Climate averages 1991–2020
Handeni weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the joint 3rd 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 Handeni: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 160 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 08 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tanga (126 km away). In March its highs average 32.1°C, 2.7°C warmer than Handeni, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Handeni ranks joint 9th of 43 for the warmest March highs and joint 26th of 43 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 43 cities is 27.2°C; Handeni is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 160 mm to 189 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
Handeni climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 119 | 14.5 | 12.412 h |
| February | 30.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 110 | 12.4 | 12.312 h |
| March, selected | 29.3°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 160 | 22.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 189 | 26.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 25.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 123 | 19.1 | 11.912 h |
| June | 24.7°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 36 | 10.3 | 11.812 h |
| July | 24.5°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 29 | 8.7 | 11.812 h |
| August | 24.9°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 41 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| September | 26.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 38 | 10.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.2°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 81 | 14.7 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.0°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 107 | 19.5 | 12.412 h |
| December | 29.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 141 | 20.7 | 12.412 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
- Tanga in MarchTanzania · 126 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Bagamoyo in MarchTanzania · 149 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.7°C · 131 mm rain
- Zanzibar in MarchTanzania · 154 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 25.7°C · 122 mm rain
- Morogoro in MarchTanzania · 159 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 192 mm rain
- Kibaha in MarchTanzania · 179 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 164 mm rain
- Kilosa in MarchTanzania · 193 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 153 mm rain
- Dar es Salaam in MarchTanzania · 208 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 156 mm rain
- Ukunda in MarchKenya · 213 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 25.3°C · 54 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 Handeni) is explained once on the Handeni year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.