Climate averages 1991–2020
Arusha weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Arusha: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 143 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes March a wet month (the 11th 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 Kondoa (198 km away). In March its highs average 27.1°C, about as warm as Arusha, with 108 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Arusha ranks 24th of 43 for the warmest March highs and 17th of 43 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 43 cities is 27.2°C; Arusha is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.9°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 143 mm to 145 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
Arusha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.7°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 82 | 10.6 | 12.312 h |
| February | 28.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 73 | 9.0 | 12.212 h |
| March, selected | 27.2°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 143 | 16.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 145 | 21.7 | 12.012 h |
| May | 22.6°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 50 | 11.9 | 12.012 h |
| June | 21.7°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 6.6 | 2.3 | 11.912 h |
| July | 21.5°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 3.9 | 1.1 | 11.912 h |
| August | 22.8°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 3.6 | 1.1 | 12.012 h |
| September | 25.0°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 4.1 | 1.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.2°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 30 | 7.3 | 12.212 h |
| November | 26.0°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 103 | 17.7 | 12.312 h |
| December | 26.4°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 108 | 16.7 | 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
- Kondoa in MarchTanzania · 198 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.1°C · 108 mm rain
- Kitengela in MarchKenya · 212 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Ongata Rongai in MarchKenya · 219 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Mlolongo in MarchKenya · 221 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.9°C · 72 mm rain
- Ngong in MarchKenya · 224 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Nairobi in MarchKenya · 232 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 15.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Kikuyu in MarchKenya · 236 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 13.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Mwala in MarchKenya · 240 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.7°C · 70 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 Arusha) is explained once on the Arusha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.