Climate averages 1991–2020
Sumbawanga weather
in March.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 6th 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 Sumbawanga: daytime highs average 22.7°C and nights cool to about 15.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 279 mm of rain on roughly 26 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 Mpanda (190 km away). In March its highs average 27.4°C, 4.7°C warmer than Sumbawanga, with 156 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Sumbawanga ranks 41st of 43 for the warmest March highs and 41st of 43 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 43 cities is 27.2°C; Sumbawanga is 4.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 22.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 279 mm to 160 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
Sumbawanga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 304 | 28.4 | 12.513 h |
| February | 22.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 241 | 23.8 | 12.412 h |
| March, selected | 22.7°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 279 | 26.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 22.3°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 160 | 18.8 | 11.912 h |
| May | 22.7°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 30 | 5.1 | 11.812 h |
| June | 22.6°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 1.8 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| July | 22.5°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| August | 23.9°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 2.1 | 0.4 | 11.912 h |
| September | 25.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 8.2 | 1.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.9°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 39 | 5.7 | 12.312 h |
| November | 24.5°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 148 | 15.6 | 12.512 h |
| December | 22.7°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 282 | 26.4 | 12.613 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
- Mpanda in MarchTanzania · 190 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.4°C · 156 mm rain
- Vwawa in MarchTanzania · 193 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.9°C · 256 mm rain
- Tunduma in MarchTanzania · 195 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.1°C · 248 mm rain
- Nakonde in MarchZambia · 197 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 15.9°C · 248 mm rain
- Baudhuinville in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 229 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 208 mm rain
- Kasama in MarchZambia · 254 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.6°C · 216 mm rain
- Katumba in MarchTanzania · 261 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.3°C · 362 mm rain
- Kalemie in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 349 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 21.6°C · 148 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 Sumbawanga) is explained once on the Sumbawanga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.