Climate averages 1991–2020
Mafinga weather
in March.
A warm, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Mafinga: daytime highs average 22.3°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 288 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes March a very wet month (the joint 10th 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 Iringa (74 km away). In March its highs average 23.1°C, 0.8°C warmer than Mafinga, with 130 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Mafinga ranks 42nd of 43 for the warmest March highs and 42nd of 43 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 43 cities is 27.2°C; Mafinga is 4.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 21.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 288 mm to 109 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
Mafinga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 319 | 26.4 | 12.513 h |
| February | 22.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 271 | 23.4 | 12.412 h |
| March, selected | 22.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 288 | 25.9 | 12.212 h |
| April | 21.1°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 109 | 16.4 | 11.912 h |
| May | 20.7°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 14 | 3.7 | 11.712 h |
| June | 20.0°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| July | 19.4°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| August | 20.8°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| September | 22.7°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 3.1 | 0.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.2°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 15 | 3.1 | 12.312 h |
| November | 24.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 106 | 10.4 | 12.512 h |
| December | 23.1°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 288 | 22.1 | 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
- Iringa in MarchTanzania · 74 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 15.6°C · 130 mm rain
- Makumbako in MarchTanzania · 79 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.8°C · 160 mm rain
- Njombe in MarchTanzania · 130 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 228 mm rain
- Ifakara in MarchTanzania · 154 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 178 mm rain
- Katumba in MarchTanzania · 211 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.3°C · 362 mm rain
- Dodoma in MarchTanzania · 242 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 19.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Kilosa in MarchTanzania · 248 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 153 mm rain
- Songea in MarchTanzania · 268 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 18.2°C · 261 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 Mafinga) is explained once on the Mafinga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.