Climate averages 1991–2020
Kotido weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Kotido: daytime highs average 31.4°C and nights cool to about 20.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 5th 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 (159 km away). In March its highs average 31.0°C, about as warm as Kotido, with 95 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Kotido ranks 2nd of 21 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 21 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 21 cities is 27.1°C; Kotido is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 76 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
Kotido climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.0°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 8.3 | 1.9 | 12.012 h |
| February | 32.0°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 9.9 | 1.8 | 12.012 h |
| March, selected | 31.4°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 38 | 6.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.6°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 76 | 11.9 | 12.212 h |
| May | 28.2°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 86 | 14.1 | 12.312 h |
| June | 27.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 106 | 15.4 | 12.312 h |
| July | 26.3°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 123 | 18.4 | 12.312 h |
| August | 26.8°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 101 | 16.3 | 12.212 h |
| September | 28.8°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 44 | 6.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.0°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 46 | 8.7 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.8°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 27 | 6.1 | 12.012 h |
| December | 29.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 13 | 3.1 | 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 · 159 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 20.3°C · 95 mm rain
- Lodwar in MarchKenya · 163 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 25.3°C · 36 mm rain
- Gulu in MarchUganda · 205 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.0°C · 98 mm rain
- Kitale in MarchKenya · 239 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 12.2°C · 95 mm rain
- Busia in MarchKenya · 280 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 216 mm rain
- Eldoret in MarchKenya · 301 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 13.1°C · 97 mm rain
- Njeru in MarchUganda · 302 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 20.1°C · 178 mm rain
- Masindi in MarchUganda · 305 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.9°C · 112 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 Kotido) is explained once on the Kotido year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.