Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaambooni weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Kaambooni: daytime highs average 32.7°C and nights cool to about 26.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kismayo (178 km away). In March its highs average 32.5°C, about as warm as Kaambooni, with 9.4 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Kaambooni ranks 3rd of 14 for the warmest March highs and 9th of 14 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 14 cities is 30.9°C; Kaambooni is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 81 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
Kaambooni climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 14 | 1.4 | 12.212 h |
| February | 32.1°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 2.4 | 0.6 | 12.212 h |
| March, selected | 32.7°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 12 | 3.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.3°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 81 | 18.0 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 154 | 23.6 | 12.012 h |
| June | 28.2°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 65 | 17.1 | 12.012 h |
| July | 27.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 47 | 14.0 | 12.012 h |
| August | 28.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 31 | 11.6 | 12.112 h |
| September | 29.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 26 | 8.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.0°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 46 | 9.7 | 12.112 h |
| November | 30.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 55 | 12.2 | 12.212 h |
| December | 31.3°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 32 | 7.4 | 12.212 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
- Kismayo in MarchSomalia · 178 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 26.0°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Malindi in MarchKenya · 240 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 25.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Garissa in MarchKenya · 253 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Kilifi in MarchKenya · 294 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Mtwapa in MarchKenya · 327 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Jomvu in MarchKenya · 341 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Mombasa in MarchKenya · 343 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Matuga in MarchKenya · 360 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 54 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 Kaambooni) is explained once on the Kaambooni year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.