Climate averages 1991–2020
Iringa weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Iringa: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 15.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 130 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes March a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mafinga (74 km away). In March its highs average 22.3°C, 0.8°C cooler than Iringa, with 288 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Iringa ranks 38th of 43 for the warmest March highs and 12th of 43 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 43 cities is 27.2°C; Iringa is 4.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 22.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 130 mm to 57 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
Iringa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.1°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 163 | 23.7 | 12.513 h |
| February | 23.4°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 127 | 20.1 | 12.412 h |
| March, selected | 23.1°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 130 | 20.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 22.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 57 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| May | 22.6°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 7.0 | 1.5 | 11.812 h |
| June | 22.0°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| July | 21.4°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| August | 22.6°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 11.912 h |
| September | 24.2°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.5°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 8.3 | 1.9 | 12.312 h |
| November | 25.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 46 | 7.3 | 12.512 h |
| December | 24.2°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 131 | 19.2 | 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
- Mafinga in MarchTanzania · 74 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.3°C · 288 mm rain
- Ifakara in MarchTanzania · 116 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 178 mm rain
- Makumbako in MarchTanzania · 154 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.8°C · 160 mm rain
- Kilosa in MarchTanzania · 176 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 153 mm rain
- Dodoma in MarchTanzania · 177 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 19.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Njombe in MarchTanzania · 203 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 228 mm rain
- Morogoro in MarchTanzania · 241 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 192 mm rain
- Katumba in MarchTanzania · 281 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.3°C · 362 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 Iringa) is explained once on the Iringa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.