Laela weather in March

In March, Laela sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 186 mm of rain across 23.5 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 4th-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 10% of the time in March, and the air most often feels humid.

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

Daytime high
25°
7th warmest
Overnight low
17°
9th coldest
Rainfall
186 mm
23.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
7:00 AM – 7:03 PM
Cloud cover
77%
9th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.78 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.6
out of 10

Laela is human settlement in 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 Laela reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°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 27°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and on par with April.

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Laela weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 7th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan24° / 17°26025.912.44.2
Feb25° / 17°21522.812.34.3
Mar25° / 17°18623.512.14.6
Apr25° / 17°8115.311.85.9
May26° / 15°133.211.68.1
Jun25° / 13°0011.58.9
Jul25° / 12°0011.69.1
Aug26° / 14°0011.78.7
Sep28° / 16°10.211.98.0
Oct29° / 18°9212.26.7
Nov28° / 19°729.912.46.0
Dec25° / 18°20220.912.54.9

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11585
21585
31585
41585
51684
61783
71783
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Laela gets around 186 mm of rain over 23.5 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 76% and peaks near 79% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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2777
2877
2977
3077
3177

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 91% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 6% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
15878
25887
34897
44897
54897
64897
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264924
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294924
305914
315923

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 6 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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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 7:00 AM to 6:59 AM, and sunset from 7:10 PM to 6:55 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.27:007:10
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2212.06:597:00
2312.06:596:59
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2712.06:596:57
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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 5.78 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.45 kWh/m² to a high of 7.03 kWh/m² in October across the year — March's 5.78 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Laela

In seasonPeak

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

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

Laela's monsoon runs December–March, 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 Laela?

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

4.6
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
4.2
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Laela for sightseeing.

What to pack for Laela in March

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

In March, Laela sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 17°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Laela 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 Laela peaks around February 20 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 20UV 16Jun 17UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan16Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Laela 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 Laela is worst in September — around 20 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.1× the cleanest month (May, 7 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1020 µg/m³May 177 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb11Good
Mar10Good
Apr8Good
May7Good
Jun8Good
Jul14Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov11Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Laela?

Laela sits at 8.6°S, 32.0°E, 1,564 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Matai, 66 km away.

MbalaSumbawangaMpulunguMlowoTundumaVwawaNakonde

Topography around Laela

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Laela has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 293 m around an average of 1,586 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,248 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,572 m.

The land around Laela is covered by cropland (74%) within 3 km, cropland (67%) within 16 km, and cropland (43%) within 80 km.

3 km
293 m
16 km
1,248 m
80 km
1,572 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
March weather nearby: Matai 66 km · Mbala 81 km · Sumbawanga 82 km · Mpulungu 105 km · Mlowo 113 km · Tunduma 113 km · Vwawa 114 km · Nakonde 115 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 Laela (-8.5667°, 32.05°, elevation 1,564 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).