Climate averages 1991–2020
Geita weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Geita: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 149 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes March a wet month (the 8th 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 Katoro (36 km away). In March its highs average 26.9°C, about as warm as Geita, with 162 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Geita ranks joint 25th of 43 for the warmest March highs and 19th of 43 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 43 cities is 27.2°C; Geita is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 149 mm to 163 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
Geita climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.2°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 135 | 22.1 | 12.312 h |
| February | 27.2°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 100 | 16.5 | 12.212 h |
| March, selected | 27.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 149 | 20.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.3°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 163 | 20.0 | 12.012 h |
| May | 26.9°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 60 | 9.6 | 12.012 h |
| June | 27.7°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 20 | 3.6 | 12.012 h |
| July | 28.2°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 8.5 | 1.5 | 12.012 h |
| August | 28.5°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 41 | 6.4 | 12.012 h |
| September | 28.4°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 81 | 12.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 152 | 21.4 | 12.212 h |
| November | 25.7°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 215 | 26.3 | 12.212 h |
| December | 25.6°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 191 | 25.0 | 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
- Katoro in MarchTanzania · 36 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.9°C · 162 mm rain
- Sengerema in MarchTanzania · 52 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 122 mm rain
- Ushirombo in MarchTanzania · 75 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 139 mm rain
- Mwanza in MarchTanzania · 84 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 21.4°C · 181 mm rain
- Kahama in MarchTanzania · 114 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.3°C · 120 mm rain
- Shinyanga in MarchTanzania · 159 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 19.3°C · 91 mm rain
- Bukoba in MarchTanzania · 178 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 151 mm rain
- Nzega in MarchTanzania · 183 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 118 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 Geita) is explained once on the Geita year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.