Dundo weather in March

In March, Dundo sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 190 mm of rain across 24.6 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in March, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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

Daytime high: 29°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 190 mm; 24.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 5:45 AM – 5:48 PM
Cloud cover: 83%; 9th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.24 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.4; 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 29°C through the month.

A typical March day in Dundo reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 32°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)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

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

How March really feels in Dundo

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 29 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in March is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Dundo weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 20°	169	23.2	12.4	3.7
Feb	29° / 21°	147	20.3	12.2	3.6
Mar	29° / 21°	190	24.6	12	3.4
Apr	30° / 21°	178	21.9	11.8	3.5
May	32° / 20°	36	6.8	11.7	4.5
Jun	33° / 18°	4	0.8	11.6	4.6
Jul	33° / 18°	1	0.2	11.6	4.4
Aug	32° / 20°	31	6	11.8	4.2
Sep	31° / 21°	106	16.9	12	3.8
Oct	29° / 20°	170	24.4	12.2	3.4
Nov	28° / 20°	207	26.7	12.3	3.3
Dec	28° / 20°	212	26.1	12.4	3.5

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 87%.

	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 (%)	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	15	15	16	16
Cloudier (%)	88	88	87	87	87	86	86	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	86	85	85	85	84	84

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	12	88
2	12	88
3	13	87
4	13	87
5	13	87
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	13	87
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	13	87
25	13	87
26	14	86
27	15	85
28	15	85
29	15	85
30	16	84
31	16	84

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Dundo gets around 190 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 81% 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	76	76	76	77	77	78	78	78	79	79	79	80	80	80	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81

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

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, March lands in the oppressive band about 64% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	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
Muggy (%)	44	43	42	41	40	39	38	36	36	35	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	36	36	37	37	38	39	39
Oppressive (%)	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	64	64	65	66	66	66	67	67	67	67	66	66	66	66	65	65	65	64	64	63	63	62	61	61

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	44	56
2	43	57
3	42	58
4	41	59
5	40	60
6	39	61
7	38	62
8	36	64
9	36	64
10	35	65
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	34	66
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	35	65
23	35	65
24	35	65
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	38	62
30	39	61
31	39	61

Wind in March

Winds average 4 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 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)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
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30	4	calm
31	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 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 18 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 5:45 AM to 5:43 AM, and sunset from 5:55 PM to 5:40 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)	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	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	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:43	5:43
Sunset (PM)	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:52	5:52	5:51	5:51	5:50	5:50	5:49	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:47	5:47	5:46	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:44	5:44	5:43	5:43	5:42	5:42	5:41	5:41	5:40

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	5:45	5:55
2	12.1	5:45	5:54
3	12.1	5:45	5:54
4	12.1	5:45	5:53
5	12.1	5:45	5:53
6	12.1	5:45	5:53
7	12.1	5:45	5:52
8	12.1	5:45	5:52
9	12.1	5:45	5:51
10	12.1	5:45	5:51
11	12.1	5:45	5:50
12	12.1	5:45	5:50
13	12.1	5:45	5:49
14	12.1	5:45	5:49
15	12.1	5:45	5:48
16	12.1	5:45	5:48
17	12.0	5:45	5:47
18	12.0	5:45	5:47
19	12.0	5:45	5:46
20	12.0	5:45	5:46
21	12.0	5:44	5:45
22	12.0	5:44	5:45
23	12.0	5:44	5:44
24	12.0	5:44	5:44
25	12.0	5:44	5:43
26	12.0	5:44	5:43
27	12.0	5:44	5:42
28	12.0	5:44	5:42
29	12.0	5:44	5:41
30	12.0	5:43	5:41
31	11.9	5:43	5:40

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.24 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.03 kWh/m² to a high of 5.61 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 5.24 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	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	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1
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	5.4	Bright
2	5.4	Bright
3	5.4	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
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14	5.3	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
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20	5.2	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.1	Bright
29	5.1	Bright
30	5.1	Bright
31	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Dundo

In seasonPeak

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

Dundo's rainy season runs September–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Dundo?

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

3.4

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

4.5

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Dundo.

What to pack for Dundo in March

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

In March, Dundo sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Dundo in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Dundo peaks around March 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 13 at about 5 (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)	14	14	15	13	9	7	7	5	11	13	12	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	7	Very high
Jul	7	Very high
Aug	5	Moderate
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Dundo 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 Dundo is worst in June — around 186 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 18.6× the cleanest month (November, 10 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)	15	17	12	12	64	186	142	86	32	16	10	11
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	15	Moderate
Feb	17	Moderate
Mar	12	Moderate
Apr	12	Good
May	64	Unhealthy
Jun	186	Very unhealthy
Jul	142	Unhealthy
Aug	86	Unhealthy
Sep	32	Moderate
Oct	16	Moderate
Nov	10	Good
Dec	11	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Dundo?

Dundo sits at 7.4°S, 20.8°E, 733 m above sea level, in Angola. The nearest listed city is Chitato, 12 km away.

Topography around Dundo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dundo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 156 m around an average of 705 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 261 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 483 m.

The land around Dundo is covered by grassland (44%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, shrubs (44%) and grassland (34%) within 16 km, and trees (41%), grassland (36%) and shrubs (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

156 m

grassland 44%

16 km

261 m

shrubs 44%

80 km

483 m

trees 41%

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

March weather nearby: Chitato 12 km · Cassanguidi 55 km · Tshikapa 106 km · Lucapa 117 km · Cuilo 172 km · Luebo 234 km · Kananga 241 km · Saurimo 259 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 Dundo (-7.3664°, 20.8156°, elevation 733 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	29	21
2	29	21
3	29	21
4	29	21
5	29	21
6	29	21
7	29	21
8	29	21
9	29	21
10	29	21
11	29	21
12	29	21
13	29	21
14	29	21
15	29	21
16	29	21
17	29	21
18	29	21
19	29	21
20	29	21
21	29	21
22	29	21
23	29	21
24	29	21
25	29	21
26	29	21
27	29	21
28	29	21
29	29	21
30	29	21
31	29	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	12	88
2	12	88
3	13	87
4	13	87
5	13	87
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	13	87
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	13	87
25	13	87
26	14	86
27	15	85
28	15	85
29	15	85
30	16	84
31	16	84

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

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	44	56
2	43	57
3	42	58
4	41	59
5	40	60
6	39	61
7	38	62
8	36	64
9	36	64
10	35	65
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	34	66
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	35	65
23	35	65
24	35	65
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	38	62
30	39	61
31	39	61

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	12	88
2	12	88
3	13	87
4	13	87
5	13	87
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	13	87
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	13	87
25	13	87
26	14	86
27	15	85
28	15	85
29	15	85
30	16	84
31	16	84

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

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	44	56
2	43	57
3	42	58
4	41	59
5	40	60
6	39	61
7	38	62
8	36	64
9	36	64
10	35	65
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	34	66
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	35	65
23	35	65
24	35	65
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	38	62
30	39	61
31	39	61

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	12	88
2	12	88
3	13	87
4	13	87
5	13	87
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	13	87
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	13	87
25	13	87
26	14	86
27	15	85
28	15	85
29	15	85
30	16	84
31	16	84

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

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	44	56
2	43	57
3	42	58
4	41	59
5	40	60
6	39	61
7	38	62
8	36	64
9	36	64
10	35	65
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	34	66
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	35	65
23	35	65
24	35	65
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	38	62
30	39	61
31	39	61