Morogoro weather in March

In March, Morogoro sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 192 mm of rain across 23.7 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 29°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in March, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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

Daytime high
30°
6th warmest
Overnight low
22°
10th coldest
Rainfall
192 mm
23.7 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:38 AM – 6:40 PM
Cloud cover
69%
11th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.48 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Morogoro is city in Tanzania.

Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 23.3 µg/m³ · 2011
Density
1,309/km²
people per km²

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

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 29°C by the end.

A typical March day in Morogoro reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 1°C cooler than February and about 2°C warmer than April.

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How March really feels in Morogoro

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 27 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
27
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Morogoro weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 6th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 22°11016.612.43.7
Feb31° / 22°11214.912.23.7
Mar30° / 22°19223.7123.4
Apr28° / 21°16124.611.93.9
May28° / 19°5912.611.76.0
Jun27° / 18°154.211.67.2
Jul27° / 17°92.611.67.4
Aug28° / 17°11311.87.0
Sep29° / 18°113.2126.2
Oct30° / 19°347.212.25.2
Nov31° / 21°6014.612.34.2
Dec31° / 22°10218.912.43.6

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 63%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Morogoro gets around 192 mm of rain over 23.7 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 76% and peaks near 90% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 63% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
144649
244650
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534354
634255
724157
824157
924058
1023959
1113960
1213861
1313861
1413762
1513663
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1713465
1813366
1913267
2013168
2113069
2212970
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3002872
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Wind in March

Winds average 4 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 4 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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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 6:38 AM to 6:36 AM, and sunset from 6:47 PM to 6:33 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.16:386:47
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512.16:386:45
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712.16:386:44
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3012.06:366:33
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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 5.48 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.62 kWh/m² to a high of 6.11 kWh/m² in February across the year — March's 5.48 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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315.0Bright
Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Morogoro

In seasonPeak

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

Morogoro'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 Morogoro?

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

3.4
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Morogoro.

What to pack for Morogoro in March

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

In March, Morogoro sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Morogoro 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 Morogoro peaks around March 11 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeMar 11UV 15Jun 17UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Morogoro 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 Morogoro is worst in July — around 33 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (November, 16 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Morogoro's WHO annual average of 23.3 µg/m³.

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJul 2332 µg/m³Nov 1917 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan23Moderate
Feb23Moderate
Mar21Moderate
Apr18Moderate
May19Moderate
Jun24Moderate
Jul33Moderate
Aug32Moderate
Sep30Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov16Moderate
Dec18Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Morogoro?

Morogoro sits at 6.8°S, 37.7°E, 504 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Ngerengere, 51 km away.

KilosaMadiziniChalinzeLubata

Topography around Morogoro

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Morogoro has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 127 m around an average of 508 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,863 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,548 m.

The land around Morogoro is covered by artificial surfaces (45%) and trees (27%) within 3 km, trees (35%) and shrubs (25%) within 16 km, and trees (45%) and shrubs (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
127 m
16 km
1,863 m
80 km
2,548 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
March weather nearby: Ngerengere 51 km · Magole 59 km · Dumila 60 km · Msowero 60 km · Kilosa 75 km · Madizini 76 km · Chalinze 79 km · Lubata 83 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 Morogoro (-6.821°, 37.6612°, elevation 504 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).