Climate averages 1991–2020
Kira weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Kira: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 174 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes March a wet month (the 7th 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 Kampala (11 km away). In March its highs average 24.8°C, 0.9°C cooler than Kira, with 165 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Kira ranks 15th of 21 for the warmest March highs and 16th of 21 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 21 cities is 27.1°C; Kira is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 174 mm to 235 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
Kira climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 110 | 18.8 | 12.112 h |
| February | 26.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 106 | 18.6 | 12.112 h |
| March, selected | 25.7°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 174 | 26.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 235 | 28.2 | 12.112 h |
| May | 24.2°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 215 | 28.4 | 12.112 h |
| June | 24.2°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 154 | 24.7 | 12.112 h |
| July | 24.2°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 133 | 22.0 | 12.112 h |
| August | 24.5°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 171 | 25.4 | 12.112 h |
| September | 25.0°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 179 | 27.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 212 | 28.9 | 12.112 h |
| November | 24.4°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 208 | 27.3 | 12.112 h |
| December | 24.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 145 | 23.1 | 12.112 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
- Kampala in MarchUganda · 11 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 19.1°C · 165 mm rain
- Nansana in MarchUganda · 12 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 165 mm rain
- Mukono in MarchUganda · 15 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 18.4°C · 186 mm rain
- Kyengera in MarchUganda · 19 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 19.0°C · 165 mm rain
- Kajansi in MarchUganda · 23 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 20.0°C · 165 mm rain
- Lugazi in MarchUganda · 34 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 212 mm rain
- Katabi in MarchUganda · 40 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 20.5°C · 194 mm rain
- Njeru in MarchUganda · 61 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 20.1°C · 178 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 Kira) is explained once on the Kira year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.