Tabora weather in March

In March, Tabora sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 129 mm of rain across 17.1 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 3rd-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 21% of the time in March, and the air most often feels humid.

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

Daytime high
28°
8th warmest
Overnight low
19°
8th coldest
Rainfall
129 mm
17.1 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:57 AM – 6:59 PM
Cloud cover
66%
9th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
6.05 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.0
out of 10

Tabora is city 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 28°C through the month.

A typical March day in Tabora reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and on par with April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Tabora weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 19°15220.912.34.7
Feb28° / 19°11316.412.24.8
Mar28° / 19°12917.1125.0
Apr28° / 19°8012.211.95.8
May29° / 19°142.911.86.7
Jun29° / 18°00.111.77.0
Jul29° / 17°0011.77.2
Aug30° / 18°10.211.86.4
Sep31° / 20°20.4125.5
Oct32° / 21°183.112.14.8
Nov30° / 20°9411.612.24.7
Dec28° / 19°15519.712.34.7

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 60%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13763
23763
33763
43862
53862
63862
73862
83961
93961
104060
114060
124159
134159
144159
154258
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204159
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224159
234060
244060
254060
264060
274060
283961
293862
303862
313763

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Tabora gets around 129 mm of rain over 17.1 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 54% and peaks near 60% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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556
655
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1850
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2052
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2254
2355
2456
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2657
2758
2859
2959
3060
3160

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 48% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 43% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1194644
2094644
30104644
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Wind in March

Winds average 7 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
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318calm

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 6:59 AM to 6:55 AM, and sunset from 7:05 PM to 6:53 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.16:597:05
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312.16:597:04
412.16:597:04
512.16:597:04
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712.16:587:03
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912.16:587:02
1012.16:587:02
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1212.16:587:01
1312.06:587:01
1412.06:587:00
1512.06:577:00
1612.06:576:59
1712.06:576:59
1812.06:576:59
1912.06:576:58
2012.06:576:58
2112.06:576:57
2212.06:566:57
2312.06:566:56
2412.06:566:56
2512.06:566:55
2612.06:566:55
2712.06:556:54
2812.06:556:54
2912.06:556:53
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3112.06:556:53

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6.05 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.55 kWh/m² to a high of 6.9 kWh/m² in September across the year — March's 6.05 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.2Intense
26.2Intense
36.2Intense
46.2Intense
56.2Intense
66.2Intense
76.2Intense
86.2Intense
96.2Intense
106.2Intense
116.2Intense
126.1Intense
136.1Intense
146.1Intense
156.1Intense
166.1Intense
176.1Intense
186.1Intense
196.0Intense
206.0Intense
216.0Intense
226.0Bright
236.0Bright
245.9Bright
255.9Bright
265.9Bright
275.9Bright
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Tabora

In seasonPeak

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

Tabora's rainy season runs November–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is March a good time to visit Tabora?

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

5.0
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
5.7
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Tabora for sightseeing.

What to pack for Tabora in March

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

In March, Tabora sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Tabora 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 Tabora peaks around February 22 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 22UV 16Jun 17UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Tabora?

Tabora sits at 5.0°S, 32.8°E, 1,191 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Tumbi, 12 km away.

SikongeUramboNzegaIsakaTindeKahama

Topography around Tabora

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tabora has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 88 m around an average of 1,203 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 198 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 317 m.

The land around Tabora is covered by artificial surfaces (50%) and cropland (21%) within 3 km, shrubs (49%) and cropland (33%) within 16 km, and cropland (45%), shrubs (28%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
88 m
16 km
198 m
80 km
317 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
March weather nearby: Tumbi 12 km · Mabama 35 km · Sikonge 69 km · Urambo 86 km · Nzega 97 km · Isaka 125 km · Tinde 133 km · Kahama 134 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 Tabora (-5.0162°, 32.8266°, elevation 1,191 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).