64	64	65	65	66	66	66	66	66	66	65	64	64	62	61	59	58	56

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	12	37	51
2	12	37	51
3	11	37	52
4	11	36	53
5	10	36	54
6	10	35	55
7	9	34	57
8	9	34	57
9	8	33	59
10	7	33	60
11	7	32	61
12	6	32	62
13	5	32	63
14	4	32	64
15	4	32	64
16	3	32	65
17	3	32	65
18	2	32	66
19	2	32	66
20	2	32	66
21	2	32	66
22	2	32	66
23	2	32	66
24	2	33	65
25	2	34	64
26	2	34	64
27	3	35	62
28	3	36	61
29	4	37	59
30	5	37	58
31	6	38	56

Wind in March

Winds average 7 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
9	7	calm
10	7	calm
11	7	calm
12	7	calm
13	7	calm
14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
19	7	calm
20	7	calm
21	7	calm
22	7	calm
23	7	calm
24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of March to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:00 AM to 6:03 AM, and sunset from 6:16 PM to 5:57 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03
Sunset (PM)	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:11	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:08	6:07	6:07	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:03	6:03	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:00	5:59	5:59	5:58	5:57

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	6:00	6:16
2	12.3	6:01	6:16
3	12.2	6:01	6:15
4	12.2	6:01	6:15
5	12.2	6:01	6:14
6	12.2	6:01	6:13
7	12.2	6:01	6:13
8	12.2	6:01	6:12
9	12.2	6:02	6:12
10	12.2	6:02	6:11
11	12.1	6:02	6:11
12	12.1	6:02	6:10
13	12.1	6:02	6:09
14	12.1	6:02	6:09
15	12.1	6:02	6:08
16	12.1	6:02	6:07
17	12.1	6:02	6:07
18	12.1	6:02	6:06
19	12.1	6:02	6:05
20	12.0	6:02	6:05
21	12.0	6:02	6:04
22	12.0	6:02	6:03
23	12.0	6:03	6:03
24	12.0	6:03	6:02
25	12.0	6:03	6:01
26	12.0	6:03	6:01
27	12.0	6:03	6:00
28	11.9	6:03	5:59
29	11.9	6:03	5:59
30	11.9	6:03	5:58
31	11.9	6:03	5:57

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.37 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.37 kWh/m² to a high of 6.44 kWh/m² in September across the year — March's 5.37 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.7	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.6	Bright
4	5.6	Bright
5	5.6	Bright
6	5.6	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.4	Bright
13	5.4	Bright
14	5.4	Bright
15	5.3	Bright
16	5.3	Bright
17	5.3	Bright
18	5.3	Bright
19	5.3	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.2	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Catchiungo

In seasonPeak

In March, Catchiungo sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Catchiungo's monsoon runs October–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Catchiungo?

Our two travel scores rate March for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.4

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

3.7

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Catchiungo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Catchiungo in March

From March's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In March, Catchiungo sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 15°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Catchiungo in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 16 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Catchiungo peaks around January 18 at about 17 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	17	15	16	13	11	9	9	10	11	13	14	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	17	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Air quality in Catchiungo in March

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where March falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Catchiungo is worst in July — around 78 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 9.2× the cleanest month (December, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	9	10	11	10	20	56	78	73	48	19	10	9
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	9	Good
Feb	10	Good
Mar	11	Good
Apr	10	Good
May	20	Moderate
Jun	56	Unhealthy
Jul	78	Unhealthy
Aug	73	Unhealthy
Sep	48	Poor
Oct	19	Moderate
Nov	10	Good
Dec	9	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Catchiungo?

Catchiungo sits at 12.6°S, 16.2°E, 1,818 m above sea level, in Angola. The nearest listed city is Chinguar, 12 km away.

Topography around Catchiungo

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Catchiungo.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Catchiungo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 122 m around an average of 1,776 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 281 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 843 m.

The land around Catchiungo is covered by cropland (59%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, grassland (57%) and cropland (28%) within 16 km, and grassland (47%), shrubs (24%) and cropland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

122 m

cropland 59%

16 km

281 m

grassland 57%

80 km

843 m

grassland 47%

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← February Catchiungo year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Chinguar 12 km · Huambo 58 km · Caála 79 km · Ecunna 79 km · Cuíto 79 km · Mungo 82 km · Alto Hama 82 km · Londuimbali 105 km

Angola travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 35% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $3,129; 2025
Happiness: 3.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2017
Homicide rate: 4.1; per 100k, 2016
Road deaths: 26.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 413
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Catchiungo (-12.566°, 16.2259°, elevation 1,818 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	15
2	24	15
3	24	15
4	24	15
5	24	15
6	24	15
7	24	15
8	24	15
9	24	15
10	24	15
11	24	15
12	24	15
13	24	15
14	24	15
15	24	15
16	24	15
17	24	15
18	24	15
19	24	15
20	24	15
21	24	15
22	23	15
23	23	15
24	23	15
25	23	15
26	23	15
27	23	15
28	23	15
29	23	15
30	23	15
31	23	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	12	88
4	12	88
5	12	88
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	11	89
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	10	90
22	10	90
23	10	90
24	10	90
25	10	90
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	15	85
30	16	84
31	17	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	75
2	75
3	75
4	75
5	75
6	75
7	75
8	76
9	76
10	77
11	78
12	79
13	79
14	80
15	80
16	81
17	81
18	82
19	82
20	83
21	83
22	83
23	83
24	83
25	83
26	82
27	82
28	81
29	79
30	78
31	76

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	12	37	51
2	12	37	51
3	11	37	52
4	11	36	53
5	10	36	54
6	10	35	55
7	9	34	57
8	9	34	57
9	8	33	59
10	7	33	60
11	7	32	61
12	6	32	62
13	5	32	63
14	4	32	64
15	4	32	64
16	3	32	65
17	3	32	65
18	2	32	66
19	2	32	66
20	2	32	66
21	2	32	66
22	2	32	66
23	2	32	66
24	2	33	65
25	2	34	64
26	2	34	64
27	3	35	62
28	3	36	61
29	4	37	59
30	5	37	58
31	6	38	56

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	15
2	24	15
3	24	15
4	24	15
5	24	15
6	24	15
7	24	15
8	24	15
9	24	15
10	24	15
11	24	15
12	24	15
13	24	15
14	24	15
15	24	15
16	24	15
17	24	15
18	24	15
19	24	15
20	24	15
21	24	15
22	23	15
23	23	15
24	23	15
25	23	15
26	23	15
27	23	15
28	23	15
29	23	15
30	23	15
31	23	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	12	88
4	12	88
5	12	88
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	11	89
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	10	90
22	10	90
23	10	90
24	10	90
25	10	90
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	15	85
30	16	84
31	17	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	75
2	75
3	75
4	75
5	75
6	75
7	75
8	76
9	76
10	77
11	78
12	79
13	79
14	80
15	80
16	81
17	81
18	82
19	82
20	83
21	83
22	83
23	83
24	83
25	83
26	82
27	82
28	81
29	79
30	78
31	76

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	12	37	51
2	12	37	51
3	11	37	52
4	11	36	53
5	10	36	54
6	10	35	55
7	9	34	57
8	9	34	57
9	8	33	59
10	7	33	60
11	7	32	61
12	6	32	62
13	5	32	63
14	4	32	64
15	4	32	64
16	3	32	65
17	3	32	65
18	2	32	66
19	2	32	66
20	2	32	66
21	2	32	66
22	2	32	66
23	2	32	66
24	2	33	65
25	2	34	64
26	2	34	64
27	3	35	62
28	3	36	61
29	4	37	59
30	5	37	58
31	6	38	56

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	15
2	24	15
3	24	15
4	24	15
5	24	15
6	24	15
7	24	15
8	24	15
9	24	15
10	24	15
11	24	15
12	24	15
13	24	15
14	24	15
15	24	15
16	24	15
17	24	15
18	24	15
19	24	15
20	24	15
21	24	15
22	23	15
23	23	15
24	23	15
25	23	15
26	23	15
27	23	15
28	23	15
29	23	15
30	23	15
31	23	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	12	88
4	12	88
5	12	88
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	11	89
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	10	90
22	10	90
23	10	90
24	10	90
25	10	90
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	15	85
30	16	84
31	17	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	75
2	75
3	75
4	75
5	75
6	75
7	75
8	76
9	76
10	77
11	78
12	79
13	79
14	80
15	80
16	81
17	81
18	82
19	82
20	83
21	83
22	83
23	83
24	83
25	83
26	82
27	82
28	81
29	79
30	78
31	76

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	12	37	51
2	12	37	51
3	11	37	52
4	11	36	53
5	10	36	54
6	10	35	55
7	9	34	57
8	9	34	57
9	8	33	59
10	7	33	60
11	7	32	61
12	6	32	62
13	5	32	63
14	4	32	64
15	4	32	64
16	3	32	65
17	3	32	65
18	2	32	66
19	2	32	66
20	2	32	66
21	2	32	66
22	2	32	66
23	2	32	66
24	2	33	65
25	2	34	64
26	2	34	64
27	3	35	62
28	3	36	61
29	4	37	59
30	5	37	58
31	6	38	56