Climate averages 1991–2020
Ifakara weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Ifakara: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 178 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes March a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Iringa (116 km away). In March its highs average 23.1°C, 5.9°C cooler than Ifakara, with 130 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Ifakara ranks 12th of 43 for the warmest March highs and 30th of 43 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 43 cities is 27.2°C; Ifakara is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 178 mm to 156 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
Ifakara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 129 | 17.2 | 12.513 h |
| February | 30.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 119 | 17.1 | 12.412 h |
| March, selected | 29.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 178 | 24.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.4°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 156 | 23.5 | 11.912 h |
| May | 27.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 52 | 10.2 | 11.712 h |
| June | 26.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 8.3 | 2.3 | 11.712 h |
| July | 26.7°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 7.0 | 1.4 | 11.712 h |
| August | 27.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 9.3 | 2.3 | 11.812 h |
| September | 30.1°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 7.1 | 1.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.8°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 20 | 4.1 | 12.312 h |
| November | 32.8°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 36 | 6.5 | 12.512 h |
| December | 32.0°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 87 | 14.8 | 12.613 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
- Iringa in MarchTanzania · 116 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 15.6°C · 130 mm rain
- Kilosa in MarchTanzania · 148 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 153 mm rain
- Mafinga in MarchTanzania · 154 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.3°C · 288 mm rain
- Morogoro in MarchTanzania · 181 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 192 mm rain
- Makumbako in MarchTanzania · 219 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.8°C · 160 mm rain
- Dodoma in MarchTanzania · 242 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 19.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Njombe in MarchTanzania · 250 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 228 mm rain
- Kibaha in MarchTanzania · 289 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 164 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 Ifakara) is explained once on the Ifakara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.