Nanganga weather in March

In March, Nanganga sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 251 mm of rain across 26.2 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 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% 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 Nanganga's 10th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nanganga's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 251 mm; 26.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 6:31 AM – 6:35 PM
Cloud cover: 78%; 10th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 5.14 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.6; out of 10

Nanganga is settlement in Mtwara Region, Tanzania.

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

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical March day in Nanganga reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°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 30°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)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

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

Nanganga 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	29° / 21°	174	21.2	12.5	4.0
Feb	29° / 21°	186	19.4	12.3	4.0
Mar	28° / 21°	251	26.2	12.1	3.6
Apr	28° / 20°	126	19.2	11.8	4.9
May	28° / 18°	28	6.4	11.5	7.1
Jun	27° / 17°	6	1.8	11.4	7.9
Jul	27° / 16°	5	1.4	11.5	8.0
Aug	28° / 16°	6	1.9	11.7	7.7
Sep	29° / 17°	9	3.2	11.9	6.8
Oct	29° / 19°	24	6.8	12.2	5.9
Nov	30° / 20°	56	11.5	12.5	5.0
Dec	29° / 21°	140	19.8	12.6	4.1

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%.

	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 (%)	20	20	21	20	21	20	21	21	22	22	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	24	25	25	25	26	26	27	28	29
Cloudier (%)	80	80	79	80	79	80	79	79	78	78	77	77	76	76	76	76	76	76	77	77	77	77	76	75	75	75	74	74	73	72	71

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	20	80
3	21	79
4	20	80
5	21	79
6	20	80
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	23	77
12	23	77
13	24	76
14	24	76
15	24	76
16	24	76
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	23	77
23	24	76
24	25	75
25	25	75
26	25	75
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	27	73
30	28	72
31	29	71

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Nanganga gets around 251 mm of rain over 26.2 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 83% and peaks near 87% 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 (%)	76	77	77	78	79	80	81	81	82	82	82	83	83	84	84	84	85	85	85	86	86	86	87	87	87	87	87	86	86	86	85

	Rain chance (%)
1	76
2	77
3	77
4	78
5	79
6	80
7	81
8	81
9	82
10	82
11	82
12	83
13	83
14	84
15	84
16	84
17	85
18	85
19	85
20	86
21	86
22	86
23	87
24	87
25	87
26	87
27	87
28	86
29	86
30	86
31	85

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 77% 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 (%)	24	24	24	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	22	23	24	26	28	29	31
Oppressive (%)	76	76	76	77	77	77	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	79	79	79	80	80	80	80	80	79	79	78	77	76	74	72	71	69

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	24	76
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	23	77
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	22	78
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	22	78
12	21	79
13	21	79
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	21	79
17	21	79
18	20	80
19	20	80
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	20	80
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	22	78
26	23	77
27	24	76
28	26	74
29	28	72
30	29	71
31	31	69

Wind in March

Winds average 6 km/h in March, the calmest month.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
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30	6	calm
31	6	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 6:30 AM to 6:31 AM, and sunset from 6:43 PM to 6:26 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	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31
Sunset (PM)	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:27	6:26

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	6:30	6:43
2	12.2	6:30	6:43
3	12.2	6:30	6:42
4	12.2	6:30	6:42
5	12.2	6:31	6:41
6	12.2	6:31	6:41
7	12.2	6:31	6:40
8	12.1	6:31	6:40
9	12.1	6:31	6:39
10	12.1	6:31	6:39
11	12.1	6:31	6:38
12	12.1	6:31	6:37
13	12.1	6:31	6:37
14	12.1	6:31	6:36
15	12.1	6:31	6:36
16	12.1	6:31	6:35
17	12.1	6:31	6:35
18	12.1	6:31	6:34
19	12.0	6:31	6:33
20	12.0	6:31	6:33
21	12.0	6:31	6:32
22	12.0	6:31	6:32
23	12.0	6:31	6:31
24	12.0	6:31	6:30
25	12.0	6:31	6:30
26	12.0	6:31	6:29
27	12.0	6:31	6:29
28	12.0	6:31	6:28
29	11.9	6:31	6:27
30	11.9	6:31	6:27
31	11.9	6:31	6:26

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.14 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.98 kWh/m² to a high of 6.32 kWh/m² in October across the year — March's 5.14 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)	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0
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	5.2	Bright
2	5.2	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.2	Bright
7	5.2	Bright
8	5.2	Bright
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10	5.2	Bright
11	5.2	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
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14	5.2	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
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17	5.2	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
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20	5.2	Bright
21	5.1	Bright
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25	5.1	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.1	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.0	Bright
31	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Nanganga

In seasonPeak

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

Nanganga'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 Nanganga?

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

3.6

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

4.3

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Nanganga.

What to pack for Nanganga in March

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

In March, Nanganga sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Nanganga 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 Nanganga peaks around March 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 10 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	14	15	13	10	10	9	11	13	14	13	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Nanganga 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 Nanganga is worst in July — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (May, 10 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)	13	12	11	11	10	12	18	18	11	10	12	10
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	13	Moderate
Feb	12	Moderate
Mar	11	Good
Apr	11	Good
May	10	Good
Jun	12	Good
Jul	18	Moderate
Aug	18	Moderate
Sep	11	Good
Oct	10	Good
Nov	12	Good
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Nanganga?

Nanganga sits at 10.4°S, 39.1°E, 214 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Nyangao, 16 km away.

Topography around Nanganga

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nanganga has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 90 m around an average of 221 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 687 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 936 m.

The land around Nanganga is covered by grassland (37%), shrubs (31%) and cropland (22%) within 3 km, trees (43%), shrubs (25%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (47%), shrubs (22%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

90 m

grassland 37%

16 km

687 m

trees 43%

80 km

936 m

trees 47%

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

March weather nearby: Nyangao 16 km · Nachingwea 42 km · Ruangwa 42 km · Lukuledi 43 km · Masasi 53 km · Luchingu 61 km · Newala 63 km · Newala Kisimani 65 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 Nanganga (-10.3833°, 39.15°, elevation 214 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	28	21
2	28	21
3	28	21
4	28	21
5	28	21
6	28	21
7	28	21
8	28	21
9	28	21
10	28	21
11	28	21
12	28	21
13	28	21
14	28	21
15	28	21
16	28	21
17	28	21
18	28	21
19	28	21
20	28	21
21	28	21
22	28	21
23	28	21
24	28	21
25	28	21
26	28	21
27	28	21
28	28	21
29	28	21
30	28	21
31	28	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	20	80
3	21	79
4	20	80
5	21	79
6	20	80
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	23	77
12	23	77
13	24	76
14	24	76
15	24	76
16	24	76
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	23	77
23	24	76
24	25	75
25	25	75
26	25	75
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	27	73
30	28	72
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	76
2	77
3	77
4	78
5	79
6	80
7	81
8	81
9	82
10	82
11	82
12	83
13	83
14	84
15	84
16	84
17	85
18	85
19	85
20	86
21	86
22	86
23	87
24	87
25	87
26	87
27	87
28	86
29	86
30	86
31	85

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	24	76
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	23	77
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	22	78
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	22	78
12	21	79
13	21	79
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	21	79
17	21	79
18	20	80
19	20	80
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	20	80
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	22	78
26	23	77
27	24	76
28	26	74
29	28	72
30	29	71
31	31	69

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	20	80
3	21	79
4	20	80
5	21	79
6	20	80
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	23	77
12	23	77
13	24	76
14	24	76
15	24	76
16	24	76
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	23	77
23	24	76
24	25	75
25	25	75
26	25	75
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	27	73
30	28	72
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	76
2	77
3	77
4	78
5	79
6	80
7	81
8	81
9	82
10	82
11	82
12	83
13	83
14	84
15	84
16	84
17	85
18	85
19	85
20	86
21	86
22	86
23	87
24	87
25	87
26	87
27	87
28	86
29	86
30	86
31	85

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	24	76
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	23	77
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	22	78
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	22	78
12	21	79
13	21	79
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	21	79
17	21	79
18	20	80
19	20	80
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	20	80
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	22	78
26	23	77
27	24	76
28	26	74
29	28	72
30	29	71
31	31	69

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	20	80
3	21	79
4	20	80
5	21	79
6	20	80
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	23	77
12	23	77
13	24	76
14	24	76
15	24	76
16	24	76
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	23	77
23	24	76
24	25	75
25	25	75
26	25	75
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	27	73
30	28	72
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	76
2	77
3	77
4	78
5	79
6	80
7	81
8	81
9	82
10	82
11	82
12	83
13	83
14	84
15	84
16	84
17	85
18	85
19	85
20	86
21	86
22	86
23	87
24	87
25	87
26	87
27	87
28	86
29	86
30	86
31	85

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	24	76
2	24	76
3	24	76
4	23	77
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	22	78
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	22	78
12	21	79
13	21	79
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	21	79
17	21	79
18	20	80
19	20	80
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	20	80
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	22	78
26	23	77
27	24	76
28	26	74
29	28	72
30	29	71
31	31	69