Climate averages 1991–2020
Rutoma weather
in March.
A warm, 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 Rutoma: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 17.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 121 mm of rain on roughly 18 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 Mbarara (30 km away). In March its highs average 26.7°C, 0.8°C warmer than Rutoma, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Rutoma ranks joint 12th of 21 for the warmest March highs and 9th of 21 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 21 cities is 27.1°C; Rutoma is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 121 mm to 144 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
Rutoma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 80 | 14.0 | 12.112 h |
| February | 26.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 80 | 12.6 | 12.112 h |
| March, selected | 25.9°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 121 | 18.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.9°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 144 | 23.0 | 12.112 h |
| May | 24.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 117 | 20.0 | 12.112 h |
| June | 25.2°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 52 | 8.6 | 12.112 h |
| July | 25.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 28 | 4.7 | 12.112 h |
| August | 25.7°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 89 | 13.1 | 12.112 h |
| September | 25.5°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 116 | 18.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.8°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 163 | 23.2 | 12.112 h |
| November | 24.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 158 | 23.2 | 12.112 h |
| December | 24.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 116 | 18.0 | 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
- Mbarara in MarchUganda · 30 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.9°C · 66 mm rain
- Ibanda in MarchUganda · 50 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 141 mm rain
- Nyagatare in MarchRwanda · 81 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 16.4°C · 95 mm rain
- Rutshuru in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 125 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 15.6°C · 221 mm rain
- Musanze in MarchRwanda · 133 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 234 mm rain
- Butembo in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 145 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 154 mm rain
- Masaka in MarchUganda · 152 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.8°C · 117 mm rain
- Kigali in MarchRwanda · 158 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.7°C · 105 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 Rutoma) is explained once on the Rutoma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.