Tunduma weather in March

In March, Tunduma sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 248 mm of rain across 27.5 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 3rd-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 3% 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 Tunduma's 10th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tunduma's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
6th warmest
Overnight low
17°
9th coldest
Rainfall
248 mm
27.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
6:57 AM – 7:01 PM
Cloud cover
83%
10th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.57 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Tunduma is border town in Songwe Region, 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 Tunduma 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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Tunduma weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 6th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan25° / 17°27828.512.53.8
Feb25° / 17°21924.712.33.9
Mar25° / 17°24827.512.14.0
Apr25° / 16°12117.211.85.7
May25° / 15°143.211.68.2
Jun24° / 13°00.111.59.1
Jul24° / 12°0011.59.1
Aug26° / 13°10.211.78.8
Sep28° / 15°30.611.97.6
Oct30° / 17°204.812.25.9
Nov29° / 17°11014.512.45.0
Dec26° / 17°24925.212.54.2

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 87%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1991
2991
3991
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61189
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311981

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Tunduma gets around 248 mm of rain over 27.5 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 88% and peaks near 89% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
187
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488
588
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2789
2888
2988
3088
3187

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 90% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 8% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
138710
23889
33889
43889
52899
62899
72899
82899
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304924
315914

Wind in March

Winds average 7 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
76calm
86calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
177calm
187calm
197calm
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217calm
228calm
238calm
248calm
258calm
268calm
278calm
288calm
298calm
308calm
319calm

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 6:56 AM to 6:56 AM, and sunset from 7:08 PM to 6:52 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:567:08
212.26:567:08
312.26:577:07
412.26:577:07
512.26:577:06
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712.16:577:05
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912.16:577:04
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1412.16:577:02
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1612.16:577:01
1712.16:577:00
1812.06:576:59
1912.06:576:59
2012.06:576:58
2112.06:566:58
2212.06:566:57
2312.06:566:57
2412.06:566:56
2512.06:566:55
2612.06:566:55
2712.06:566:54
2812.06:566:54
2911.96:566:53
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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 5.57 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.29 kWh/m² to a high of 6.94 kWh/m² in October across the year — March's 5.57 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Tunduma

In seasonPeak

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

Tunduma's monsoon runs December–March, 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 Tunduma?

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

4.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
3.6
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Tunduma for sightseeing.

What to pack for Tunduma in March

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

In March, Tunduma sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 17°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

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

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 17UV 16Jun 16UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan16Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Tunduma 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 Tunduma is worst in October — around 20 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.7× the cleanest month (May, 8 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateGoodOct 1020 µg/m³May 218 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Moderate
Feb13Moderate
Mar12Good
Apr10Good
May8Good
Jun8Good
Jul11Good
Aug16Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct20Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Tunduma?

Tunduma sits at 9.3°S, 32.8°E, 1,698 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Nakonde, 5.0 km away.

ChitipaUtenguleKiwiraMbeyaKatumba

Topography around Tunduma

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tunduma has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 250 m around an average of 1,612 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 491 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,595 m.

The land around Tunduma is covered by artificial surfaces (49%) and cropland (38%) within 3 km, cropland (58%) and shrubs (24%) within 16 km, and cropland (31%), shrubs (25%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
250 m
16 km
491 m
80 km
1,595 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
March weather nearby: Nakonde 5.0 km · Vwawa 28 km · Mlowo 41 km · Chitipa 71 km · Utengule 76 km · Kiwira 86 km · Mbeya 87 km · Katumba 94 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 Tunduma (-9.3°, 32.7667°, elevation 1,698 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).