Kibondo weather in March

In March, Kibondo sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 145 mm of rain across 23 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in March, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of March to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Kibondo's 9th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kibondo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
7th warmest
Overnight low
17°
9th coldest
Rainfall
145 mm
23 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
7:06 AM – 7:08 PM
Cloud cover
76%
9th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.7 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.5
out of 10

Kibondo is town in Kigoma, 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 27°C through the month.

A typical March day in Kibondo reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 29°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)
12717
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Kibondo weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 7th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 17°13722.112.24.6
Feb27° / 17°10518.112.14.8
Mar27° / 17°14523124.5
Apr26° / 17°16322.211.94.5
May27° / 17°549.511.86.5
Jun27° / 17°40.911.87.7
Jul28° / 16°10.311.87.5
Aug29° / 17°71.511.96.4
Sep30° / 18°225.1125.5
Oct29° / 18°7212.912.15.0
Nov27° / 17°13621.612.24.5
Dec26° / 17°15923.312.24.4

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 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12575
22575
32575
42674
52575
62476
72575
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311981

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Kibondo gets around 145 mm of rain over 23 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 73% and peaks near 78% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
171
271
371
471
571
671
771
871
971
1071
1171
1271
1371
1471
1571
1671
1772
1872
1973
2073
2174
2275
2375
2476
2576
2677
2777
2877
2978
3078
3178

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, March lands in the humid band about 81% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 17% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
148412
238512
338512
438512
538413
638413
738314
838314
938215
1038215
1138215
1238116
1338116
1438116
1538116
1638017
1738017
1838017
1938017
2037918
2128018
2227919
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2627820
2727721
2827721
2927721
3027721
3127721

Wind in March

Winds average 5 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
15calm
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135calm
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155calm
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305calm
315calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of March to 12 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:08 AM to 7:03 AM, and sunset from 7:13 PM to 7:01 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.17:087:13
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312.17:087:12
412.17:087:12
512.17:087:11
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712.17:087:11
812.17:077:10
912.07:077:10
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1312.07:077:09
1412.07:067:08
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1912.07:057:06
2012.07:057:06
2112.07:057:06
2212.07:057:05
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2412.07:047:04
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2912.07:037:02
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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 5.7 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.14 kWh/m² to a high of 6.14 kWh/m² in September across the year — March's 5.7 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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215.6Bright
225.6Bright
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255.5Bright
265.5Bright
275.4Bright
285.4Bright
295.3Bright
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Kibondo

In seasonPeak

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

Kibondo's rainy season runs November–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is March a good time to visit Kibondo?

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

4.5
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.6
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Kibondo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kibondo in March

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

In March, Kibondo sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 17°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Kibondo 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 Kibondo peaks around March 10 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 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 19UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Kibondo 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 Kibondo is worst in July — around 64 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.6× the cleanest month (April, 18 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorUnhealthyPoorModerateJul 1962 µg/m³Apr 1618 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan25Moderate
Feb24Moderate
Mar20Moderate
Apr18Moderate
May21Moderate
Jun43Poor
Jul64Unhealthy
Aug54Poor
Sep32Moderate
Oct23Moderate
Nov20Moderate
Dec21Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Kibondo?

Kibondo sits at 3.6°S, 30.7°E, 1,505 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Cendajuru, 36 km away.

ZanandoreKarusiBugaramaGitegaDiobahikaUyovu

Topography around Kibondo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kibondo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 196 m around an average of 1,430 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 391 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 984 m.

The land around Kibondo is covered by cropland (41%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, grassland (44%) and cropland (38%) within 16 km, and trees (35%), grassland (30%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
196 m
16 km
391 m
80 km
984 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswetland
March weather nearby: Cendajuru 36 km · Kakonko 43 km · Zanandore 77 km · Karusi 82 km · Bugarama 82 km · Gitega 90 km · Diobahika 93 km · Uyovu 96 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 Kibondo (-3.5864°, 30.7203°, elevation 1,505 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).