Climate averages 1991–2020
Katumba weather
in March.
A warm, very wet month: the 7th 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 Katumba: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 17.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 362 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 9th 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 Vwawa (76 km away). In March its highs average 24.0°C, about as warm as Katumba, with 256 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Katumba ranks 36th of 43 for the warmest March highs and 43rd of 43 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 43 cities is 27.2°C; Katumba is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 22.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 362 mm to 186 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
Katumba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.0°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 456 | 29.4 | 12.613 h |
| February | 25.2°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 370 | 25.9 | 12.412 h |
| March, selected | 24.3°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 362 | 29.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 22.5°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 186 | 24.5 | 11.912 h |
| May | 21.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 44 | 11.6 | 11.712 h |
| June | 20.1°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 9.3 | 3.3 | 11.612 h |
| July | 19.7°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 9.5 | 3.4 | 11.612 h |
| August | 22.2°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 7.5 | 2.4 | 11.812 h |
| September | 25.1°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 11 | 3.0 | 12.012 h |
| October | 26.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 48 | 10.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 26.0°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 179 | 18.6 | 12.513 h |
| December | 25.1°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 400 | 27.0 | 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
- Vwawa in MarchTanzania · 76 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.9°C · 256 mm rain
- Tunduma in MarchTanzania · 94 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.1°C · 248 mm rain
- Nakonde in MarchZambia · 96 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 15.9°C · 248 mm rain
- Njombe in MarchTanzania · 127 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 228 mm rain
- Makumbako in MarchTanzania · 140 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.8°C · 160 mm rain
- Mafinga in MarchTanzania · 211 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.3°C · 288 mm rain
- Mzuzu in MarchMalawi · 252 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 17.2°C · 223 mm rain
- Sumbawanga in MarchTanzania · 261 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 279 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 Katumba) is explained once on the Katumba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.