Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbarara weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Mbarara: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 8th 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 Rutoma (30 km away). In March its highs average 25.9°C, 0.8°C cooler than Mbarara, with 121 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Mbarara ranks joint 8th of 21 for the warmest March highs and 3rd of 21 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 21 cities is 27.1°C; Mbarara is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 66 mm to 85 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
Mbarara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 35 | 9.5 | 12.112 h |
| February | 27.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 38 | 9.1 | 12.112 h |
| March, selected | 26.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 66 | 15.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.5°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 85 | 19.3 | 12.112 h |
| May | 25.2°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 65 | 15.8 | 12.112 h |
| June | 25.7°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 26 | 6.7 | 12.112 h |
| July | 26.3°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 13 | 3.5 | 12.112 h |
| August | 26.1°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 46 | 11.1 | 12.112 h |
| September | 25.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 70 | 17.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.4°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 101 | 22.8 | 12.112 h |
| November | 24.8°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 103 | 22.5 | 12.112 h |
| December | 25.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 61 | 15.2 | 12.212 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
- Rutoma in MarchUganda · 30 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.0°C · 121 mm rain
- Ibanda in MarchUganda · 55 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 141 mm rain
- Nyagatare in MarchRwanda · 85 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 16.4°C · 95 mm rain
- Masaka in MarchUganda · 124 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.8°C · 117 mm rain
- Rutshuru in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 148 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 15.6°C · 221 mm rain
- Musanze in MarchRwanda · 150 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 234 mm rain
- Bukoba in MarchTanzania · 153 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 151 mm rain
- Mubende in MarchUganda · 154 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 17.5°C · 97 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 Mbarara) is explained once on the Mbarara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.