Climate averages 1991–2020
Mpanda weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the joint 8th 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 Mpanda: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 156 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 Baudhuinville (169 km away). In March its highs average 25.8°C, 1.5°C cooler than Mpanda, with 208 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Mpanda ranks 23rd of 43 for the warmest March highs and joint 23rd of 43 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 43 cities is 27.2°C; Mpanda is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 156 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
Mpanda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 176 | 25.6 | 12.412 h |
| February | 27.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 147 | 21.5 | 12.312 h |
| March, selected | 27.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 156 | 22.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.0°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 116 | 18.0 | 12.012 h |
| May | 27.9°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 20 | 4.1 | 11.812 h |
| June | 28.3°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| July | 28.5°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| August | 30.1°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.912 h |
| September | 31.9°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 2.2 | 0.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.8°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 25 | 4.8 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.2°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 101 | 15.0 | 12.412 h |
| December | 27.1°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 165 | 23.7 | 12.512 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
- Baudhuinville in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 169 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 208 mm rain
- Sumbawanga in MarchTanzania · 190 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 279 mm rain
- Kalemie in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 212 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 21.6°C · 148 mm rain
- Kasulu in MarchTanzania · 224 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.6°C · 214 mm rain
- Kigoma in MarchTanzania · 228 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 23.0°C · 271 mm rain
- Tabora in MarchTanzania · 244 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.6°C · 129 mm rain
- Kahama in MarchTanzania · 327 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.3°C · 120 mm rain
- Kalima in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 330 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.0°C · 169 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 Mpanda) is explained once on the Mpanda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.