Climate averages 1991–2020

Tanga weather
in March.

A hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 32.1°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 25.1°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 87 mm 19 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a hot month in Tanga: daytime highs average 32.1°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 9th 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 Ukunda (101 km away). In March its highs average 31.3°C, 0.8°C cooler than Tanga, with 54 mm of rain.

Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Tanga ranks 1st of 43 for the warmest March highs and joint 1st of 43 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 43 cities is 27.2°C; Tanga is 4.9°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 87 mm to 148 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Tanga climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Tanga, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	32.6°C25.1°C	25.1°C	31	8.1	12.412 h
February	32.9°C25.2°C	25.2°C	31	6.4	12.312 h
March, selected	32.1°C25.1°C	25.1°C	87	18.9	12.112 h
April	29.7°C24.3°C	24.3°C	148	23.3	12.012 h
May	28.0°C23.2°C	23.2°C	165	18.4	11.912 h
June	27.4°C22.0°C	22.0°C	44	11.7	11.812 h
July	27.1°C21.2°C	21.2°C	35	11.2	11.912 h
August	27.5°C21.0°C	21.0°C	40	12.9	11.912 h
September	28.5°C21.6°C	21.6°C	40	13.5	12.112 h
October	29.3°C22.5°C	22.5°C	87	16.2	12.212 h
November	29.9°C23.5°C	23.5°C	84	19.2	12.312 h
December	31.4°C24.5°C	24.5°C	68	16.5	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

Distance from Tanga

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Tanga) is explained once on the Tanga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.