Loudima weather in March

In March, Loudima sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 135 mm of rain across 21.1 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% 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 Loudima's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Loudima's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
1st warmest
Overnight low
23°
12th coldest
Rainfall
135 mm
21.1 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:17 AM – 6:18 PM
Cloud cover
80%
6th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.9
out of 10

Loudima is human settlement in 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 32°C through the month.

A typical March day in Loudima reaches about 32°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 29°C and 34°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 Loudima

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.

Loudima weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 23°15123.112.23.1
Feb31° / 23°13320.212.13.0
Mar32° / 23°13521.1122.9
Apr31° / 23°14621.311.93.0
May31° / 23°6814.211.84.1
Jun28° / 21°30.611.86.7
Jul27° / 20°10.311.87.2
Aug28° / 20°30.711.96.9
Sep29° / 21°113.1125.7
Oct31° / 23°921612.13.7
Nov31° / 23°18025.212.22.9
Dec30° / 23°19126.112.23.0

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 86%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11387
21387
31486
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51486
61486
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Loudima gets around 135 mm of rain over 21.1 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 72% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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1471
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2868
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3067
3166

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 86% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
108911
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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
24calm
34calm
44calm
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64calm
74calm
84calm
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104calm
114calm
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314calm

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 6:18 AM to 6:14 AM, and sunset from 6:24 PM to 6:12 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.16:186:24
212.16:186:23
312.16:186:23
412.16:186:23
512.16:186:22
612.16:186:22
712.16:186:22
812.16:186:21
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1012.16:176:21
1112.06:176:20
1212.06:176:20
1312.06:176:19
1412.06:176:19
1512.06:176:19
1612.06:176:18
1712.06:166:18
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2012.06:166:17
2112.06:166:16
2212.06:156:16
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2612.06:156:14
2712.06:146:14
2812.06:146:13
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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 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.4 kWh/m² to a high of 5 kWh/m² in March across the year — March's 5 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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294.9Bright
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Loudima

In seasonPeak

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

Loudima's rainy season runs October–April, 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 Loudima?

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

2.9
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
4.6
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Loudima.

What to pack for Loudima in March

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

In March, Loudima sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Loudima 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 Loudima peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeMar 16UV 15Jun 22UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May9Very high
Jun6High
Jul7High
Aug7High
Sep11Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Loudima 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 Loudima is worst in July — around 47 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.6× the cleanest month (November, 13 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateJul 1946 µg/m³Nov 1413 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan17Moderate
Feb19Moderate
Mar16Moderate
Apr14Moderate
May22Moderate
Jun36Poor
Jul47Poor
Aug41Poor
Sep23Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec15Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Loudima?

Loudima sits at 4.1°S, 13.1°E, 150 m above sea level, in Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Nkayi, 25 km away.

SibitiBelizeBouansaLoutétéBuco Zau

Topography around Loudima

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Loudima has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 85 m around an average of 139 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 300 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 807 m.

The land around Loudima is covered by trees (49%) and grassland (30%) within 3 km, grassland (66%) within 16 km, and trees (51%) and grassland (47%) within 80 km.

3 km
85 m
16 km
300 m
80 km
807 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: Nkayi 25 km · Kayes 26 km · Dolisie 45 km · Sibiti 58 km · Belize 68 km · Bouansa 78 km · Loutété 89 km · Buco Zau 92 km

Republic of the Congo travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 35% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$2,515
2025
Happiness
4.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
46%
of population, 2021
Road deaths
29.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
Religion
Roman Catholic 33%Awakening Churches/Christian Revival 22%Protestant 20%none 11%

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 Loudima (-4.1162°, 13.0676°, elevation 150 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).