Climate averages 1991–2020
Moroni weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Moroni: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 26.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 199 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mamoudzou (246 km away). In March its highs average 28.2°C, 1.6°C cooler than Moroni, with 169 mm of rain.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 199 mm to 124 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Moroni climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 240 | 22.8 | 12.713 h |
| February | 29.6°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 213 | 21.7 | 12.512 h |
| March, selected | 29.8°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 199 | 25.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 29.6°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 124 | 22.6 | 11.812 h |
| May | 28.6°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 63 | 17.1 | 11.612 h |
| June | 27.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 44 | 15.2 | 11.411 h |
| July | 26.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 40 | 15.2 | 11.512 h |
| August | 27.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 27 | 10.3 | 11.712 h |
| September | 27.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 20 | 7.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 29.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 33 | 9.0 | 12.412 h |
| November | 29.7°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 69 | 13.2 | 12.613 h |
| December | 30.0°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 166 | 21.0 | 12.813 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Mamoudzou in MarchMayotte · 246 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 26.2°C · 169 mm rain
- Pemba in MarchMozambique · 329 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.4°C · 206 mm rain
- Mtwara in MarchTanzania · 371 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 25.2°C · 182 mm rain
- Nacala in MarchMozambique · 423 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 190 mm rain
- Lindi in MarchTanzania · 430 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 195 mm rain
- Montepuez in MarchMozambique · 488 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.1°C · 138 mm rain
- Masasi in MarchTanzania · 498 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.5°C · 155 mm rain
- Mahajanga in MarchMadagascar · 556 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.6°C · 197 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Moroni) is explained once on the Moroni year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.