Climate averages 1991–2020
Yei weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Yei: daytime highs average 33.0°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arua (122 km away). In March its highs average 30.0°C, 3.0°C cooler than Yei, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in South Sudan, Yei ranks 6th of 6 for the warmest March highs and 6th of 6 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 6 cities is 37.5°C; Yei is 4.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 67 mm to 146 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Yei climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.3°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 9.5 | 2.0 | 11.912 h |
| February | 34.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 15 | 3.4 | 12.012 h |
| March, selected | 33.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 67 | 12.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.6°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 146 | 19.7 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.0°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 155 | 21.7 | 12.312 h |
| June | 27.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 143 | 22.0 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.3°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 183 | 24.6 | 12.312 h |
| August | 27.5°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 199 | 27.2 | 12.212 h |
| September | 27.9°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 178 | 24.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.0°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 225 | 25.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.1°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 123 | 16.2 | 11.912 h |
| December | 31.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 21 | 4.0 | 11.912 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Arua in MarchUganda · 122 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 50 mm rain
- Juba in MarchSouth Sudan · 131 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 25.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Gulu in MarchUganda · 232 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.0°C · 98 mm rain
- Bunia in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 286 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 18.5°C · 97 mm rain
- Masindi in MarchUganda · 293 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Hoima in MarchUganda · 305 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 199 mm rain
- Lira in MarchUganda · 321 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 20.3°C · 95 mm rain
- Bakwa in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 364 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 99 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Yei) is explained once on the Yei year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.