Kamina weather in March

In March, Kamina sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 199 mm of rain across 24.7 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% 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 Kamina's 8th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kamina's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 19°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 199 mm; 24.7 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 6:28 AM – 6:31 PM
Cloud cover: 83%; 8th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 5.44 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.1; out of 10

Kamina is city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical March day in Kamina reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 29°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)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

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

Kamina weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-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	27° / 19°	216	26.4	12.5	3.9
Feb	27° / 19°	178	22.8	12.3	4.0
Mar	27° / 19°	199	24.7	12.1	4.1
Apr	28° / 19°	89	13.7	11.8	5.5
May	29° / 19°	7	1.5	11.6	6.6
Jun	29° / 18°	0	0.1	11.5	6.9
Jul	30° / 18°	0	0.1	11.5	6.9
Aug	31° / 19°	4	0.7	11.7	5.8
Sep	31° / 20°	35	6.5	11.9	4.9
Oct	29° / 19°	123	19.8	12.2	4.2
Nov	27° / 19°	210	25.6	12.4	3.9
Dec	27° / 19°	224	27	12.5	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 (%)	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	17	17	18	19	19	19	20	20
Cloudier (%)	90	90	90	89	88	88	88	88	87	87	86	86	86	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	84	83	83	82	81	81	81	80	80

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	10	90
2	10	90
3	10	90
4	11	89
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	12	88
8	12	88
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	15	85
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	15	85
23	16	84
24	17	83
25	17	83
26	18	82
27	19	81
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	20	80
31	20	80

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Kamina gets around 199 mm of rain over 24.7 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 84% 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 (%)	84	84	84	84	84	83	83	83	83	82	82	81	81	80	79	79	78	78	78	77	77	76	76	75	75	74	74	73	73	72	72

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

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 88% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 88% 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
Humid (%)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	11
Muggy (%)	86	86	87	87	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	90	90	90	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	90	90	89

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	14	86
2	14	86
3	13	87
4	13	87
5	13	87
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	12	88
10	12	88
11	12	88
12	12	88
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	11	89
19	10	90
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	10	90
30	10	90
31	11	89

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	5	5	5	5	5	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	5	calm
21	5	calm
22	5	calm
23	5	calm
24	5	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 6:28 AM to 6:27 AM, and sunset from 6:39 PM to 6:23 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	12.1	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	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27
Sunset (PM)	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:25	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:23

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	6:28	6:39
2	12.2	6:28	6:38
3	12.2	6:28	6:38
4	12.2	6:28	6:37
5	12.1	6:28	6:37
6	12.1	6:28	6:36
7	12.1	6:28	6:36
8	12.1	6:28	6:36
9	12.1	6:28	6:35
10	12.1	6:28	6:35
11	12.1	6:28	6:34
12	12.1	6:28	6:34
13	12.1	6:28	6:33
14	12.1	6:28	6:33
15	12.1	6:28	6:32
16	12.1	6:28	6:31
17	12.1	6:28	6:31
18	12.0	6:28	6:30
19	12.0	6:28	6:30
20	12.0	6:28	6:29
21	12.0	6:28	6:29
22	12.0	6:28	6:28
23	12.0	6:27	6:28
24	12.0	6:27	6:27
25	12.0	6:27	6:26
26	12.0	6:27	6:26
27	12.0	6:27	6:25
28	12.0	6:27	6:25
29	12.0	6:27	6:24
30	11.9	6:27	6:24
31	11.9	6:27	6:23

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.44 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.03 kWh/m² to a high of 5.99 kWh/m² in September across the year — March's 5.44 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	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4
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	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.5	Bright
18	5.5	Bright
19	5.5	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.4	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.4	Bright
29	5.4	Bright
30	5.4	Bright
31	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Kamina

In seasonPeak

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

Kamina'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 Kamina?

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

4.1

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

4.3

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Kamina for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kamina in March

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

In March, Kamina sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kamina 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 Kamina peaks around March 10 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 13 at about 7 (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)	14	15	16	14	10	9	9	7	11	15	11	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	7	High
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	15	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Kamina 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 Kamina is worst in August — around 184 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 19.6× 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)	15	14	11	9	27	43	115	184	85	26	13	11
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Unhealthy	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	15	Moderate
Feb	14	Moderate
Mar	11	Good
Apr	9	Good
May	27	Moderate
Jun	43	Poor
Jul	115	Unhealthy
Aug	184	Very unhealthy
Sep	85	Unhealthy
Oct	26	Moderate
Nov	13	Moderate
Dec	11	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Kamina?

Kamina sits at 8.7°S, 25.0°E, 1,124 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Bukama, 108 km away.

Topography around Kamina

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kamina has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 82 m around an average of 1,115 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 213 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 496 m.

The land around Kamina is covered by artificial surfaces (40%) and grassland (35%) within 3 km, grassland (74%) within 16 km, and grassland (59%) and trees (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

82 m

artificial surfaces 40%

16 km

213 m

grassland 74%

80 km

496 m

grassland 59%

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

March weather nearby: Bukama 108 km · Kanyama 163 km · Kipamba 167 km · Malemba 189 km · Malemba-Nkulu 212 km · Luputa 226 km · Kolwezi 226 km · Mulongo 242 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 Kamina (-8.7351°, 24.998°, elevation 1,124 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	27	19
2	27	19
3	27	19
4	27	19
5	27	19
6	27	19
7	27	19
8	27	19
9	27	19
10	27	19
11	27	19
12	27	19
13	27	19
14	27	19
15	27	19
16	27	19
17	27	19
18	27	19
19	27	19
20	27	19
21	27	19
22	27	19
23	27	19
24	27	19
25	27	19
26	27	19
27	27	19
28	27	19
29	27	19
30	27	19
31	27	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	10	90
2	10	90
3	10	90
4	11	89
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	12	88
8	12	88
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	15	85
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	15	85
23	16	84
24	17	83
25	17	83
26	18	82
27	19	81
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	20	80
31	20	80

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

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	14	86
2	14	86
3	13	87
4	13	87
5	13	87
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	12	88
10	12	88
11	12	88
12	12	88
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	11	89
19	10	90
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	10	90
30	10	90
31	11	89

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	10	90
2	10	90
3	10	90
4	11	89
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	12	88
8	12	88
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	15	85
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	15	85
23	16	84
24	17	83
25	17	83
26	18	82
27	19	81
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	20	80
31	20	80

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

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	14	86
2	14	86
3	13	87
4	13	87
5	13	87
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	12	88
10	12	88
11	12	88
12	12	88
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	11	89
19	10	90
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	10	90
30	10	90
31	11	89

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	10	90
2	10	90
3	10	90
4	11	89
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	12	88
8	12	88
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	15	85
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	15	85
23	16	84
24	17	83
25	17	83
26	18	82
27	19	81
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	20	80
31	20	80

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

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	14	86
2	14	86
3	13	87
4	13	87
5	13	87
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	12	88
10	12	88
11	12	88
12	12	88
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	11	89
19	10	90
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	9	91
23	9	91
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	10	90
30	10	90
31	11	89