Climate averages 1991–2020

Vikindu weather
in March.

A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

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

Average high 30.2°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 24.7°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 158 mm 23 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Vikindu · average highYear overview

March is a hot month in Vikindu: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 158 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes March a wet month (the 11th 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 Dar es Salaam (21 km away). In March its highs average 30.6°C, about as warm as Vikindu, with 156 mm of rain.

Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Vikindu ranks 5th of 43 for the warmest March highs and 25th of 43 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 43 cities is 27.2°C; Vikindu is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 158 mm to 200 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 1520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

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

Every month, side by side

Vikindu climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Vikindu, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 30.8°C25.2°C25.2°C5410.112.512 h
February 31.4°C25.2°C25.2°C609.412.312 h
March, selected 30.2°C24.7°C24.7°C15822.612.112 h
April 28.4°C23.9°C23.9°C20025.812.012 h
May 27.5°C23.4°C23.4°C13019.511.812 h
June 27.0°C22.5°C22.5°C329.511.712 h
July 26.9°C21.9°C21.9°C206.411.812 h
August 27.4°C21.7°C21.7°C217.011.912 h
September 28.5°C22.2°C22.2°C206.312.112 h
October 29.4°C23.1°C23.1°C5411.312.312 h
November 29.6°C23.9°C23.9°C8917.112.412 h
December 30.1°C24.6°C24.6°C9117.612.513 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 Vikindu

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 Vikindu) is explained once on the Vikindu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.