Climate averages 1991–2020
Nakonde weather
in March.
A warm, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Nakonde: daytime highs average 23.8°C and nights cool to about 15.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 248 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 10th 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 Tunduma (5 km away). In March its highs average 23.0°C, 0.8°C cooler than Nakonde, with 248 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Nakonde ranks 24th of 24 for the warmest March highs and 23rd of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Nakonde is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 23.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 248 mm to 120 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
Nakonde climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.7°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 277 | 28.5 | 12.613 h |
| February | 23.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 221 | 24.9 | 12.412 h |
| March, selected | 23.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 248 | 27.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 23.2°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 120 | 17.1 | 11.912 h |
| May | 23.5°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 14 | 3.2 | 11.712 h |
| June | 23.0°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| July | 22.8°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| August | 25.0°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| September | 27.4°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 2.6 | 0.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 20 | 4.8 | 12.312 h |
| November | 27.5°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 110 | 14.5 | 12.513 h |
| December | 24.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 249 | 25.2 | 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
- Tunduma in MarchTanzania · 5 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.1°C · 248 mm rain
- Vwawa in MarchTanzania · 33 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.9°C · 256 mm rain
- Katumba in MarchTanzania · 96 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.3°C · 362 mm rain
- Kasama in MarchZambia · 197 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.6°C · 216 mm rain
- Sumbawanga in MarchTanzania · 197 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 279 mm rain
- Njombe in MarchTanzania · 222 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 228 mm rain
- Makumbako in MarchTanzania · 236 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.8°C · 160 mm rain
- Mzuzu in MarchMalawi · 274 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 Nakonde) is explained once on the Nakonde year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.