Climate averages 1991–2020
Bagamoyo weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Bagamoyo: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 131 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes March a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kibaha (36 km away). In March its highs average 30.8°C, about as warm as Bagamoyo, with 164 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Bagamoyo ranks joint 2nd of 43 for the warmest March highs and 13th of 43 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 43 cities is 27.2°C; Bagamoyo is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 131 mm to 195 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
Bagamoyo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.7°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 49 | 11.6 | 12.412 h |
| February | 31.4°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 43 | 8.9 | 12.312 h |
| March, selected | 30.8°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 131 | 21.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 195 | 25.1 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 130 | 16.9 | 11.812 h |
| June | 28.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 26 | 6.8 | 11.812 h |
| July | 28.4°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 16 | 4.5 | 11.812 h |
| August | 28.7°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 20 | 5.9 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 19 | 5.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 55 | 10.1 | 12.212 h |
| November | 30.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 89 | 18.2 | 12.412 h |
| December | 30.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 95 | 20.6 | 12.512 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
- Kibaha in MarchTanzania · 36 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 164 mm rain
- Zanzibar in MarchTanzania · 45 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 25.7°C · 122 mm rain
- Dar es Salaam in MarchTanzania · 59 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 156 mm rain
- Vikindu in MarchTanzania · 76 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 158 mm rain
- Morogoro in MarchTanzania · 144 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 192 mm rain
- Handeni in MarchTanzania · 149 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 160 mm rain
- Tanga in MarchTanzania · 154 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Kilosa in MarchTanzania · 217 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 153 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 Bagamoyo) is explained once on the Bagamoyo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.