Climate averages 1991–2020

Kondoa weather
in March.

A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the wettest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 27.1°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 17.1°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 108 mm 13 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Kondoa · average highYear overview

March is a warm month in Kondoa: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 108 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Singida (116 km away). In March its highs average 25.9°C, 1.2°C cooler than Kondoa, with 113 mm of rain.

Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Kondoa ranks joint 25th of 43 for the warmest March highs and 4th of 43 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 43 cities is 27.2°C; Kondoa is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 108 mm to 79 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 5101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Kondoa climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Kondoa, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 27.2°C16.7°C16.7°C10113.312.412 h
February 27.6°C16.6°C16.6°C8111.412.312 h
March, selected 27.1°C17.1°C17.1°C10813.212.112 h
April 25.6°C17.1°C17.1°C7913.712.012 h
May 24.9°C15.3°C15.3°C275.911.912 h
June 25.0°C12.7°C12.7°C1.60.311.812 h
July 24.9°C11.3°C11.3°C0.80.211.912 h
August 25.8°C12.7°C12.7°C0.70.212.012 h
September 27.8°C13.9°C13.9°C0.80.212.112 h
October 28.6°C15.2°C15.2°C8.41.712.212 h
November 28.4°C16.5°C16.5°C415.012.312 h
December 27.4°C17.0°C17.0°C8111.312.412 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

Distance from Kondoa

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kondoa) is explained once on the Kondoa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.