Malinyi weather in March

In March, Malinyi sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 271 mm of rain across 28 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in March, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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 Malinyi's 11th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Malinyi's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 271 mm; 28 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 6:43 AM – 6:47 PM
Cloud cover: 77%; 11th clearest
Wind: 3 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.86 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.2; out of 10

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

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical March day in Malinyi reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 1°C cooler than February and about 1°C warmer than 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)	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

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

How March really feels in Malinyi

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 18 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in March is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Malinyi weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 22°	221	23.4	12.5	3.2
Feb	30° / 22°	180	21.9	12.3	3.2
Mar	29° / 22°	271	28	12.1	3.2
Apr	28° / 21°	197	24.5	11.8	4.1
May	27° / 19°	60	11.7	11.6	6.3
Jun	27° / 17°	11	3	11.5	7.7
Jul	27° / 16°	7	1.6	11.5	7.8
Aug	28° / 17°	12	3.7	11.7	7.2
Sep	30° / 19°	10	2.4	11.9	6.0
Oct	32° / 20°	29	5.9	12.2	4.6
Nov	33° / 22°	82	10.7	12.4	3.6
Dec	31° / 22°	208	21.6	12.5	3.2

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%.

	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 (%)	22	22	22	23	22	22	23	23	24	22	23	23	24	23	24	24	24	24	24	23	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Cloudier (%)	78	78	78	77	78	78	77	77	76	78	77	77	76	77	76	76	76	76	76	77	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	79	79	79	79

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	22	78
4	23	77
5	22	78
6	22	78
7	23	77
8	23	77
9	24	76
10	22	78
11	23	77
12	23	77
13	24	76
14	23	77
15	24	76
16	24	76
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	23	77
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	21	79
26	21	79
27	21	79
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	21	79
31	21	79

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Malinyi gets around 271 mm of rain over 28 wet days in March, the wettest month. 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 95% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	79	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	88	89	89	90	91	92	92	93	93	94	94	94	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	94

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	79
3	80
4	81
5	82
6	83
7	84
8	85
9	86
10	88
11	89
12	89
13	90
14	91
15	92
16	92
17	93
18	93
19	94
20	94
21	94
22	95
23	95
24	95
25	95
26	95
27	95
28	95
29	95
30	95
31	94

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, March lands in the oppressive band about 81% 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 (%)	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	18	20	21	23	24	26	28
Oppressive (%)	79	80	80	80	81	81	81	82	82	83	83	83	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	83	82	82	80	79	77	76	74	72

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	21	79
2	20	80
3	20	80
4	20	80
5	19	81
6	19	81
7	19	81
8	18	82
9	18	82
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	17	83
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	16	84
19	16	84
20	16	84
21	16	84
22	16	84
23	17	83
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	20	80
27	21	79
28	23	77
29	24	76
30	26	74
31	28	72

Wind in March

Winds average 3 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 3 km/h on the calmest days to 4 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)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
5	4	calm
6	4	calm
7	4	calm
8	4	calm
9	4	calm
10	4	calm
11	4	calm
12	4	calm
13	4	calm
14	4	calm
15	4	calm
16	3	calm
17	3	calm
18	3	calm
19	3	calm
20	3	calm
21	3	calm
22	3	calm
23	3	calm
24	3	calm
25	3	calm
26	3	calm
27	3	calm
28	3	calm
29	3	calm
30	3	calm
31	3	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 6:43 AM to 6:42 AM, and sunset from 6:54 PM to 6:38 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	12.2	12.2	12.2	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	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:42
Sunset (PM)	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:38

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	6:43	6:54
2	12.2	6:43	6:54
3	12.2	6:43	6:53
4	12.2	6:43	6:53
5	12.2	6:43	6:53
6	12.1	6:43	6:52
7	12.1	6:43	6:52
8	12.1	6:43	6:51
9	12.1	6:43	6:51
10	12.1	6:43	6:50
11	12.1	6:43	6:50
12	12.1	6:43	6:49
13	12.1	6:43	6:49
14	12.1	6:43	6:48
15	12.1	6:43	6:47
16	12.1	6:43	6:47
17	12.1	6:43	6:46
18	12.0	6:43	6:46
19	12.0	6:43	6:45
20	12.0	6:43	6:45
21	12.0	6:43	6:44
22	12.0	6:43	6:44
23	12.0	6:43	6:43
24	12.0	6:43	6:42
25	12.0	6:43	6:42
26	12.0	6:43	6:41
27	12.0	6:43	6:41
28	12.0	6:43	6:40
29	12.0	6:43	6:40
30	11.9	6:42	6:39
31	11.9	6:42	6:38

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.86 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.39 kWh/m² to a high of 6.29 kWh/m² in November across the year — March's 4.86 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5
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	5.3	Bright
2	5.2	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.1	Bright
6	5.1	Bright
7	5.1	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.8	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.7	Bright
23	4.7	Bright
24	4.7	Bright
25	4.7	Bright
26	4.6	Bright
27	4.6	Bright
28	4.6	Bright
29	4.6	Bright
30	4.5	Bright
31	4.5	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Malinyi

In seasonPeak

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

Malinyi's monsoon runs December–April, 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 Malinyi?

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

3.2

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

4.1

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Malinyi.

What to pack for Malinyi in March

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

In March, Malinyi sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Malinyi in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Malinyi peaks around March 12 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 9 (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)	13	15	15	13	10	9	10	10	12	13	13	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Malinyi 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 Malinyi is worst in November — around 49 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 5.5× the cleanest month (June, 9 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	12	11	9	9	9	13	23	31	47	49	13
Level	Good	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Good
Feb	12	Moderate
Mar	11	Good
Apr	9	Good
May	9	Good
Jun	9	Good
Jul	13	Moderate
Aug	23	Moderate
Sep	31	Moderate
Oct	47	Poor
Nov	49	Poor
Dec	13	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Malinyi?

Malinyi sits at 8.9°S, 36.1°E, 295 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Mlimba, 38 km away.

Topography around Malinyi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Malinyi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 19 m around an average of 289 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 320 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,885 m.

The land around Malinyi is covered by cropland (47%) and trees (25%) within 3 km, cropland (58%) within 16 km, and trees (66%) within 80 km.

3 km

19 m

cropland 47%

16 km

320 m

cropland 58%

80 km

1,885 m

trees 66%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswetland

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

March weather nearby: Mlimba 38 km · Ifakara 108 km · Mafinga 116 km · Iringa 138 km · Ilula 140 km · Mahanje 142 km · Makumbako 143 km · Mtwango 147 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 Malinyi (-8.9333°, 36.1333°, elevation 295 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	22	78
4	23	77
5	22	78
6	22	78
7	23	77
8	23	77
9	24	76
10	22	78
11	23	77
12	23	77
13	24	76
14	23	77
15	24	76
16	24	76
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	23	77
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	21	79
26	21	79
27	21	79
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	21	79
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	79
3	80
4	81
5	82
6	83
7	84
8	85
9	86
10	88
11	89
12	89
13	90
14	91
15	92
16	92
17	93
18	93
19	94
20	94
21	94
22	95
23	95
24	95
25	95
26	95
27	95
28	95
29	95
30	95
31	94

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	21	79
2	20	80
3	20	80
4	20	80
5	19	81
6	19	81
7	19	81
8	18	82
9	18	82
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	17	83
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	16	84
19	16	84
20	16	84
21	16	84
22	16	84
23	17	83
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	20	80
27	21	79
28	23	77
29	24	76
30	26	74
31	28	72

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	22	78
4	23	77
5	22	78
6	22	78
7	23	77
8	23	77
9	24	76
10	22	78
11	23	77
12	23	77
13	24	76
14	23	77
15	24	76
16	24	76
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	23	77
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	21	79
26	21	79
27	21	79
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	21	79
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	79
3	80
4	81
5	82
6	83
7	84
8	85
9	86
10	88
11	89
12	89
13	90
14	91
15	92
16	92
17	93
18	93
19	94
20	94
21	94
22	95
23	95
24	95
25	95
26	95
27	95
28	95
29	95
30	95
31	94

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	21	79
2	20	80
3	20	80
4	20	80
5	19	81
6	19	81
7	19	81
8	18	82
9	18	82
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	17	83
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	16	84
19	16	84
20	16	84
21	16	84
22	16	84
23	17	83
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	20	80
27	21	79
28	23	77
29	24	76
30	26	74
31	28	72

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	22	78
4	23	77
5	22	78
6	22	78
7	23	77
8	23	77
9	24	76
10	22	78
11	23	77
12	23	77
13	24	76
14	23	77
15	24	76
16	24	76
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	23	77
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	21	79
26	21	79
27	21	79
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	21	79
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	79
3	80
4	81
5	82
6	83
7	84
8	85
9	86
10	88
11	89
12	89
13	90
14	91
15	92
16	92
17	93
18	93
19	94
20	94
21	94
22	95
23	95
24	95
25	95
26	95
27	95
28	95
29	95
30	95
31	94

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	21	79
2	20	80
3	20	80
4	20	80
5	19	81
6	19	81
7	19	81
8	18	82
9	18	82
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	17	83
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	16	84
19	16	84
20	16	84
21	16	84
22	16	84
23	17	83
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	20	80
27	21	79
28	23	77
29	24	76
30	26	74
31	28	72