Climate averages 1991–2020
Kilifi weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Kilifi: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 6th 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 Mtwapa (36 km away). In March its highs average 32.1°C, 1.3°C warmer than Kilifi, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Kilifi ranks 9th of 37 for the warmest March highs and 14th of 37 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 37 cities is 28.1°C; Kilifi is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 56 mm to 112 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
Kilifi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.3°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 27 | 5.2 | 12.312 h |
| February | 30.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 14 | 3.7 | 12.212 h |
| March, selected | 30.8°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 56 | 14.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.6°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 112 | 22.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.0°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 167 | 20.8 | 12.012 h |
| June | 27.2°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 59 | 13.9 | 11.912 h |
| July | 26.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 41 | 12.0 | 11.912 h |
| August | 27.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 35 | 12.1 | 12.012 h |
| September | 27.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 33 | 11.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 73 | 14.1 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 74 | 17.5 | 12.312 h |
| December | 29.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 65 | 16.2 | 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
- Mtwapa in MarchKenya · 36 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Jomvu in MarchKenya · 48 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Mombasa in MarchKenya · 52 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Malindi in MarchKenya · 55 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 25.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Matuga in MarchKenya · 67 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 54 mm rain
- Ukunda in MarchKenya · 80 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 25.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Tanga in MarchTanzania · 180 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Handeni in MarchTanzania · 285 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 Kilifi) is explained once on the Kilifi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.