Climate averages 1991–2020
Kilosa weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Kilosa: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 153 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes March a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Morogoro (75 km away). In March its highs average 29.3°C, about as warm as Kilosa, with 192 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Kilosa ranks 8th of 43 for the warmest March highs and 21st of 43 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 43 cities is 27.2°C; Kilosa is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 153 mm to 116 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
Kilosa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 145 | 15.2 | 12.512 h |
| February | 31.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 144 | 14.1 | 12.312 h |
| March, selected | 29.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 153 | 21.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 116 | 22.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 26.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 52 | 12.2 | 11.812 h |
| June | 26.5°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 12 | 3.7 | 11.712 h |
| July | 26.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 8.4 | 2.4 | 11.812 h |
| August | 26.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 13 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| September | 28.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 12 | 3.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.0°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 35 | 7.6 | 12.312 h |
| November | 30.5°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 52 | 11.1 | 12.412 h |
| December | 31.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 101 | 13.4 | 12.513 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
- Morogoro in MarchTanzania · 75 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 192 mm rain
- Ifakara in MarchTanzania · 148 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 178 mm rain
- Dodoma in MarchTanzania · 156 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 19.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Iringa in MarchTanzania · 176 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 15.6°C · 130 mm rain
- Handeni in MarchTanzania · 193 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 160 mm rain
- Kibaha in MarchTanzania · 214 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 164 mm rain
- Bagamoyo in MarchTanzania · 217 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.7°C · 131 mm rain
- Mafinga in MarchTanzania · 248 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.3°C · 288 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 Kilosa) is explained once on the Kilosa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.