Mtama Weather in March
Mtama in March
The short of it: Mtama in March averages a high of 31 °C (89 °F) and a low of 23 °C (73 °F), with 181 mm (7.1 in) of rain and about 12 h 11 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 31° · low 23° · rain 181 mm · daylight 12 h 11 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Mtama an average March high of 31°, a low of 23° and some 181 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 31° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 181 mm.
The sun is up for about 12 h 11 min in mid-March, 16 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates March 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Mtama runs about middling and drier than most in March. Nyangao, 10 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
March in Mtama, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus February
- about the same, 24 mm more rain
- Versus April
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 11 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NyangaoLindi | 10 km WSW | 31° | 22° | 187 mm |
| NangangaMtwara | 25 km WSW | 31° | 22° | 182 mm |
| MingoyoLindi | 35 km NE | 32° | 24° | 172 mm |
| KitangariMtwara | 39 km S | 30° | 21° | 235 mm |
| LindiLindi | 51 km NE | 32° | 23° | 180 mm |
| MbekenyeraLindi | 54 km NW | 30° | 22° | 182 mm |
| RuangwaLindi | 54 km WNW | 30° | 22° | 182 mm |
| TandahimbaMtwara | 58 km SSE | 30° | 21° | 240 mm |