Bukama weather in March

In March, Bukama sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 157 mm of rain across 20.4 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 4th-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 5% of the time in March, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Bukama's 8th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bukama's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
9th warmest
Overnight low
21°
7th coldest
Rainfall
157 mm
20.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
6:24 AM – 6:28 PM
Cloud cover
81%
8th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.45 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.9
out of 10

Bukama is place in Haut-Lomami, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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 Bukama reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and about 1°C cooler than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How March really feels in Bukama

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

March sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Bukama weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 21°2672612.53.6
Feb29° / 21°19320.412.33.7
Mar29° / 21°15720.412.13.9
Apr30° / 21°6011.111.84.6
May33° / 21°51.211.64.6
Jun33° / 20°00.111.55.0
Jul33° / 20°0011.55.0
Aug34° / 21°10.311.74.0
Sep34° / 22°113.211.93.3
Oct32° / 22°7615.212.23.3
Nov30° / 21°15622.612.43.4
Dec28° / 21°22925.112.53.5

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 82%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11387
21486
31486
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51486
61486
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81486
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Bukama gets around 157 mm of rain over 20.4 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 65% and peaks near 71% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
171
270
370
470
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1963
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2162
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3160

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, March lands in the muggy band about 56% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
105644
205644
305644
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505644
605545
705545
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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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
14calm
24calm
34calm
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54calm
64calm
74calm
84calm
94calm
104calm
114calm
124calm
134calm
144calm
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214calm
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274calm
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304calm
314calm

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 6:24 AM to 6:24 AM, and sunset from 6:36 PM to 6:20 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:246:36
212.26:246:35
312.26:246:35
412.26:246:34
512.26:246:34
612.16:246:33
712.16:246:33
812.16:246:32
912.16:246:32
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1212.16:246:30
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1412.16:246:29
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1812.06:246:27
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2012.06:246:26
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Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.04 kWh/m² to a high of 6.31 kWh/m² in September across the year — March's 5.45 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
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275.5Bright
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315.5Bright
Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Bukama

In seasonPeak

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

Bukama's monsoon runs November–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 Bukama?

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

3.9
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
5.2
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bukama.

What to pack for Bukama in March

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

In March, Bukama sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Bukama 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 Bukama peaks around March 11 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 14 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 11UV 15Aug 14UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May10Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep10Very high
Oct13Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Bukama 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 Bukama is worst in August — around 144 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 15.3× the cleanest month (April, 9 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateUnhealthyModerateGoodAug 16138 µg/m³Apr 910 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb14Moderate
Mar10Good
Apr9Good
May27Moderate
Jun64Unhealthy
Jul102Unhealthy
Aug144Unhealthy
Sep90Unhealthy
Oct29Moderate
Nov15Moderate
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Bukama?

Bukama sits at 9.2°S, 25.9°E, 578 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Kamina, 108 km away.

KipambaFungurumeMalemba-NkuluKolweziMalembaMulongoKambove

Topography around Bukama

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bukama has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 68 m around an average of 592 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 273 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,115 m.

The land around Bukama is covered by grassland (43%) and shrubs (24%) within 3 km, grassland (35%), trees (32%) and shrubs (23%) within 16 km, and trees (61%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
68 m
16 km
273 m
80 km
1,115 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
March weather nearby: Kamina 108 km · Kipamba 127 km · Fungurume 165 km · Malemba-Nkulu 165 km · Kolwezi 173 km · Malemba 194 km · Mulongo 198 km · Kambove 203 km

Democratic Republic of the Congo travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / E
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 42% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$807
2025
Happiness
3.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
12%
of population, 2024
Road deaths
34.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 400

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 Bukama (-9.2044°, 25.8547°, elevation 578 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).