Climate averages 1991–2020

Lira 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.

Average high 31.0°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 20.3°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 95 mm 13 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a hot month in Lira: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 20.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 95 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 Gulu (89 km away). In March its highs average 31.6°C, 0.6°C warmer than Lira, with 98 mm of rain.

Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Lira ranks 3rd of 21 for the warmest March highs and 4th of 21 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 21 cities is 27.1°C; Lira is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 95 mm to 182 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Lira climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Lira, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	31.1°C19.6°C	19.6°C	22	4.3	12.012 h
February	32.2°C20.5°C	20.5°C	29	5.7	12.012 h
March, selected	31.0°C20.3°C	20.3°C	95	13.0	12.112 h
April	28.3°C19.4°C	19.4°C	182	22.2	12.212 h
May	27.2°C18.8°C	18.8°C	169	23.6	12.212 h
June	26.8°C18.2°C	18.2°C	114	19.9	12.212 h
July	26.6°C17.8°C	17.8°C	116	20.7	12.212 h
August	26.9°C17.8°C	17.8°C	146	22.2	12.212 h
September	27.9°C18.1°C	18.1°C	117	17.9	12.112 h
October	27.9°C18.4°C	18.4°C	157	19.4	12.112 h
November	28.1°C18.4°C	18.4°C	103	14.7	12.012 h
December	29.5°C18.6°C	18.6°C	38	6.5	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

Distance from Lira

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Lira) is explained once on the Lira year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.