Lusambo weather in March

In March, Lusambo sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 158 mm of rain across 21.4 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-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 3% 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 Lusambo's 9th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lusambo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
7th warmest
Overnight low
22°
12th coldest
Rainfall
158 mm
21.4 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:35 AM – 6:37 PM
Cloud cover
82%
9th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.38 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.7
out of 10

Lusambo is place in Sankuru, 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 Lusambo reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 7°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 Lusambo

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.

Lusambo weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 7th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 22°12820.712.33.9
Feb30° / 22°11818.212.23.8
Mar29° / 22°15821.4123.7
Apr29° / 22°1572211.93.7
May30° / 22°7012.811.84.7
Jun31° / 21°14311.75.5
Jul31° / 21°92.311.75.3
Aug30° / 22°551111.84.7
Sep30° / 22°12620.3123.9
Oct29° / 21°16724.912.13.5
Nov29° / 21°17124.512.23.6
Dec29° / 21°15823.412.33.8

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% 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 86%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11387
21387
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51486
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Lusambo gets around 158 mm of rain over 21.4 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 70% and peaks near 73% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
168
268
368
468
568
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768
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2170
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3173

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 (%)
11981
21972
31972
41972
51972
61972
71972
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102962
112962
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271972
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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
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44calm
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114calm
124calm
134calm
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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 6:36 AM to 6:32 AM, and sunset from 6:43 PM to 6:30 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.16:366:43
212.16:366:42
312.16:366:42
412.16:366:42
512.16:366:41
612.16:366:41
712.16:366:41
812.16:366:40
912.16:366:40
1012.16:366:39
1112.16:366:39
1212.16:356:39
1312.06:356:38
1412.06:356:38
1512.06:356:37
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1712.06:356:36
1812.06:356:36
1912.06:346:36
2012.06:346:35
2112.06:346:35
2212.06:346:34
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2412.06:346:33
2512.06:336:33
2612.06:336:32
2712.06:336:32
2812.06:336:31
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3012.06:326:31
3112.06:326:30

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.38 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.04 kWh/m² to a high of 5.49 kWh/m² in February across the year — March's 5.38 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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295.3Bright
305.2Bright
315.2Bright
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Lusambo?

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

3.7
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.9
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Lusambo.

What to pack for Lusambo in March

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

In March, Lusambo sees daytime highs around 29°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 Lusambo 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 Lusambo peaks around March 18 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 11 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighExtremeMar 18UV 15Aug 11UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun8Very high
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep11Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Lusambo 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 Lusambo is worst in July — around 87 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.9× the cleanest month (November, 15 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorUnhealthyModerateJul 2487 µg/m³Nov 1815 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan20Moderate
Feb24Moderate
Mar19Moderate
Apr18Moderate
May31Moderate
Jun52Poor
Jul87Unhealthy
Aug87Unhealthy
Sep32Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov15Moderate
Dec17Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Lusambo?

Lusambo sits at 5.0°S, 23.4°E, 432 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Kabeya-Kamwanga, 116 km away.

Mbuji-MayiLukulaMiabiDembaKanangaLodjaKabinda

Topography around Lusambo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lusambo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 141 m around an average of 459 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 242 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 385 m.

The land around Lusambo is covered by trees (35%) and shrubs (32%) within 3 km, trees (78%) within 16 km, and trees (88%) within 80 km.

3 km
141 m
16 km
242 m
80 km
385 m
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March weather nearby: Kabeya-Kamwanga 116 km · Mbuji-Mayi 130 km · Lukula 132 km · Miabi 139 km · Demba 142 km · Kananga 153 km · Lodja 163 km · Kabinda 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 Lusambo (-4.975°, 23.4439°, elevation 432 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).