Climate averages 1991–2020
Mtwara weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Mtwara: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 182 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). 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 (59 km away). In March its highs average 29.8°C, 0.9°C warmer than Mtwara, with 195 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Mtwara ranks 13th of 43 for the warmest March highs and 32nd of 43 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 43 cities is 27.2°C; Mtwara is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs stay level at 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 182 mm to 115 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
Mtwara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.7°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 186 | 20.5 | 12.613 h |
| February | 28.7°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 146 | 18.6 | 12.412 h |
| March, selected | 28.9°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 182 | 23.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.9°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 115 | 18.5 | 11.912 h |
| May | 28.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 37 | 7.2 | 11.712 h |
| June | 28.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 8.0 | 1.8 | 11.512 h |
| July | 27.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 4.9 | 1.3 | 11.612 h |
| August | 27.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 5.7 | 1.6 | 11.812 h |
| September | 27.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 9.6 | 3.2 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.4°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 19 | 6.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.0°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 42 | 10.7 | 12.613 h |
| December | 29.0°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 123 | 20.9 | 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 · 59 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 195 mm rain
- Masasi in MarchTanzania · 159 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.5°C · 155 mm rain
- Pemba in MarchMozambique · 303 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.4°C · 206 mm rain
- Montepuez in MarchMozambique · 343 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.1°C · 138 mm rain
- Moroni in MarchComoros · 371 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 26.1°C · 199 mm rain
- Vikindu in MarchTanzania · 375 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 158 mm rain
- Dar es Salaam in MarchTanzania · 396 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 156 mm rain
- Kibaha in MarchTanzania · 413 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 164 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 Mtwara) is explained once on the Mtwara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.