Climate averages 1991–2020

Mubende weather
in March.

A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 27.2°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 17.5°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 97 mm 17 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a warm month in Mubende: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 17.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes March a 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 Mityana (72 km away). In March its highs average 26.3°C, 0.9°C cooler than Mubende, with 138 mm of rain.

Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Mubende ranks 7th of 21 for the warmest March highs and 5th of 21 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 21 cities is 27.1°C; Mubende is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 97 mm to 119 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

Mubende climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Mubende, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	27.0°C17.0°C	17.0°C	41	9.4	12.112 h
February	28.3°C17.6°C	17.6°C	44	10.4	12.112 h
March, selected	27.2°C17.5°C	17.5°C	97	17.3	12.112 h
April	25.4°C17.1°C	17.1°C	119	23.5	12.112 h
May	24.9°C16.7°C	16.7°C	96	22.2	12.112 h
June	25.2°C16.2°C	16.2°C	49	12.7	12.212 h
July	25.6°C16.3°C	16.3°C	36	9.8	12.112 h
August	25.5°C16.2°C	16.2°C	83	17.4	12.112 h
September	25.6°C16.2°C	16.2°C	102	21.4	12.112 h
October	25.2°C16.4°C	16.4°C	144	25.6	12.112 h
November	24.9°C16.4°C	16.4°C	132	23.0	12.112 h
December	25.6°C16.5°C	16.5°C	72	14.3	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

Distance from Mubende

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 Mubende) is explained once on the Mubende year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.