Climate averages 1991–2020
Songea weather
in March.
A warm, 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 warm month in Songea: daytime highs average 25.4°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 261 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Njombe (177 km away). In March its highs average 20.8°C, 4.6°C cooler than Songea, with 228 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Songea ranks 34th of 43 for the warmest March highs and 39th of 43 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 43 cities is 27.2°C; Songea is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 24.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 261 mm to 129 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
Songea climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 315 | 27.1 | 12.713 h |
| February | 26.1°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 273 | 24.8 | 12.512 h |
| March, selected | 25.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 261 | 28.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 24.1°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 129 | 20.6 | 11.912 h |
| May | 23.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 29 | 6.4 | 11.612 h |
| June | 22.8°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 4.3 | 1.3 | 11.512 h |
| July | 22.5°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 3.8 | 1.1 | 11.612 h |
| August | 24.4°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 5.1 | 1.5 | 11.812 h |
| September | 27.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 4.2 | 1.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.8°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 22 | 5.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 71 | 9.2 | 12.613 h |
| December | 27.2°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 224 | 21.4 | 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
- Njombe in MarchTanzania · 177 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 228 mm rain
- Mzuzu in MarchMalawi · 198 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 17.2°C · 223 mm rain
- Makumbako in MarchTanzania · 223 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.8°C · 160 mm rain
- Mafinga in MarchTanzania · 268 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.3°C · 288 mm rain
- Katumba in MarchTanzania · 275 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.3°C · 362 mm rain
- Lichinga in MarchMozambique · 296 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.2°C · 174 mm rain
- Ifakara in MarchTanzania · 305 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 178 mm rain
- Iringa in MarchTanzania · 324 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 15.6°C · 130 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 Songea) is explained once on the Songea year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.