Climate averages 1991–2020
Shinyanga weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Shinyanga: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes March a wet month (the 10th 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 Nzega (67 km away). In March its highs average 27.9°C, 1.2°C cooler than Shinyanga, with 118 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Shinyanga ranks 11th of 43 for the warmest March highs and 3rd of 43 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 43 cities is 27.2°C; Shinyanga is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 91 mm to 79 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
Shinyanga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.9°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 102 | 15.7 | 12.312 h |
| February | 29.1°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 74 | 12.4 | 12.212 h |
| March, selected | 29.1°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 91 | 13.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.3°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 79 | 11.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 18 | 3.6 | 12.012 h |
| June | 29.6°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 1.9 | 0.4 | 11.912 h |
| July | 29.4°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.912 h |
| August | 30.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 2.4 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| September | 31.7°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 4.1 | 0.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.8°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 24 | 4.2 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 80 | 10.7 | 12.312 h |
| December | 28.0°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 113 | 16.4 | 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
- Nzega in MarchTanzania · 67 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 118 mm rain
- Kahama in MarchTanzania · 93 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.3°C · 120 mm rain
- Bariadi in MarchTanzania · 115 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 134 mm rain
- Mwanza in MarchTanzania · 140 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 21.4°C · 181 mm rain
- Sengerema in MarchTanzania · 140 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 122 mm rain
- Geita in MarchTanzania · 159 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 149 mm rain
- Ushirombo in MarchTanzania · 163 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 139 mm rain
- Tabora in MarchTanzania · 164 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.6°C · 129 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 Shinyanga) is explained once on the Shinyanga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.