Climate averages 1991–2020
Kahama weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Kahama: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 120 mm of rain on roughly 17 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 Nzega (77 km away). In March its highs average 27.9°C, about as warm as Kahama, with 118 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Kahama ranks 19th of 43 for the warmest March highs and 7th of 43 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 43 cities is 27.2°C; Kahama is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 120 mm to 104 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
Kahama climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 114 | 18.3 | 12.312 h |
| February | 27.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 87 | 14.7 | 12.212 h |
| March, selected | 27.7°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 120 | 17.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.8°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 104 | 15.3 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 25 | 4.5 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.5°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 2.4 | 0.5 | 11.912 h |
| July | 28.5°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 11.912 h |
| August | 29.3°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 7.1 | 1.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 30.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 13 | 2.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.2°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 42 | 7.5 | 12.212 h |
| November | 27.7°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 117 | 16.0 | 12.312 h |
| December | 26.6°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 129 | 19.8 | 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
- Nzega in MarchTanzania · 77 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 118 mm rain
- Ushirombo in MarchTanzania · 80 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 139 mm rain
- Shinyanga in MarchTanzania · 93 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 19.3°C · 91 mm rain
- Geita in MarchTanzania · 114 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 149 mm rain
- Katoro in MarchTanzania · 119 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.9°C · 162 mm rain
- Sengerema in MarchTanzania · 130 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 122 mm rain
- Tabora in MarchTanzania · 134 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.6°C · 129 mm rain
- Mwanza in MarchTanzania · 150 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 21.4°C · 181 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 Kahama) is explained once on the Kahama year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.