Butaleja weather in March

In March, Butaleja sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 114 mm of rain across 12 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 30°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in March, and the air most often feels humid.

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 Butaleja's 7th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Butaleja's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
19°
11th coldest
Rainfall
114 mm
12 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:54 AM – 6:54 PM
Cloud cover
69%
7th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.74 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.3
out of 10

Butaleja is place in Eastern Uganda, Uganda.

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

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 30°C by the end.

A typical March day in Butaleja reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 1°C cooler than February and about 2°C warmer than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Butaleja weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 18°485.2125.1
Feb32° / 19°375.3124.5
Mar31° / 19°11412124.3
Apr29° / 19°20821.1124.0
May28° / 19°19323.4124.3
Jun28° / 18°11117.512.15.1
Jul28° / 18°6414.8125.5
Aug28° / 18°8217.8124.8
Sep29° / 18°8316.8124.6
Oct29° / 19°12019.4124.2
Nov28° / 18°14816.3124.7
Dec29° / 18°848.511.95.4

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14555
24456
34456
44456
54456
64456
74456
84258
94258
104060
114060
123961
133862
143763
153664
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193268
203268
213070
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302674
312575

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Butaleja gets around 114 mm of rain over 12 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 39% and peaks near 55% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
126
227
327
428
528
629
729
829
930
1030
1131
1232
1333
1434
1536
1637
1738
1840
1941
2043
2144
2246
2347
2448
2550
2651
2751
2852
2953
3054
3155

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, March lands in the humid band about 57% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 23% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
110235314
210235314
310225315
49225415
59215515
69215416
79205516
88205616
98195617
108195617
117185718
127175818
136175819
146165919
155165920
165155921
174146121
184136122
193136123
203126025
212116126
222106127
23296029
24196030
25186031
26185833
27175735
28175636
29075538
30065440
31065242

Wind in March

Winds average 5 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
15calm
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65calm
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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 6:58 AM to 6:49 AM, and sunset from 6:57 PM to 6:49 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.06:586:57
212.06:586:57
312.06:586:57
412.06:576:56
512.06:576:56
612.06:576:56
712.06:576:56
812.06:566:56
912.06:566:55
1012.06:566:55
1112.06:566:55
1212.06:556:55
1312.06:556:54
1412.06:556:54
1512.06:546:54
1612.06:546:54
1712.06:546:53
1812.06:536:53
1912.06:536:53
2012.06:536:53
2112.06:526:52
2212.06:526:52
2312.06:526:52
2412.06:516:51
2512.06:516:51
2612.06:516:51
2712.06:506:51
2812.06:506:50
2912.06:506:50
3012.06:496:50
3112.06:496:49

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.74 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.54 kWh/m² to a high of 6.06 kWh/m² in February across the year — March's 5.74 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.0Intense
26.0Intense
36.0Bright
46.0Bright
56.0Bright
66.0Bright
76.0Bright
86.0Bright
95.9Bright
105.9Bright
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215.6Bright
225.6Bright
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245.5Bright
255.5Bright
265.5Bright
275.4Bright
285.4Bright
295.4Bright
305.3Bright
315.3Bright
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Butaleja?

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

4.3
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
6.2
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Butaleja for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Butaleja in March

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

In March, Butaleja sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Butaleja in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Butaleja peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 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 15Jun 18UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Butaleja 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 Butaleja is worst in January — around 60 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorJan 1759 µg/m³Apr 1939 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan60Unhealthy
Feb54Poor
Mar45Poor
Apr38Poor
May41Poor
Jun48Poor
Jul52Poor
Aug47Poor
Sep43Poor
Oct45Poor
Nov50Poor
Dec54Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Butaleja?

Butaleja sits at 0.9°N, 34.0°E, 1,067 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Busolwe, 7.0 km away.

ManafwaPallisa

Topography around Butaleja

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Butaleja has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 53 m around an average of 1,071 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 113 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,263 m.

The land around Butaleja is covered by grassland (28%), shrubs (27%) and cropland (25%) within 3 km, cropland (37%), grassland (21%) and shrubs (20%) within 16 km, and shrubs (28%), cropland (27%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
53 m
16 km
113 m
80 km
3,263 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
March weather nearby: Busolwe 7.0 km · Budaka 11 km · Namutumba 31 km · Mbale 31 km · Nakaloke 34 km · Tororo 35 km · Manafwa 36 km · Pallisa 37 km

Uganda travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type G
240 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 35% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,206
2025
Happiness
4.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
18%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
9
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
29.4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 518
Religion
Protestant 45%Roman Catholic 39%Muslim 14%other 2%

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 Butaleja (0.9119°, 33.9511°, elevation 1,067 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).