Climate averages 1991–2020
Tarime weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Tarime: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 127 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Migori (34 km away). In March its highs average 27.5°C, about as warm as Tarime, with 155 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Tarime ranks 18th of 43 for the warmest March highs and 10th of 43 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 43 cities is 27.2°C; Tarime is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 127 mm to 154 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
Tarime climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 100 | 17.2 | 12.212 h |
| February | 28.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 82 | 14.2 | 12.212 h |
| March, selected | 27.8°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 127 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.6°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 154 | 21.3 | 12.112 h |
| May | 26.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 82 | 15.3 | 12.112 h |
| June | 26.7°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 34 | 7.6 | 12.012 h |
| July | 27.2°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 21 | 5.2 | 12.012 h |
| August | 27.9°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 39 | 8.2 | 12.112 h |
| September | 28.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 49 | 10.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.6°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 93 | 16.3 | 12.112 h |
| November | 26.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 155 | 22.4 | 12.212 h |
| December | 26.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 147 | 21.5 | 12.212 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
- Migori in MarchKenya · 34 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 17.2°C · 155 mm rain
- Musoma in MarchTanzania · 65 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 20.4°C · 140 mm rain
- Kisii in MarchKenya · 87 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 15.2°C · 189 mm rain
- Bunda in MarchTanzania · 93 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.4°C · 145 mm rain
- Kisumu in MarchKenya · 146 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 18.8°C · 182 mm rain
- Bariadi in MarchTanzania · 167 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 134 mm rain
- Khwisero in MarchKenya · 171 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 16.5°C · 158 mm rain
- Kakamega in MarchKenya · 187 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.1°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 Tarime) is explained once on the Tarime year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.