Climate averages 1991–2020
Njombe weather
in March.
A mild, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Njombe: daytime highs average 20.8°C and nights cool to about 13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 228 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes March a very 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 Makumbako (56 km away). In March its highs average 23.0°C, 2.3°C warmer than Njombe, with 160 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Njombe ranks 43rd of 43 for the warmest March highs and 36th of 43 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 43 cities is 27.2°C; Njombe is 6.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 19.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 228 mm to 83 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
Njombe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.5°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 268 | 26.5 | 12.613 h |
| February | 21.6°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 263 | 23.8 | 12.412 h |
| March, selected | 20.8°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 228 | 27.2 | 12.212 h |
| April | 19.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 83 | 18.5 | 11.912 h |
| May | 19.0°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 18 | 5.4 | 11.712 h |
| June | 18.0°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 3.0 | 0.8 | 11.612 h |
| July | 17.5°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 2.2 | 0.4 | 11.612 h |
| August | 18.9°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 3.7 | 0.9 | 11.812 h |
| September | 20.9°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 3.6 | 0.9 | 12.012 h |
| October | 22.3°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 18 | 5.5 | 12.312 h |
| November | 22.6°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 54 | 10.5 | 12.513 h |
| December | 21.7°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 171 | 20.8 | 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
- Makumbako in MarchTanzania · 56 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.8°C · 160 mm rain
- Katumba in MarchTanzania · 127 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.3°C · 362 mm rain
- Mafinga in MarchTanzania · 130 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.3°C · 288 mm rain
- Songea in MarchTanzania · 177 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 18.2°C · 261 mm rain
- Vwawa in MarchTanzania · 203 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.9°C · 256 mm rain
- Iringa in MarchTanzania · 203 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 15.6°C · 130 mm rain
- Tunduma in MarchTanzania · 220 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.1°C · 248 mm rain
- Nakonde in MarchZambia · 222 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 15.9°C · 248 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 Njombe) is explained once on the Njombe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.