Climate averages 1991–2020
Nzega weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Nzega: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 18.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 118 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes March a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shinyanga (67 km away). In March its highs average 29.1°C, 1.2°C warmer than Nzega, with 91 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Nzega ranks 17th of 43 for the warmest March highs and 6th of 43 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 43 cities is 27.2°C; Nzega is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 118 mm to 92 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
Nzega climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.0°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 117 | 18.1 | 12.312 h |
| February | 28.0°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 95 | 14.5 | 12.212 h |
| March, selected | 27.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 118 | 16.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.3°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 92 | 12.3 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.4°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 19 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 11.912 h |
| July | 28.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.912 h |
| August | 29.4°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 1.5 | 0.3 | 12.012 h |
| September | 30.9°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 3.6 | 0.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.1°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 21 | 4.1 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.9°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 100 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| December | 27.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 134 | 18.3 | 12.412 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
- Shinyanga in MarchTanzania · 67 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 19.3°C · 91 mm rain
- Kahama in MarchTanzania · 77 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.3°C · 120 mm rain
- Tabora in MarchTanzania · 97 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.6°C · 129 mm rain
- Ushirombo in MarchTanzania · 157 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 139 mm rain
- Bariadi in MarchTanzania · 181 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 134 mm rain
- Sengerema in MarchTanzania · 182 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 122 mm rain
- Geita in MarchTanzania · 183 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 149 mm rain
- Singida in MarchTanzania · 185 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.8°C · 113 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 Nzega) is explained once on the Nzega year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.