Climate averages 1991–2020
Malindi weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Malindi: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 25.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 5th 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 Kilifi (55 km away). In March its highs average 30.8°C, about as warm as Malindi, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Malindi ranks 11th of 37 for the warmest March highs and 4th of 37 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 37 cities is 28.1°C; Malindi is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 35 mm to 96 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
Malindi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.7°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 14 | 2.6 | 12.312 h |
| February | 30.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 7.4 | 1.5 | 12.212 h |
| March, selected | 30.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 35 | 9.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.2°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 96 | 22.0 | 12.012 h |
| May | 27.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 152 | 21.2 | 12.012 h |
| June | 26.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 61 | 14.8 | 11.912 h |
| July | 26.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 44 | 12.5 | 12.012 h |
| August | 26.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 34 | 12.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 27.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 30 | 10.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 65 | 12.6 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.7°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 60 | 14.9 | 12.312 h |
| December | 29.4°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 44 | 11.3 | 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
- Kilifi in MarchKenya · 55 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Mtwapa in MarchKenya · 90 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Jomvu in MarchKenya · 102 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Mombasa in MarchKenya · 106 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Matuga in MarchKenya · 122 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 54 mm rain
- Ukunda in MarchKenya · 134 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 25.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Tanga in MarchTanzania · 235 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Kaambooni in MarchSomalia · 240 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 26.0°C · 12 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 Malindi) is explained once on the Malindi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.