Kirando weather in March

In March, Kirando sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 295 mm of rain across 28 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in March, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Kirando's 9th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kirando's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 295 mm; 28 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 7:06 AM – 7:09 PM
Cloud cover: 83%; 9th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.27 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.8; out of 10

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month.

A typical March day in Kirando reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and on par with April.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Avg low (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	24
2	26	24
3	26	24
4	26	24
5	26	24
6	26	24
7	26	24
8	26	23
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27	26	23
28	26	23
29	26	23
30	26	23
31	26	23

Kirando weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 23°	274	27.7	12.4	3.8
Feb	26° / 23°	203	23.7	12.2	4.0
Mar	26° / 23°	295	28	12.1	3.8
Apr	26° / 23°	265	25.7	11.8	4.2
May	26° / 24°	65	11.3	11.7	6.8
Jun	25° / 23°	4	0.8	11.6	8.8
Jul	25° / 22°	1	0.2	11.6	9.1
Aug	26° / 23°	1	0.2	11.8	8.8
Sep	28° / 25°	9	2	12	7.6
Oct	28° / 25°	81	13.3	12.2	5.6
Nov	27° / 24°	269	25.1	12.3	4.0
Dec	26° / 23°	342	29.5	12.4	3.6

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 86%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	17	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	15
Cloudier (%)	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	87	86	86	86	86	85	85	85	84	84	83	83	84	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	84	84	84	85

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	12	88
2	12	88
3	12	88
4	13	87
5	13	87
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	14	86
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	15	85
14	15	85
15	15	85
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	16	84
21	15	85
22	15	85
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	15	85
26	15	85
27	15	85
28	16	84
29	16	84
30	16	84
31	15	85

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Kirando gets around 295 mm of rain over 28 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 90% and peaks near 94% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	89	89	90	90	90	91	91	92	92	92	93	93	93	94	94	94

	Rain chance (%)
1	88
2	88
3	88
4	88
5	88
6	88
7	88
8	88
9	88
10	88
11	88
12	89
13	89
14	89
15	89
16	89
17	89
18	90
19	90
20	90
21	91
22	91
23	92
24	92
25	92
26	93
27	93
28	93
29	94
30	94
31	94

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, March lands in the muggy band about 90% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Muggy (%)	86	86	86	86	86	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	90	90	91	91	91	92	92	92	92	93	93	93	94	94	94	94
Oppressive (%)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	86	14
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	88	12
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	94	6
31	94	6

Wind in March

Winds average 6 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
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29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

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 7:06 AM to 7:04 AM, and sunset from 7:15 PM to 7:01 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:04	7:04	7:04
Sunset (PM)	7:15	7:15	7:15	7:14	7:14	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:12	7:12	7:11	7:11	7:10	7:10	7:09	7:09	7:08	7:08	7:07	7:07	7:06	7:06	7:05	7:05	7:04	7:04	7:03	7:03	7:02	7:01	7:01

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	7:06	7:15
2	12.1	7:06	7:15
3	12.1	7:06	7:15
4	12.1	7:06	7:14
5	12.1	7:06	7:14
6	12.1	7:06	7:13
7	12.1	7:06	7:13
8	12.1	7:06	7:13
9	12.1	7:06	7:12
10	12.1	7:06	7:12
11	12.1	7:06	7:11
12	12.1	7:06	7:11
13	12.1	7:06	7:10
14	12.1	7:06	7:10
15	12.1	7:06	7:09
16	12.1	7:06	7:09
17	12.0	7:06	7:08
18	12.0	7:06	7:08
19	12.0	7:05	7:07
20	12.0	7:05	7:07
21	12.0	7:05	7:06
22	12.0	7:05	7:06
23	12.0	7:05	7:05
24	12.0	7:05	7:05
25	12.0	7:05	7:04
26	12.0	7:05	7:04
27	12.0	7:05	7:03
28	12.0	7:05	7:03
29	12.0	7:04	7:02
30	12.0	7:04	7:01
31	11.9	7:04	7:01

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.27 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.01 kWh/m² to a high of 6.58 kWh/m² in September across the year — March's 5.27 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.4	Bright
2	5.4	Bright
3	5.4	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
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24	5.2	Bright
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27	5.2	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.2	Bright
31	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Kirando

In seasonPeak

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

Kirando sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

Kirando's monsoon runs November–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Cyclone

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Kirando?

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

3.8

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

3.7

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kirando.

What to pack for Kirando in March

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

In March, Kirando sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 23°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Kirando 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 Kirando peaks around March 10 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 12 at about 10 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	15	16	16	14	11	10	10	9	11	13	12	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Kirando 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 Kirando is worst in August — around 37 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 5.2× the cleanest month (May, 7 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	12	11	9	7	7	15	28	37	35	26	11	9
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Good
Feb	11	Good
Mar	9	Good
Apr	7	Good
May	7	Good
Jun	15	Moderate
Jul	28	Moderate
Aug	37	Poor
Sep	35	Moderate
Oct	26	Moderate
Nov	11	Good
Dec	9	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Kirando?

Kirando sits at 7.4°S, 30.6°E, 773 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Kituku, 47 km away.

Topography around Kirando

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kirando has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 167 m around an average of 787 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 593 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,708 m.

The land around Kirando is covered by water (38%) within 3 km, water (48%) within 16 km, and water (36%), trees (25%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

167 m

water 38%

16 km

593 m

water 48%

80 km

1,708 m

water 36%

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← February Kirando year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Kituku 47 km · Namanyere 51 km · Chala 76 km · Usevia 78 km · Pepa 96 km · Baudhuinville 102 km · Sumbawanga 128 km · Mpanda 130 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

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 Kirando (-7.4167°, 30.6°, elevation 773 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	24
2	26	24
3	26	24
4	26	24
5	26	24
6	26	24
7	26	24
8	26	23
9	26	23
10	26	23
11	26	23
12	26	23
13	26	23
14	26	23
15	26	23
16	26	23
17	26	23
18	26	23
19	26	23
20	26	23
21	26	23
22	26	23
23	26	23
24	26	23
25	26	23
26	26	23
27	26	23
28	26	23
29	26	23
30	26	23
31	26	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	12	88
2	12	88
3	12	88
4	13	87
5	13	87
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	14	86
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	15	85
14	15	85
15	15	85
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	16	84
21	15	85
22	15	85
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	15	85
26	15	85
27	15	85
28	16	84
29	16	84
30	16	84
31	15	85

	Rain chance (%)
1	88
2	88
3	88
4	88
5	88
6	88
7	88
8	88
9	88
10	88
11	88
12	89
13	89
14	89
15	89
16	89
17	89
18	90
19	90
20	90
21	91
22	91
23	92
24	92
25	92
26	93
27	93
28	93
29	94
30	94
31	94

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	86	14
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	88	12
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	94	6
31	94	6

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	24
2	26	24
3	26	24
4	26	24
5	26	24
6	26	24
7	26	24
8	26	23
9	26	23
10	26	23
11	26	23
12	26	23
13	26	23
14	26	23
15	26	23
16	26	23
17	26	23
18	26	23
19	26	23
20	26	23
21	26	23
22	26	23
23	26	23
24	26	23
25	26	23
26	26	23
27	26	23
28	26	23
29	26	23
30	26	23
31	26	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	12	88
2	12	88
3	12	88
4	13	87
5	13	87
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	14	86
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	15	85
14	15	85
15	15	85
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	16	84
21	15	85
22	15	85
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	15	85
26	15	85
27	15	85
28	16	84
29	16	84
30	16	84
31	15	85

	Rain chance (%)
1	88
2	88
3	88
4	88
5	88
6	88
7	88
8	88
9	88
10	88
11	88
12	89
13	89
14	89
15	89
16	89
17	89
18	90
19	90
20	90
21	91
22	91
23	92
24	92
25	92
26	93
27	93
28	93
29	94
30	94
31	94

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	86	14
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	88	12
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	94	6
31	94	6

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	24
2	26	24
3	26	24
4	26	24
5	26	24
6	26	24
7	26	24
8	26	23
9	26	23
10	26	23
11	26	23
12	26	23
13	26	23
14	26	23
15	26	23
16	26	23
17	26	23
18	26	23
19	26	23
20	26	23
21	26	23
22	26	23
23	26	23
24	26	23
25	26	23
26	26	23
27	26	23
28	26	23
29	26	23
30	26	23
31	26	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	12	88
2	12	88
3	12	88
4	13	87
5	13	87
6	13	87
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	14	86
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	15	85
14	15	85
15	15	85
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	16	84
21	15	85
22	15	85
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	15	85
26	15	85
27	15	85
28	16	84
29	16	84
30	16	84
31	15	85

	Rain chance (%)
1	88
2	88
3	88
4	88
5	88
6	88
7	88
8	88
9	88
10	88
11	88
12	89
13	89
14	89
15	89
16	89
17	89
18	90
19	90
20	90
21	91
22	91
23	92
24	92
25	92
26	93
27	93
28	93
29	94
30	94
31	94

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	86	14
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	88	12
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	94	6
31	94	6