Climate averages 1991–2020
Ukunda weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Ukunda: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 25.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 4th 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 Matuga (14 km away). In March its highs average 30.7°C, 0.6°C cooler than Ukunda, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Ukunda ranks 8th of 37 for the warmest March highs and joint 12th of 37 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 37 cities is 28.1°C; Ukunda is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 54 mm to 134 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
Ukunda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 24 | 4.4 | 12.312 h |
| February | 32.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 16 | 3.4 | 12.212 h |
| March, selected | 31.3°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 54 | 13.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 134 | 24.0 | 12.012 h |
| May | 27.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 220 | 23.6 | 11.912 h |
| June | 26.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 93 | 20.3 | 11.912 h |
| July | 26.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 74 | 20.4 | 11.912 h |
| August | 26.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 61 | 19.3 | 12.012 h |
| September | 27.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 52 | 17.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 84 | 16.9 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 74 | 16.9 | 12.312 h |
| December | 30.5°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 59 | 14.0 | 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
- Matuga in MarchKenya · 14 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 54 mm rain
- Mombasa in MarchKenya · 29 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Jomvu in MarchKenya · 34 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Mtwapa in MarchKenya · 44 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Kilifi in MarchKenya · 80 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Tanga in MarchTanzania · 101 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Malindi in MarchKenya · 134 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 25.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Zanzibar in MarchTanzania · 212 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 25.7°C · 122 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 Ukunda) is explained once on the Ukunda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Matuga lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.