Climate averages 1991–2020
Jomvu weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Jomvu: daytime highs average 32.5°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mombasa (10 km away). In March its highs average 31.6°C, 0.9°C cooler than Jomvu, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Jomvu ranks 5th of 37 for the warmest March highs and 21st of 37 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 37 cities is 28.1°C; Jomvu is 4.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 62 mm to 108 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
Jomvu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 28 | 5.7 | 12.312 h |
| February | 33.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 20 | 4.2 | 12.212 h |
| March, selected | 32.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 62 | 15.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 108 | 22.8 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.2°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 155 | 20.4 | 11.912 h |
| June | 27.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 58 | 15.8 | 11.912 h |
| July | 26.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 46 | 15.0 | 11.912 h |
| August | 27.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 40 | 15.1 | 12.012 h |
| September | 28.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 38 | 14.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 69 | 15.5 | 12.212 h |
| November | 30.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 83 | 19.5 | 12.312 h |
| December | 31.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 70 | 17.0 | 12.312 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
- Mombasa in MarchKenya · 10 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Mtwapa in MarchKenya · 16 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Matuga in MarchKenya · 21 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 54 mm rain
- Ukunda in MarchKenya · 34 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 25.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Kilifi in MarchKenya · 48 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Malindi in MarchKenya · 102 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 25.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Tanga in MarchTanzania · 133 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Handeni in MarchTanzania · 239 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 160 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 Jomvu) is explained once on the Jomvu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.