Climate averages 1991–2020
Kigoma weather
in March.
A warm, very wet month: the 8th 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 Kigoma: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 271 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 10th 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 Kasulu (62 km away). In March its highs average 26.0°C, about as warm as Kigoma, with 214 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Kigoma ranks 30th of 43 for the warmest March highs and 40th of 43 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 43 cities is 27.2°C; Kigoma is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 271 mm to 264 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
Kigoma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 255 | 27.9 | 12.412 h |
| February | 26.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 203 | 24.0 | 12.312 h |
| March, selected | 26.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 271 | 27.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 264 | 26.3 | 12.012 h |
| May | 26.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 104 | 15.6 | 11.912 h |
| June | 26.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 11 | 2.2 | 11.812 h |
| July | 26.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 11.912 h |
| August | 27.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 6.2 | 1.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 27.9°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 24 | 4.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.1°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 142 | 18.0 | 12.212 h |
| November | 25.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 276 | 27.0 | 12.312 h |
| December | 25.6°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 298 | 29.5 | 12.412 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
- Kasulu in MarchTanzania · 62 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.6°C · 214 mm rain
- Kalemie in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 128 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 21.6°C · 148 mm rain
- Gitega in MarchBurundi · 165 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Bujumbura in MarchBurundi · 169 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 22.8°C · 82 mm rain
- Kalima in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 170 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.0°C · 169 mm rain
- Uvira in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 173 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 82 mm rain
- Mpanda in MarchTanzania · 228 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.4°C · 156 mm rain
- Baudhuinville in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 246 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 208 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 Kigoma) is explained once on the Kigoma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.