Ilembula weather in March

In March, Ilembula sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 175 mm of rain across 21.5 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in March, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of March to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Ilembula's 10th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ilembula's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
5th warmest
Overnight low
16°
11th coldest
Rainfall
175 mm
21.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
6:49 AM – 6:53 PM
Cloud cover
77%
10th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.39 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.0
out of 10

Ilembula is town in Iringa Region, Tanzania.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month.

A typical March day in Ilembula reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and on par with April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Ilembula weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan25° / 16°19422.112.54.8
Feb25° / 16°1902012.34.7
Mar25° / 16°17521.512.15.0
Apr24° / 16°5210.111.86.8
May24° / 15°81.911.68.5
Jun23° / 12°0011.58.9
Jul23° / 12°00.111.58.9
Aug24° / 13°00.111.79.0
Sep26° / 14°20.311.98.6
Oct27° / 15°162.612.27.9
Nov27° / 16°426.912.46.9
Dec25° / 17°1191612.55.7

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11882
21882
31882
41882
52080
62080
72080
82179
92179
102179
112278
122278
132377
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Ilembula gets around 175 mm of rain over 21.5 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 69% and peaks near 72% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
170
270
371
471
571
672
772
872
972
1072
1172
1272
1371
1471
1570
1670
1769
1869
1968
2068
2167
2267
2367
2466
2566
2665
2765
2864
2964
3063
3162

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of March feels comfortable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, March lands in the comfortable band about 61% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
125642
225642
325642
425543
525543
625543
715643
815643
915643
1015643
1115643
1215742
1315841
1415841
1515940
1616039
1716138
1816237
1906436
2006436
2106535
2206535
2306634
2406634
2506634
2606733
2706733
2816732
2916732
3016831
3116831

Wind in March

Winds average 8 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
158calm
168calm
179calm
189calm
199calm
209calm
219calm
229calm
239calm
249calm
259calm
269calm
2710calm
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2910calm
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3110calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of March to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:49 AM to 6:49 AM, and sunset from 7:00 PM to 6:45 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:497:00
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312.26:497:00
412.26:506:59
512.26:506:59
612.16:506:58
712.16:506:58
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912.16:506:57
1012.16:506:56
1112.16:506:56
1212.16:506:55
1312.16:506:55
1412.16:506:54
1512.16:506:54
1612.16:496:53
1712.16:496:53
1812.06:496:52
1912.06:496:52
2012.06:496:51
2112.06:496:50
2212.06:496:50
2312.06:496:49
2412.06:496:49
2512.06:496:48
2612.06:496:48
2712.06:496:47
2812.06:496:46
2912.06:496:46
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Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.39 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.3 kWh/m² to a high of 7.03 kWh/m² in October across the year — March's 5.39 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Ilembula

In seasonPeak

In March, Ilembula sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Ilembula's monsoon runs December–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is March a good time to visit Ilembula?

Our two travel scores rate March for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
4.4
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Ilembula for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ilembula in March

From March's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In March, Ilembula sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 16°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Ilembula in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 16 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ilembula peaks around March 10 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 16 at about 10 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 10UV 16Jun 16UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct15Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Ilembula in March

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where March falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Ilembula is worst in October — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.0× the cleanest month (May, 7 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodOct 1620 µg/m³May 157 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb11Good
Mar10Good
Apr8Good
May7Good
Jun8Good
Jul11Good
Aug14Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Ilembula?

Ilembula sits at 8.9°S, 34.6°E, 1,425 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Mtwango, 27 km away.

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Topography around Ilembula

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Ilembula.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ilembula has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 102 m around an average of 1,404 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 610 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,930 m.

The land around Ilembula is covered by cropland (81%) within 3 km, cropland (51%) and shrubs (43%) within 16 km, and shrubs (31%), grassland (25%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
102 m
16 km
610 m
80 km
1,930 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
March weather nearby: Mtwango 27 km · Makumbako 28 km · Rujewa 31 km · Urunda 42 km · Njombe 54 km · Chimala 62 km · Igurusi 81 km · Mlangali 98 km

Tanzania travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type D / G
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 29% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,319
2025
Happiness
3.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
31%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
3.7
per 100k, 2020
Road deaths
31.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 479
Religion
Christian 63%Muslim 34%folk religion 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Ilembula (-8.9°, 34.5833°, elevation 1,425 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).