Climate averages 1991–2020
Bunda weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Bunda: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 145 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th 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 Musoma (59 km away). In March its highs average 26.5°C, 1.0°C cooler than Bunda, with 140 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Bunda ranks joint 21st of 43 for the warmest March highs and 18th of 43 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 43 cities is 27.2°C; Bunda is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 145 mm to 171 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
Bunda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.6°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 120 | 18.1 | 12.212 h |
| February | 27.7°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 97 | 15.1 | 12.212 h |
| March, selected | 27.5°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 145 | 20.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 171 | 21.1 | 12.112 h |
| May | 26.8°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 81 | 13.8 | 12.012 h |
| June | 27.3°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 25 | 5.5 | 12.012 h |
| July | 28.1°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 12 | 2.8 | 12.012 h |
| August | 28.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 34 | 6.6 | 12.012 h |
| September | 29.0°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 56 | 10.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.2°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 113 | 17.3 | 12.212 h |
| November | 26.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 172 | 21.7 | 12.212 h |
| December | 26.2°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 164 | 22.2 | 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
- Musoma in MarchTanzania · 59 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 20.4°C · 140 mm rain
- Bariadi in MarchTanzania · 87 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 134 mm rain
- Tarime in MarchTanzania · 93 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.6°C · 127 mm rain
- Mwanza in MarchTanzania · 121 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 21.4°C · 181 mm rain
- Migori in MarchKenya · 126 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 17.2°C · 155 mm rain
- Sengerema in MarchTanzania · 153 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 122 mm rain
- Kisii in MarchKenya · 179 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 15.2°C · 189 mm rain
- Shinyanga in MarchTanzania · 189 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 19.3°C · 91 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 Bunda) is explained once on the Bunda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.