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Zanzibar (Stone Town) in March

Hot and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Zanzibar (Stone Town) is hot: highs near 90°F, lows near 79°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 9 minutes.March in Zanzibar (Stone Town) is hot: highs near 32°C, lows near 26°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 9 minutes.

High
90°F32°Caverage
Low
79°F26°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 69% of days
Daylight
12h 09mon average

Is March a good time to visit Zanzibar (Stone Town)?

March sits outside Zanzibar (Stone Town)'s best months, which run from June to September. Expect hot days and rain on about five days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 90°F in March, against 84°F to 90°F through the year.Highs near 32°C in March, against 29°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

69% of days in March, against 37% to 92% through the year.

Cloud cover

72% cover in March, against 37% to 72% through the year.

Daylight

12h 09m in March, against 11h 46m to 12h 28m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with March shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. February90°32°low 79°low 26°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. March90°32°low 79°low 26°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. April87°31°low 77°low 25°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.

Where Zanzibar (Stone Town) sits, in March

Africa/Dar es Salaam
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:28 AMsets 6:37 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
6.2°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Dongwe38 km east

The land around Zanzibar (Stone Town), shaded by its typical high in March, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Tanzania in March

high · low · wet days
See March on the planning mapThe whole year in Zanzibar (Stone Town)

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Zanzibar (Stone Town). Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.