Climate averages 1991–2020
Kasama weather
in March.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 7th 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 Kasama: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 216 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nakonde (197 km away). In March its highs average 23.8°C, 1.2°C cooler than Kasama, with 248 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Kasama ranks joint 21st of 24 for the warmest March highs and 22nd of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Kasama is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 216 mm to 85 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
Kasama climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.9°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 286 | 28.9 | 12.613 h |
| February | 25.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 229 | 24.2 | 12.412 h |
| March, selected | 25.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 216 | 26.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 24.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 85 | 14.2 | 11.912 h |
| May | 25.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 8.1 | 1.6 | 11.712 h |
| June | 24.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| July | 24.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| August | 26.8°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| September | 29.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.6°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 18 | 3.6 | 12.312 h |
| November | 28.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 123 | 15.1 | 12.613 h |
| December | 25.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 267 | 26.2 | 12.713 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
- Nakonde in MarchZambia · 197 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 15.9°C · 248 mm rain
- Tunduma in MarchTanzania · 201 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.1°C · 248 mm rain
- Vwawa in MarchTanzania · 228 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.9°C · 256 mm rain
- Sumbawanga in MarchTanzania · 254 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 279 mm rain
- Mansa in MarchZambia · 273 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.9°C · 176 mm rain
- Nchelenge in MarchZambia · 285 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 253 mm rain
- Katumba in MarchTanzania · 288 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.3°C · 362 mm rain
- Mzuzu in MarchMalawi · 340 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 17.2°C · 223 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 Kasama) is explained once on the Kasama year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.