Masina weather in March

In March, Masina sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 125 mm of rain across 19.3 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% 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 Masina's 10th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Masina's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
1st warmest
Overnight low
23°
12th coldest
Rainfall
125 mm
19.3 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:07 AM – 6:09 PM
Cloud cover
81%
10th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.33 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Masina is is a commune in the east of the city of Kinshasa, located between Pool Malebo to the north and Boulevard Lumumba to the south..

Density
6,961/km²
people per km²

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 31°C through the month.

A typical March day in Masina reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and on par with April.

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How March really feels in Masina

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.

Masina weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 22°11820.812.23.8
Feb30° / 23°10216.512.13.8
Mar31° / 23°12519.3123.4
Apr30° / 23°18623.911.93.1
May30° / 22°991811.84.2
Jun29° / 21°61.511.86.7
Jul29° / 20°10.111.86.9
Aug29° / 20°61.511.96.1
Sep31° / 22°205.7124.9
Oct30° / 22°12420.212.13.7
Nov29° / 22°18825.812.23.3
Dec29° / 22°16025.812.23.4

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 11% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 84%.

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

Any precipitation

Masina gets around 125 mm of rain over 19.3 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 64% and peaks near 69% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 95% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
15923
25923
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45932
55932
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301963
312953

Wind in March

Winds average 5 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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 6:09 AM to 6:04 AM, and sunset from 6:14 PM to 6:02 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.16:096:14
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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 5.33 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.61 kWh/m² to a high of 5.33 kWh/m² in March across the year — March's 5.33 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.3Bright
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Masina

In seasonPeak

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

Masina's rainy season runs October–May, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is March a good time to visit Masina?

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

3.4
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
5.0
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Masina.

What to pack for Masina in March

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

In March, Masina sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Masina 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 Masina peaks around March 17 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 17UV 15Aug 11UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May9Very high
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep10Very high
Oct13Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Masina 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 Masina is worst in June — around 91 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.2× the cleanest month (January, 41 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorJun 1990 µg/m³Jan 1441 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan41Poor
Feb45Poor
Mar48Poor
Apr50Poor
May74Unhealthy
Jun91Unhealthy
Jul84Unhealthy
Aug63Unhealthy
Sep61Unhealthy
Oct50Poor
Nov42Poor
Dec43Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Masina?

Masina sits at 4.4°S, 15.4°E, 288 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Kinshasa, 11 km away.

MouyondziKimpeseLoutété

Topography around Masina

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Masina has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 35 m around an average of 285 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 432 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 604 m.

The land around Masina is covered by artificial surfaces (59%) and cropland (36%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (28%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and grassland (55%) and trees (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
35 m
16 km
432 m
80 km
604 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
March weather nearby: Kinshasa 11 km · Brazzaville 18 km · Kasangulu 33 km · Inkisi 91 km · Mbanza-Ngungu 114 km · Mouyondzi 168 km · Kimpese 169 km · Loutété 171 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 Masina (-4.3836°, 15.3914°, elevation 288 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).