Climate averages 1991–2020
Tabora weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 9th 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 Tabora: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 18.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 129 mm of rain on roughly 17 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 (97 km away). In March its highs average 27.9°C, about as warm as Tabora, with 118 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Tabora ranks joint 21st of 43 for the warmest March highs and 11th of 43 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 43 cities is 27.2°C; Tabora is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 129 mm to 80 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
Tabora climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 151 | 20.9 | 12.412 h |
| February | 27.6°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 116 | 16.5 | 12.312 h |
| March, selected | 27.5°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 129 | 17.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.1°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 80 | 12.2 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 14 | 2.9 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.7°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| July | 28.5°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.912 h |
| August | 29.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 11.912 h |
| September | 31.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 1.6 | 0.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.4°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 18 | 3.0 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.3°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 94 | 11.6 | 12.312 h |
| December | 27.2°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 155 | 19.7 | 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
- Nzega in MarchTanzania · 97 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 118 mm rain
- Kahama in MarchTanzania · 134 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.3°C · 120 mm rain
- Shinyanga in MarchTanzania · 164 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 19.3°C · 91 mm rain
- Ushirombo in MarchTanzania · 195 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 139 mm rain
- Singida in MarchTanzania · 214 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.8°C · 113 mm rain
- Mpanda in MarchTanzania · 244 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.4°C · 156 mm rain
- Katoro in MarchTanzania · 245 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.9°C · 162 mm rain
- Geita in MarchTanzania · 247 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 149 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 Tabora) is explained once on the Tabora year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.