Climate averages 1991–2020
Bukoba weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Bukoba: daytime highs average 25.1°C and nights cool to about 20.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 151 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Masaka (111 km away). In March its highs average 25.6°C, about as warm as Bukoba, with 117 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Bukoba ranks 35th of 43 for the warmest March highs and 20th of 43 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 43 cities is 27.2°C; Bukoba is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 151 mm to 186 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
Bukoba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.8°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 120 | 21.0 | 12.212 h |
| February | 25.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 115 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| March, selected | 25.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 151 | 22.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 186 | 24.6 | 12.112 h |
| May | 24.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 118 | 20.0 | 12.112 h |
| June | 24.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 47 | 9.4 | 12.012 h |
| July | 23.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 29 | 4.9 | 12.112 h |
| August | 24.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 74 | 12.5 | 12.112 h |
| September | 24.4°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 110 | 19.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.1°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 160 | 24.9 | 12.112 h |
| November | 23.9°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 169 | 26.2 | 12.212 h |
| December | 24.1°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 140 | 24.1 | 12.212 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
- Masaka in MarchUganda · 111 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.8°C · 117 mm rain
- Mbarara in MarchUganda · 153 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.9°C · 66 mm rain
- Nyagatare in MarchRwanda · 166 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 16.4°C · 95 mm rain
- Katabi in MarchUganda · 174 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 20.5°C · 194 mm rain
- Sengerema in MarchTanzania · 175 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 122 mm rain
- Geita in MarchTanzania · 178 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 149 mm rain
- Mwanza in MarchTanzania · 179 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 21.4°C · 181 mm rain
- Rutoma in MarchUganda · 180 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.0°C · 121 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 Bukoba) is explained once on the Bukoba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.