Climate averages 1991–2020
Sengerema weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the joint 5th 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 Sengerema: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 122 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes March a 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 Mwanza (32 km away). In March its highs average 25.9°C, 1.2°C cooler than Sengerema, with 181 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Sengerema ranks joint 25th of 43 for the warmest March highs and joint 8th of 43 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 43 cities is 27.2°C; Sengerema is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 122 mm to 128 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
Sengerema climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 112 | 18.6 | 12.312 h |
| February | 27.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 85 | 13.9 | 12.212 h |
| March, selected | 27.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 122 | 17.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.2°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 128 | 17.2 | 12.112 h |
| May | 26.9°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 44 | 7.7 | 12.012 h |
| June | 27.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 19 | 3.3 | 12.012 h |
| July | 28.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 7.7 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| August | 28.1°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 34 | 5.5 | 12.012 h |
| September | 27.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 66 | 10.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.5°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 144 | 19.6 | 12.212 h |
| November | 25.2°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 197 | 24.0 | 12.212 h |
| December | 25.2°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 167 | 23.0 | 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
- Mwanza in MarchTanzania · 32 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 21.4°C · 181 mm rain
- Geita in MarchTanzania · 52 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 149 mm rain
- Katoro in MarchTanzania · 88 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.9°C · 162 mm rain
- Ushirombo in MarchTanzania · 119 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 139 mm rain
- Kahama in MarchTanzania · 130 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.3°C · 120 mm rain
- Shinyanga in MarchTanzania · 140 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 19.3°C · 91 mm rain
- Bariadi in MarchTanzania · 149 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 134 mm rain
- Bunda in MarchTanzania · 153 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.4°C · 145 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 Sengerema) is explained once on the Sengerema year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.