Climate averages 1991–2020
Masasi weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Masasi: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 155 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 10 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lindi (128 km away). In March its highs average 29.8°C, 1.0°C warmer than Masasi, with 195 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Masasi ranks 14th of 43 for the warmest March highs and 22nd of 43 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 43 cities is 27.2°C; Masasi is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 155 mm to 67 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
Masasi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.5°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 134 | 18.3 | 12.713 h |
| February | 29.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 131 | 17.3 | 12.512 h |
| March, selected | 28.8°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 155 | 22.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.5°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 67 | 12.6 | 11.912 h |
| May | 29.3°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 11 | 2.1 | 11.612 h |
| June | 28.3°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 1.4 | 0.3 | 11.512 h |
| July | 27.9°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| August | 29.2°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 11.812 h |
| September | 31.0°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 2.1 | 0.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 32.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 8.7 | 2.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 32.9°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 32 | 6.0 | 12.613 h |
| December | 31.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 103 | 15.0 | 12.713 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
- Lindi in MarchTanzania · 128 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 195 mm rain
- Mtwara in MarchTanzania · 159 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 25.2°C · 182 mm rain
- Montepuez in MarchMozambique · 269 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.1°C · 138 mm rain
- Pemba in MarchMozambique · 313 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.4°C · 206 mm rain
- Songea in MarchTanzania · 344 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 18.2°C · 261 mm rain
- Ifakara in MarchTanzania · 369 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 178 mm rain
- Vikindu in MarchTanzania · 416 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 158 mm rain
- Dar es Salaam in MarchTanzania · 436 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 156 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 Masasi) is explained once on the Masasi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.