Climate averages 1991–2020
Dodoma weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 5th 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 Dodoma: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately 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 (142 km away). In March its highs average 27.1°C, 1.6°C cooler than Dodoma, with 108 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Dodoma ranks 15th of 43 for the warmest March highs and joint 1st of 43 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 43 cities is 27.2°C; Dodoma is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 87 mm to 42 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
Dodoma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 104 | 14.4 | 12.412 h |
| February | 28.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 82 | 11.7 | 12.312 h |
| March, selected | 28.7°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 87 | 11.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 42 | 7.3 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 6.0 | 1.5 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.6°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| July | 26.8°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| August | 27.8°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 3.5 | 0.5 | 12.212 h |
| November | 31.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 24 | 3.0 | 12.412 h |
| December | 29.6°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 80 | 9.7 | 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
- Kondoa in MarchTanzania · 142 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.1°C · 108 mm rain
- Kilosa in MarchTanzania · 156 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 153 mm rain
- Iringa in MarchTanzania · 177 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 15.6°C · 130 mm rain
- Singida in MarchTanzania · 187 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.8°C · 113 mm rain
- Morogoro in MarchTanzania · 224 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 192 mm rain
- Ifakara in MarchTanzania · 242 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 178 mm rain
- Mafinga in MarchTanzania · 242 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.3°C · 288 mm rain
- Handeni in MarchTanzania · 265 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 160 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 Dodoma) is explained once on the Dodoma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.