Climate averages 1991–2020
Makumbako weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 7th 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 Makumbako: daytime highs average 23.0°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 160 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes March a wet month (the 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 Njombe (56 km away). In March its highs average 20.8°C, 2.3°C cooler than Makumbako, with 228 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Makumbako ranks joint 39th of 43 for the warmest March highs and joint 26th of 43 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 43 cities is 27.2°C; Makumbako is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 22.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 160 mm to 49 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
Makumbako climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 189 | 25.8 | 12.613 h |
| February | 23.6°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 150 | 22.5 | 12.412 h |
| March, selected | 23.0°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 160 | 23.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 22.0°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 49 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| May | 21.7°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 5.1 | 1.2 | 11.712 h |
| June | 20.7°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| July | 20.2°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| August | 21.5°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| September | 23.5°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 0.8 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| October | 25.0°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 11 | 2.5 | 12.312 h |
| November | 25.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 57 | 9.1 | 12.513 h |
| December | 24.0°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 162 | 20.5 | 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
- Njombe in MarchTanzania · 56 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 228 mm rain
- Mafinga in MarchTanzania · 79 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.3°C · 288 mm rain
- Katumba in MarchTanzania · 140 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.3°C · 362 mm rain
- Iringa in MarchTanzania · 154 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 15.6°C · 130 mm rain
- Vwawa in MarchTanzania · 210 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.9°C · 256 mm rain
- Ifakara in MarchTanzania · 219 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 178 mm rain
- Songea in MarchTanzania · 223 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 18.2°C · 261 mm rain
- Tunduma in MarchTanzania · 232 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.1°C · 248 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 Makumbako) is explained once on the Makumbako year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.