Climate averages 1991–2020
Mombasa weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Mombasa: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 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 Jomvu (10 km away). In March its highs average 32.5°C, 0.9°C warmer than Mombasa, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Mombasa ranks 7th of 37 for the warmest March highs and joint 9th of 37 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 37 cities is 28.1°C; Mombasa is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 136 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
Mombasa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 18 | 3.5 | 12.312 h |
| February | 31.8°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 11 | 2.4 | 12.212 h |
| March, selected | 31.6°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 49 | 12.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 136 | 24.4 | 12.012 h |
| May | 27.8°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 223 | 24.1 | 11.912 h |
| June | 26.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 92 | 20.5 | 11.912 h |
| July | 26.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 69 | 19.8 | 11.912 h |
| August | 26.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 49 | 17.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 27.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 43 | 14.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 75 | 14.9 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.5°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 66 | 16.1 | 12.312 h |
| December | 30.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 46 | 13.0 | 12.412 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
- Jomvu in MarchKenya · 10 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Mtwapa in MarchKenya · 16 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Matuga in MarchKenya · 16 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 54 mm rain
- Ukunda in MarchKenya · 29 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 25.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Kilifi in MarchKenya · 52 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Malindi in MarchKenya · 106 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 25.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Tanga in MarchTanzania · 129 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Handeni in MarchTanzania · 238 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 Mombasa) is explained once on the Mombasa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Mtwapa lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.