Demba weather in March

In March, Demba sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 176 mm of rain across 21.3 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in March, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of March to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Demba's 9th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Demba's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
7th warmest
Overnight low
22°
12th coldest
Rainfall
176 mm
21.3 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:39 AM – 6:42 PM
Cloud cover
82%
9th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.36 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

Demba is town in DR 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 30°C through the month.

A typical March day in Demba reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°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 32°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and on par with April.

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

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 31 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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Demba weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 21°13619.212.34.0
Feb30° / 21°13117.512.23.8
Mar30° / 22°17621.3123.6
Apr29° / 22°16021.411.93.7
May30° / 21°6812.711.84.6
Jun31° / 20°132.811.75.2
Jul32° / 20°71.711.74.9
Aug31° / 21°5710.511.84.5
Sep30° / 21°13020.7123.7
Oct29° / 21°17224.112.13.5
Nov29° / 21°18324.612.23.5
Dec29° / 21°16222.712.33.8

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 11% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 85%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11486
21585
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Demba gets around 176 mm of rain over 21.3 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 69% and peaks near 70% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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3170

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 97% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
14951
23961
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104951
114951
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300991
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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
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Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of March to 12 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:41 AM to 6:37 AM, and sunset from 6:48 PM to 6:35 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.16:416:48
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312.16:416:47
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512.16:416:46
612.16:416:46
712.16:406:45
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2812.06:386:36
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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 5.36 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.94 kWh/m² to a high of 5.48 kWh/m² in February across the year — March's 5.36 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Demba?

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

3.6
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
4.9
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Demba.

What to pack for Demba in March

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

In March, Demba sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Demba 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 Demba peaks around March 19 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 12 at about 5 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighExtremeMar 19UV 15Aug 12UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul6High
Aug5High
Sep11Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Demba 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 Demba is worst in August — around 122 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 8.4× the cleanest month (November, 15 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorUnhealthyModerateAug 13117 µg/m³Nov 1715 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan22Moderate
Feb31Moderate
Mar19Moderate
Apr18Moderate
May28Moderate
Jun45Poor
Jul90Unhealthy
Aug122Unhealthy
Sep39Poor
Oct18Moderate
Nov15Moderate
Dec17Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Demba?

Demba sits at 5.5°S, 22.3°E, 632 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Kananga, 47 km away.

Kabeya-KamwangaLusamboMiabiMbuji-MayiTshikapa

Topography around Demba

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Demba has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 109 m around an average of 582 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 170 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 376 m.

The land around Demba is covered by trees (40%), shrubs (24%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, trees (72%) and shrubs (22%) within 16 km, and trees (79%) within 80 km.

3 km
109 m
16 km
170 m
80 km
376 m
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March weather nearby: Kananga 47 km · Luebo 95 km · Mweka 106 km · Kabeya-Kamwanga 122 km · Lusambo 142 km · Miabi 148 km · Mbuji-Mayi 162 km · Tshikapa 192 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 Demba (-5.4957°, 22.2696°, elevation 632 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).