Climate averages 1991–2020
Mwanza weather
in March.
A warm, very wet month: one of the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Mwanza: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 181 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 8th 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 Sengerema (32 km away). In March its highs average 27.1°C, 1.2°C warmer than Mwanza, with 122 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Mwanza ranks joint 32nd of 43 for the warmest March highs and 31st of 43 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 43 cities is 27.2°C; Mwanza is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 181 mm to 195 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
Mwanza climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 159 | 22.3 | 12.212 h |
| February | 25.9°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 116 | 15.8 | 12.212 h |
| March, selected | 25.9°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 181 | 19.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.4°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 195 | 20.0 | 12.112 h |
| May | 25.7°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 88 | 12.6 | 12.012 h |
| June | 25.7°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 33 | 6.2 | 12.012 h |
| July | 25.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 12 | 2.7 | 12.012 h |
| August | 25.5°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 53 | 8.3 | 12.012 h |
| September | 25.7°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 104 | 15.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.1°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 211 | 24.4 | 12.212 h |
| November | 24.4°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 266 | 26.0 | 12.212 h |
| December | 24.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 224 | 25.7 | 12.312 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
- Sengerema in MarchTanzania · 32 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 122 mm rain
- Geita in MarchTanzania · 84 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 149 mm rain
- Katoro in MarchTanzania · 120 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.9°C · 162 mm rain
- Bunda in MarchTanzania · 121 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.4°C · 145 mm rain
- Bariadi in MarchTanzania · 124 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 134 mm rain
- Shinyanga in MarchTanzania · 140 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 19.3°C · 91 mm rain
- Kahama in MarchTanzania · 150 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.3°C · 120 mm rain
- Ushirombo in MarchTanzania · 150 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 139 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 Mwanza) is explained once on the Mwanza year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.