Climate averages 1991–2020
Musoma weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Musoma: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 140 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes March a wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bunda (59 km away). In March its highs average 27.5°C, 1.0°C warmer than Musoma, with 145 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Musoma ranks 29th of 43 for the warmest March highs and 16th of 43 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 43 cities is 27.2°C; Musoma is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 140 mm to 178 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
Musoma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.8°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 92 | 16.1 | 12.212 h |
| February | 26.8°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 83 | 12.9 | 12.212 h |
| March, selected | 26.5°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 140 | 18.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.9°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 178 | 21.7 | 12.112 h |
| May | 26.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 115 | 16.6 | 12.012 h |
| June | 26.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 42 | 8.5 | 12.012 h |
| July | 26.5°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 25 | 5.8 | 12.012 h |
| August | 26.6°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 54 | 9.6 | 12.112 h |
| September | 27.1°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 67 | 11.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 126 | 18.8 | 12.112 h |
| November | 25.4°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 150 | 21.3 | 12.212 h |
| December | 25.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 140 | 20.3 | 12.212 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
- Bunda in MarchTanzania · 59 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.4°C · 145 mm rain
- Tarime in MarchTanzania · 65 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.6°C · 127 mm rain
- Migori in MarchKenya · 89 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 17.2°C · 155 mm rain
- Kisii in MarchKenya · 141 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 15.2°C · 189 mm rain
- Bariadi in MarchTanzania · 146 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 134 mm rain
- Mwanza in MarchTanzania · 151 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 21.4°C · 181 mm rain
- Sengerema in MarchTanzania · 182 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 122 mm rain
- Kisumu in MarchKenya · 189 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 18.8°C · 182 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 Musoma) is explained once on the Musoma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.