Tanzania

Mbeya in March

Historical averages 2016–2025 · not a forecast

March weather in Mbeya

March in Mbeya averages daily highs of 24°C and lows of 17°C, with 10 hours of sunshine a day and rain on about 28 of 31 days.

Daily high
24°C average
Overnight low
17°C average
Rain days
28 of 31 days with at least 1 mm (90% rain-day chance)
Sunshine
10 hours a day
Daylight
12 hours calculated day length

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Mbeya in March

March in Mbeya: average highs of 24°C, lows of 17°C and 10 hours of sunshine a day. A starting point for planning around the historical weather.

March in Mbeya, Tanzania, brings average daily highs of 24°C and overnight lows of 17°C in the 2016–2025 historical record. Pack clothes you can layer as conditions change. The average leaves room for both warmer and cooler days, so a flexible walking plan is more useful than deciding every outdoor stop before you arrive.

In the record, at least 1 mm of rain or snow falls on 28 of 31 days on average, a daily chance of 90%. Make flexibility part of the trip from the outset. Keep time outside easy to rearrange and choose plans that still work if it rains. The monthly figures do not establish whether rain is brief, prolonged or concentrated at a particular time.

The calculated day length, sunrise to sunset, averages about 12 hours. Sunshine averages 10 hours a day. Use the daylight window to plan the length of excursions, and check local sunrise and sunset times for the dates of your stay. Sunshine is a separate measure, and those hours need not arrive in one uninterrupted stretch.

For nature trips or walks, keep the longest outings movable and check route conditions locally; a monthly climate average cannot establish whether a particular path is accessible.

The following month, April, has a similar average daily high of 24°C. Its historical rain-day chance is 85%, compared with 90% this month. If your dates are flexible, compare those trade-offs with the kind of days you want. Neither set of averages predicts the conditions of one particular holiday.

Sources

Open-Meteo · 1 Jan 2016 – 31 Dec 2025
  • Open-Meteo Historical Weather API
  • Averages of every day in March, on local days. Every year is weighted equally.
  • A rain day has at least 1 mm, snow included. Daylight is calculated from latitude, sunrise to sunset; sunshine hours are separate.