Climate averages 1991–2020

Mukono 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.

Average high 25.9°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 18.4°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 186 mm 26 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a warm month in Mukono: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 186 mm of rain on roughly 26 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 Kira (15 km away). In March its highs average 25.7°C, about as warm as Mukono, with 174 mm of rain.

Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Mukono ranks joint 12th of 21 for the warmest March highs and 18th of 21 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 21 cities is 27.1°C; Mukono is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 24.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 186 mm to 244 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

Mukono climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Mukono, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	25.8°C17.7°C	17.7°C	124	21.1	12.112 h
February	26.5°C18.2°C	18.2°C	116	19.4	12.112 h
March, selected	25.9°C18.4°C	18.4°C	186	25.9	12.112 h
April	24.6°C18.3°C	18.3°C	244	28.2	12.112 h
May	24.3°C17.8°C	17.8°C	212	28.5	12.112 h
June	24.3°C17.0°C	17.0°C	145	24.7	12.112 h
July	24.2°C16.5°C	16.5°C	118	21.7	12.112 h
August	24.6°C16.7°C	16.7°C	136	24.9	12.112 h
September	25.1°C17.1°C	17.1°C	140	25.8	12.112 h
October	24.7°C17.5°C	17.5°C	170	27.9	12.112 h
November	24.5°C17.5°C	17.5°C	200	27.9	12.112 h
December	25.0°C17.4°C	17.4°C	154	24.8	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 Mukono

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