Climate averages 1991–2020
Bariadi weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Bariadi: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 134 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes March a wet month (the 10th 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 Bunda (87 km away). In March its highs average 27.5°C, 0.7°C cooler than Bariadi, with 145 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Bariadi ranks 16th of 43 for the warmest March highs and 14th of 43 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 43 cities is 27.2°C; Bariadi is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 134 mm to 135 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
Bariadi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.2°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 118 | 16.1 | 12.312 h |
| February | 28.3°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 93 | 13.8 | 12.212 h |
| March, selected | 28.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 134 | 16.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.0°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 135 | 17.4 | 12.012 h |
| May | 27.8°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 42 | 7.9 | 12.012 h |
| June | 28.4°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 7.1 | 1.9 | 12.012 h |
| July | 28.6°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 3.3 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| August | 29.3°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 11 | 2.4 | 12.012 h |
| September | 30.3°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 20 | 4.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.0°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 56 | 9.7 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.1°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 128 | 16.0 | 12.212 h |
| December | 27.2°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 148 | 18.3 | 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
- Bunda in MarchTanzania · 87 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.4°C · 145 mm rain
- Shinyanga in MarchTanzania · 115 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 19.3°C · 91 mm rain
- Mwanza in MarchTanzania · 124 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 21.4°C · 181 mm rain
- Musoma in MarchTanzania · 146 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 20.4°C · 140 mm rain
- Sengerema in MarchTanzania · 149 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 122 mm rain
- Tarime in MarchTanzania · 167 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.6°C · 127 mm rain
- Nzega in MarchTanzania · 181 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 118 mm rain
- Kahama in MarchTanzania · 192 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.3°C · 120 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 Bariadi) is explained once on the Bariadi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.