Climate averages 1991–2020
Katoro weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Katoro: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 162 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th 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 Geita (36 km away). In March its highs average 27.1°C, about as warm as Katoro, with 149 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Katoro ranks 28th of 43 for the warmest March highs and 28th of 43 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 43 cities is 27.2°C; Katoro is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 162 mm to 176 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
Katoro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 139 | 21.4 | 12.312 h |
| February | 27.0°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 98 | 16.3 | 12.212 h |
| March, selected | 26.9°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 162 | 20.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.0°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 176 | 20.0 | 12.012 h |
| May | 26.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 58 | 8.6 | 12.012 h |
| June | 27.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 10 | 2.1 | 12.012 h |
| July | 28.1°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 6.0 | 1.0 | 12.012 h |
| August | 28.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 29 | 4.5 | 12.012 h |
| September | 28.1°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 73 | 10.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 146 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| November | 25.4°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 232 | 25.7 | 12.212 h |
| December | 25.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 201 | 25.1 | 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
- Geita in MarchTanzania · 36 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 149 mm rain
- Ushirombo in MarchTanzania · 55 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 139 mm rain
- Sengerema in MarchTanzania · 88 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 122 mm rain
- Kahama in MarchTanzania · 119 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.3°C · 120 mm rain
- Mwanza in MarchTanzania · 120 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 21.4°C · 181 mm rain
- Shinyanga in MarchTanzania · 181 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 19.3°C · 91 mm rain
- Bukoba in MarchTanzania · 186 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 151 mm rain
- Nzega in MarchTanzania · 194 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 Katoro) is explained once on the Katoro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.