Climate averages 1991–2020
Gulu weather
in March.
A hot, 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 Gulu: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 21.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 98 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a 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 Lira (89 km away). In March its highs average 31.0°C, 0.6°C cooler than Gulu, with 95 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Gulu ranks 1st of 21 for the warmest March highs and 6th of 21 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 21 cities is 27.1°C; Gulu is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 98 mm to 198 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
Gulu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.7°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 18 | 3.0 | 12.012 h |
| February | 32.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 18 | 4.2 | 12.012 h |
| March, selected | 31.6°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 98 | 12.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.6°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 198 | 22.0 | 12.212 h |
| May | 27.3°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 184 | 24.0 | 12.212 h |
| June | 26.7°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 134 | 19.3 | 12.312 h |
| July | 26.4°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 160 | 22.5 | 12.312 h |
| August | 26.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 200 | 24.6 | 12.212 h |
| September | 27.5°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 163 | 20.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.7°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 195 | 21.0 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.2°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 121 | 13.9 | 12.012 h |
| December | 29.9°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 30 | 5.2 | 12.012 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
- Lira in MarchUganda · 89 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 20.3°C · 95 mm rain
- Masindi in MarchUganda · 138 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Arua in MarchUganda · 157 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 50 mm rain
- Hoima in MarchUganda · 183 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 199 mm rain
- Kotido in MarchUganda · 205 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Yei in MarchSouth Sudan · 232 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 67 mm rain
- Juba in MarchSouth Sudan · 244 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 25.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Mityana in MarchUganda · 264 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.0°C · 138 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 Gulu) is explained once on the Gulu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.