Climate averages 1991–2020
Arua 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 Arua: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 10 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 Yei (122 km away). In March its highs average 33.0°C, 3.0°C warmer than Arua, with 67 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Arua ranks 4th of 21 for the warmest March highs and 2nd of 21 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 21 cities is 27.1°C; Arua is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 mm to 80 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
Arua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.2°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 9.7 | 2.2 | 12.012 h |
| February | 31.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 17 | 3.6 | 12.012 h |
| March, selected | 30.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 50 | 9.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.0°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 80 | 14.5 | 12.212 h |
| May | 27.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 70 | 12.2 | 12.312 h |
| June | 26.7°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 85 | 13.4 | 12.312 h |
| July | 26.1°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 113 | 16.1 | 12.312 h |
| August | 26.0°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 137 | 19.1 | 12.212 h |
| September | 26.6°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 105 | 17.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 118 | 20.2 | 12.112 h |
| November | 26.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 72 | 13.7 | 12.012 h |
| December | 28.3°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 16 | 3.6 | 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
- Yei in MarchSouth Sudan · 122 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 67 mm rain
- Gulu in MarchUganda · 157 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.0°C · 98 mm rain
- Masindi in MarchUganda · 174 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Bunia in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 178 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 18.5°C · 97 mm rain
- Hoima in MarchUganda · 183 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 199 mm rain
- Juba in MarchSouth Sudan · 217 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 25.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Lira in MarchUganda · 237 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 20.3°C · 95 mm rain
- Mubende in MarchUganda · 279 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 17.5°C · 97 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 Arua) is explained once on the Arua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.