Climate averages 1991–2020
Mandera weather
in March.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Mandera: daytime highs average 36.6°C and nights cool to about 25.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baidoa (219 km away). In March its highs average 35.7°C, 0.9°C cooler than Mandera, with 8.8 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Mandera ranks 1st of 37 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 37 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 37 cities is 28.1°C; Mandera is 8.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 3.1°C to 33.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 91 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
Mandera climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 1.9 | 0.4 | 11.912 h |
| February | 36.7°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 12.012 h |
| March, selected | 36.6°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 15 | 2.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 33.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 91 | 13.2 | 12.212 h |
| May | 33.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 34 | 6.7 | 12.312 h |
| June | 33.5°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 12.312 h |
| July | 32.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 12.312 h |
| August | 33.5°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 12.212 h |
| September | 34.9°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 1.8 | 0.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 32.9°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 72 | 9.4 | 12.012 h |
| November | 31.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 68 | 10.2 | 11.912 h |
| December | 33.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 11 | 2.1 | 11.912 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
- Baidoa in MarchSomalia · 219 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 8.8 mm rain
- Negēlē in MarchEthiopia · 295 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 17.6°C · 73 mm rain
- Wajir in MarchKenya · 315 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 29 mm rain
- Marka in MarchSomalia · 407 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.8°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Mogadishu in MarchSomalia · 441 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 25.6°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Dīla in MarchEthiopia · 479 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 126 mm rain
- Kismayo in MarchSomalia · 484 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 26.0°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Yirga ‘Alem in MarchEthiopia · 493 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 14.5°C · 98 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 Mandera) is explained once on the Mandera year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.