Bukoba weather in March

In March, Bukoba sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 151 mm of rain across 22.4 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in March, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of March to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Bukoba's 9th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bukoba's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
19°
12th coldest
Rainfall
151 mm
22.4 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
7:02 AM – 7:03 PM
Cloud cover
74%
9th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.51 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.7
out of 10

Bukoba is city in Kagera, Tanzania.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month.

A typical March day in Bukoba reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and on par with April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
12619
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Bukoba weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 2nd-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan26° / 19°1202112.14.9
Feb26° / 19°11418.8124.9
Mar26° / 19°15122.4124.7
Apr25° / 19°18624.6124.2
May25° / 19°1182011.95.2
Jun25° / 18°479.411.96.8
Jul25° / 17°29511.97.6
Aug25° / 18°7412.6126.4
Sep25° / 18°11019.1125.2
Oct25° / 19°16024.9124.4
Nov25° / 19°16926.212.14.1
Dec25° / 19°14024.212.14.5

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 72%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13268
23268
33169
43169
53268
63268
73367
83367
93367
103367
113367
123367
133268
143268
153169
163169
173169
183070
192773
202773
212674
222575
232377
242377
252377
262179
272179
282179
292179
302080
312080

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Bukoba gets around 151 mm of rain over 22.4 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 72% and peaks near 80% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
171
271
370
470
570
669
769
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968
1068
1168
1268
1368
1469
1569
1669
1770
1871
1972
2073
2173
2274
2375
2476
2577
2677
2778
2879
2979
3080
3180

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of March feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, March lands in the muggy band about 96% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 97% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
13961
23961
33961
43961
53961
63961
73970
84960
94960
104960
114960
124960
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282971
292971
302971
312971

Wind in March

Winds average 8 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
158calm
168calm
178calm
188calm
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218calm
228calm
238calm
248calm
258calm
268calm
278calm
288calm
298calm
308calm
318calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of March to 12 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:05 AM to 6:58 AM, and sunset from 7:07 PM to 6:57 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.07:057:07
212.07:057:07
312.07:057:06
412.07:057:06
512.07:057:06
612.07:047:06
712.07:047:05
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1112.07:037:04
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1312.07:037:04
1412.07:037:03
1512.07:027:03
1612.07:027:03
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1812.07:027:02
1912.07:017:02
2012.07:017:01
2112.07:017:01
2212.07:017:01
2312.07:007:00
2412.07:007:00
2512.07:007:00
2612.06:596:59
2712.06:596:59
2812.06:596:59
2912.06:596:58
3012.06:586:58
3112.06:586:57

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.51 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.9 kWh/m² to a high of 5.88 kWh/m² in February across the year — March's 5.51 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.8Bright
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35.8Bright
45.8Bright
55.8Bright
65.8Bright
75.8Bright
85.8Bright
95.7Bright
105.7Bright
115.7Bright
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135.7Bright
145.7Bright
155.6Bright
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185.5Bright
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215.4Bright
225.4Bright
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245.3Bright
255.3Bright
265.2Bright
275.2Bright
285.2Bright
295.2Bright
305.1Bright
315.1Bright
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Bukoba?

Our two travel scores rate March for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.7
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.5
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Bukoba for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bukoba in March

From March's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In March, Bukoba sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 19°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Bukoba in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 16 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bukoba peaks around March 16 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 10 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 16UV 16Jun 19UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Bukoba in March

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where March falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Bukoba is worst in January — around 28 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (April, 13 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJan 1927 µg/m³Apr 2113 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan28Moderate
Feb24Moderate
Mar18Moderate
Apr13Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul24Moderate
Aug26Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov16Moderate
Dec20Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Bukoba?

Bukoba sits at 1.3°S, 31.8°E, 1,149 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Katerero, 12 km away.

KasaaliKalisizoLwengoMasaka

Topography around Bukoba

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Bukoba.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bukoba has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 200 m around an average of 1,197 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 250 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 575 m.

The land around Bukoba is covered by trees (39%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, water (40%), grassland (25%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and water (54%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
200 m
16 km
250 m
80 km
575 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
March weather nearby: Katerero 12 km · Kamachumu 38 km · Nsunga 51 km · Nshamba 59 km · Kasaali 85 km · Kalisizo 91 km · Lwengo 111 km · Masaka 111 km

Tanzania travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type D / G
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 29% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,319
2025
Happiness
3.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
31%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
3.7
per 100k, 2020
Road deaths
31.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 479
Religion
Christian 63%Muslim 34%folk religion 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Bukoba (-1.3317°, 31.8122°, elevation 1,149 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).