Climate averages 1991–2020
Masaka weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the joint 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 Masaka: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 117 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes March a 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 Mityana (89 km away). In March its highs average 26.3°C, 0.7°C warmer than Masaka, with 138 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Masaka ranks joint 16th of 21 for the warmest March highs and 8th of 21 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 21 cities is 27.1°C; Masaka is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 24.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 117 mm to 143 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
Masaka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.6°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 78 | 16.7 | 12.112 h |
| February | 26.3°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 78 | 16.1 | 12.112 h |
| March, selected | 25.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 117 | 20.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 143 | 24.2 | 12.112 h |
| May | 23.9°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 112 | 21.6 | 12.112 h |
| June | 24.1°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 56 | 13.0 | 12.112 h |
| July | 24.3°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 39 | 8.8 | 12.112 h |
| August | 24.5°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 79 | 15.7 | 12.112 h |
| September | 24.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 103 | 21.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.6°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 125 | 24.5 | 12.112 h |
| November | 24.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 133 | 23.9 | 12.112 h |
| December | 24.5°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 94 | 19.7 | 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
- Mityana in MarchUganda · 89 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.0°C · 138 mm rain
- Katabi in MarchUganda · 94 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 20.5°C · 194 mm rain
- Mubende in MarchUganda · 106 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 17.5°C · 97 mm rain
- Kajansi in MarchUganda · 108 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 20.0°C · 165 mm rain
- Kyengera in MarchUganda · 110 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 19.0°C · 165 mm rain
- Bukoba in MarchTanzania · 111 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 151 mm rain
- Nansana in MarchUganda · 118 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 165 mm rain
- Kampala in MarchUganda · 119 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 19.1°C · 165 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 Masaka) is explained once on the Masaka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.