Climate averages 1991–2020

Kadoma weather
in March.

A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

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

Average high 27.3°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 18.0°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 77 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a warm month in Kadoma: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 77 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Kwekwe (67 km away). In March its highs average 27.6°C, about as warm as Kadoma, with 63 mm of rain.

Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Kadoma ranks 2nd of 11 for the warmest March highs and 3rd of 11 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 11 cities is 25.6°C; Kadoma is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 77 mm to 23 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

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

Every month, side by side

Kadoma climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Kadoma, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	27.3°C18.7°C	18.7°C	186	18.2	13.113 h
February	27.3°C18.5°C	18.5°C	133	14.3	12.713 h
March, selected	27.3°C18.0°C	18.0°C	77	9.9	12.212 h
April	26.5°C16.2°C	16.2°C	23	3.5	11.712 h
May	25.0°C13.7°C	13.7°C	5.1	1.0	11.311 h
June	23.0°C11.3°C	11.3°C	1.7	0.3	11.011 h
July	22.8°C10.6°C	10.6°C	0.4	0.1	11.111 h
August	26.3°C12.9°C	12.9°C	0.2	0.1	11.511 h
September	30.2°C16.1°C	16.1°C	2.3	0.5	12.012 h
October	31.5°C18.4°C	18.4°C	25	4.3	12.512 h
November	30.0°C19.2°C	19.2°C	84	11.9	13.013 h
December	27.8°C18.8°C	18.8°C	184	19.5	13.213 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 Kadoma

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