Climate averages 1991–2020
Vwawa weather
in March.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Vwawa: daytime highs average 24.0°C and nights cool to about 15.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 256 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes March a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tunduma (28 km away). In March its highs average 23.0°C, 1.0°C cooler than Vwawa, with 248 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Vwawa ranks 37th of 43 for the warmest March highs and 38th of 43 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 43 cities is 27.2°C; Vwawa is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 23.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 256 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
Vwawa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 240 | 26.8 | 12.613 h |
| February | 24.0°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 191 | 23.1 | 12.412 h |
| March, selected | 24.0°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 256 | 27.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 23.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 160 | 20.0 | 11.912 h |
| May | 23.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 23 | 4.6 | 11.712 h |
| June | 23.3°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| July | 23.1°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| August | 25.3°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| September | 27.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 2.7 | 0.8 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.6°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 24 | 5.7 | 12.312 h |
| November | 27.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 102 | 14.4 | 12.513 h |
| December | 24.7°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 224 | 24.0 | 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
- Tunduma in MarchTanzania · 28 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.1°C · 248 mm rain
- Nakonde in MarchZambia · 33 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 15.9°C · 248 mm rain
- Katumba in MarchTanzania · 76 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.3°C · 362 mm rain
- Sumbawanga in MarchTanzania · 193 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 279 mm rain
- Njombe in MarchTanzania · 203 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 228 mm rain
- Makumbako in MarchTanzania · 210 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.8°C · 160 mm rain
- Kasama in MarchZambia · 228 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.6°C · 216 mm rain
- Mafinga in MarchTanzania · 274 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.3°C · 288 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 Vwawa) is explained once on the Vwawa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.