Climate averages 1991–2020
Lugazi weather
in March.
A warm, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Lugazi: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 18.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 212 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 9th 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 Mukono (20 km away). In March its highs average 25.9°C, about as warm as Lugazi, with 186 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Lugazi ranks 11th of 21 for the warmest March highs and 21st of 21 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 21 cities is 27.1°C; Lugazi is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 212 mm to 266 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
Lugazi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 140 | 21.7 | 12.112 h |
| February | 26.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 133 | 20.0 | 12.112 h |
| March, selected | 26.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 212 | 26.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.7°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 266 | 28.6 | 12.112 h |
| May | 24.4°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 230 | 28.7 | 12.112 h |
| June | 24.3°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 157 | 25.3 | 12.112 h |
| July | 24.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 132 | 22.7 | 12.112 h |
| August | 24.6°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 150 | 25.3 | 12.112 h |
| September | 25.1°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 158 | 26.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 201 | 28.6 | 12.112 h |
| November | 24.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 226 | 28.4 | 12.112 h |
| December | 25.0°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 176 | 25.5 | 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
- Mukono in MarchUganda · 20 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 18.4°C · 186 mm rain
- Njeru in MarchUganda · 28 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 20.1°C · 178 mm rain
- Kira in MarchUganda · 34 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 18.4°C · 174 mm rain
- Kampala in MarchUganda · 40 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 19.1°C · 165 mm rain
- Nansana in MarchUganda · 45 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 165 mm rain
- Kajansi in MarchUganda · 48 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 20.0°C · 165 mm rain
- Kyengera in MarchUganda · 49 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 19.0°C · 165 mm rain
- Katabi in MarchUganda · 61 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 20.5°C · 194 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 Lugazi) is explained once on the Lugazi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.