Fungurume weather in March

In March, Fungurume sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 189 mm of rain across 25.5 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 26°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 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 Fungurume's 9th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Fungurume's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 189 mm; 25.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 6:22 AM – 6:27 PM
Cloud cover: 81%; 9th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.31 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.2; out of 10

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

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month.

A typical March day in Fungurume reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 28°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)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25
Avg low (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17

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

Fungurume 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 17°	253	28.2	12.6	3.8
Feb	26° / 17°	209	24.5	12.4	3.9
Mar	26° / 17°	189	25.5	12.1	4.2
Apr	26° / 17°	59	11.1	11.8	6.4
May	27° / 16°	3	0.8	11.5	8.3
Jun	26° / 14°	0	0	11.4	9.0
Jul	26° / 13°	0	0	11.4	9.1
Aug	29° / 15°	0	0.1	11.6	7.7
Sep	31° / 18°	8	1.8	11.9	5.8
Oct	30° / 19°	56	10.4	12.2	4.9
Nov	27° / 17°	161	23.1	12.5	4.3
Dec	25° / 17°	238	28.1	12.6	3.8

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%.

	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 (%)	9	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	18	18	19	20	21	22	24	25	25
Cloudier (%)	91	90	90	90	90	88	88	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	87	85	85	85	85	84	84	83	82	82	81	80	79	78	76	75	75

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	9	91
2	10	90
3	10	90
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	12	88
7	12	88
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	12	88
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	15	85
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	16	84
21	16	84
22	17	83
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	19	81
26	20	80
27	21	79
28	22	78
29	24	76
30	25	75
31	25	75

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Fungurume gets around 189 mm of rain over 25.5 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 81% and peaks near 88% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	88	87	87	87	87	87	86	86	86	86	85	85	84	84	83	83	82	82	81	81	80	79	78	77	76	75	74	73	72	70	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	88
2	87
3	87
4	87
5	87
6	87
7	86
8	86
9	86
10	86
11	85
12	85
13	84
14	84
15	83
16	83
17	82
18	82
19	81
20	81
21	80
22	79
23	78
24	77
25	76
26	75
27	74
28	73
29	72
30	70
31	69

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 81% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 17% 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
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	7
Humid (%)	81	81	81	81	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	81	81	81	81	81	80	80	80	81	80	81	81	81	81	81	82	82	82	82
Muggy (%)	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	13	12	12	11

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	81	19
2	0	81	19
3	0	81	19
4	0	81	19
5	0	82	18
6	0	82	18
7	0	82	18
8	0	82	18
9	0	82	18
10	0	82	18
11	0	82	18
12	0	82	18
13	1	81	18
14	1	81	18
15	1	81	18
16	1	81	18
17	1	81	18
18	2	80	18
19	2	80	18
20	2	80	18
21	2	81	17
22	3	80	17
23	3	81	16
24	3	81	16
25	4	81	15
26	4	81	15
27	5	81	14
28	5	82	13
29	6	82	12
30	6	82	12
31	7	82	11

Wind in March

Winds average 5 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	5	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	5	calm
5	5	calm
6	5	calm
7	5	calm
8	5	calm
9	5	calm
10	5	calm
11	5	calm
12	5	calm
13	5	calm
14	5	calm
15	5	calm
16	5	calm
17	5	calm
18	5	calm
19	5	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	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 6:21 AM to 6:22 AM, and sunset from 6:35 PM to 6:17 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	12.2	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	12.1	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22
Sunset (PM)	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:25	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:17

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	6:21	6:35
2	12.2	6:21	6:34
3	12.2	6:22	6:34
4	12.2	6:22	6:33
5	12.2	6:22	6:33
6	12.2	6:22	6:32
7	12.2	6:22	6:32
8	12.2	6:22	6:31
9	12.1	6:22	6:31
10	12.1	6:22	6:30
11	12.1	6:22	6:29
12	12.1	6:22	6:29
13	12.1	6:22	6:28
14	12.1	6:22	6:28
15	12.1	6:22	6:27
16	12.1	6:22	6:27
17	12.1	6:22	6:26
18	12.1	6:22	6:25
19	12.0	6:22	6:25
20	12.0	6:22	6:24
21	12.0	6:22	6:24
22	12.0	6:22	6:23
23	12.0	6:22	6:22
24	12.0	6:22	6:22
25	12.0	6:22	6:21
26	12.0	6:22	6:20
27	12.0	6:22	6:20
28	12.0	6:22	6:19
29	11.9	6:22	6:19
30	11.9	6:22	6:18
31	11.9	6:22	6:17

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.31 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.03 kWh/m² to a high of 6.66 kWh/m² in September across the year — March's 5.31 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)	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	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	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	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
13	5.3	Bright
14	5.3	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	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Fungurume

In seasonPeak

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

Fungurume'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 Fungurume?

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

4.2

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

4.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Fungurume for sightseeing.

What to pack for Fungurume in March

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

In March, Fungurume sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 17°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Fungurume 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 Fungurume peaks around March 12 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 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)	16	15	16	14	10	9	10	10	12	14	13	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	16	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	10	Extreme
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Fungurume 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 Fungurume is worst in August — around 78 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 8.7× the cleanest month (April, 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)	12	12	10	9	20	53	69	78	57	29	14	10
Level	Good	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Good
Feb	12	Moderate
Mar	10	Good
Apr	9	Good
May	20	Moderate
Jun	53	Poor
Jul	69	Unhealthy
Aug	78	Unhealthy
Sep	57	Unhealthy
Oct	29	Moderate
Nov	14	Moderate
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Fungurume?

Fungurume sits at 10.6°S, 26.3°E, 1,177 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Kambove, 41 km away.

Topography around Fungurume

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Fungurume has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 193 m around an average of 1,195 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 527 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 799 m.

The land around Fungurume is covered by artificial surfaces (36%) and grassland (29%) within 3 km, grassland (46%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and grassland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km

193 m

artificial surfaces 36%

16 km

527 m

grassland 46%

80 km

799 m

trees 52%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

March weather nearby: Kambove 41 km · Likasi 61 km · Kolwezi 94 km · Kipushi 163 km · Kansanshi 165 km · Bukama 165 km · Lubumbashi 172 km · Solwezi 173 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 Fungurume (-10.6177°, 26.3211°, elevation 1,177 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	26	17
2	26	17
3	26	17
4	26	17
5	26	17
6	26	17
7	26	17
8	26	17
9	26	17
10	26	17
11	26	17
12	26	17
13	26	17
14	26	17
15	26	17
16	26	17
17	26	17
18	26	17
19	26	17
20	26	17
21	26	17
22	26	17
23	26	17
24	26	17
25	26	17
26	26	17
27	26	17
28	26	17
29	26	17
30	26	17
31	25	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	9	91
2	10	90
3	10	90
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	12	88
7	12	88
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	12	88
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	15	85
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	16	84
21	16	84
22	17	83
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	19	81
26	20	80
27	21	79
28	22	78
29	24	76
30	25	75
31	25	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	88
2	87
3	87
4	87
5	87
6	87
7	86
8	86
9	86
10	86
11	85
12	85
13	84
14	84
15	83
16	83
17	82
18	82
19	81
20	81
21	80
22	79
23	78
24	77
25	76
26	75
27	74
28	73
29	72
30	70
31	69

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	81	19
2	0	81	19
3	0	81	19
4	0	81	19
5	0	82	18
6	0	82	18
7	0	82	18
8	0	82	18
9	0	82	18
10	0	82	18
11	0	82	18
12	0	82	18
13	1	81	18
14	1	81	18
15	1	81	18
16	1	81	18
17	1	81	18
18	2	80	18
19	2	80	18
20	2	80	18
21	2	81	17
22	3	80	17
23	3	81	16
24	3	81	16
25	4	81	15
26	4	81	15
27	5	81	14
28	5	82	13
29	6	82	12
30	6	82	12
31	7	82	11

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	9	91
2	10	90
3	10	90
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	12	88
7	12	88
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	12	88
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	15	85
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	16	84
21	16	84
22	17	83
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	19	81
26	20	80
27	21	79
28	22	78
29	24	76
30	25	75
31	25	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	88
2	87
3	87
4	87
5	87
6	87
7	86
8	86
9	86
10	86
11	85
12	85
13	84
14	84
15	83
16	83
17	82
18	82
19	81
20	81
21	80
22	79
23	78
24	77
25	76
26	75
27	74
28	73
29	72
30	70
31	69

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	81	19
2	0	81	19
3	0	81	19
4	0	81	19
5	0	82	18
6	0	82	18
7	0	82	18
8	0	82	18
9	0	82	18
10	0	82	18
11	0	82	18
12	0	82	18
13	1	81	18
14	1	81	18
15	1	81	18
16	1	81	18
17	1	81	18
18	2	80	18
19	2	80	18
20	2	80	18
21	2	81	17
22	3	80	17
23	3	81	16
24	3	81	16
25	4	81	15
26	4	81	15
27	5	81	14
28	5	82	13
29	6	82	12
30	6	82	12
31	7	82	11

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	9	91
2	10	90
3	10	90
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	12	88
7	12	88
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	12	88
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	15	85
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	16	84
21	16	84
22	17	83
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	19	81
26	20	80
27	21	79
28	22	78
29	24	76
30	25	75
31	25	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	88
2	87
3	87
4	87
5	87
6	87
7	86
8	86
9	86
10	86
11	85
12	85
13	84
14	84
15	83
16	83
17	82
18	82
19	81
20	81
21	80
22	79
23	78
24	77
25	76
26	75
27	74
28	73
29	72
30	70
31	69

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	81	19
2	0	81	19
3	0	81	19
4	0	81	19
5	0	82	18
6	0	82	18
7	0	82	18
8	0	82	18
9	0	82	18
10	0	82	18
11	0	82	18
12	0	82	18
13	1	81	18
14	1	81	18
15	1	81	18
16	1	81	18
17	1	81	18
18	2	80	18
19	2	80	18
20	2	80	18
21	2	81	17
22	3	80	17
23	3	81	16
24	3	81	16
25	4	81	15
26	4	81	15
27	5	81	14
28	5	82	13
29	6	82	12
30	6	82	12
31	7	82	11