Gulu weather in March

In March, Gulu sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 98 mm of rain across 12.6 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 33°C in the first days to 31°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in March, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of March to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Gulu's 10th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gulu's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
21°
11th coldest
Rainfall
98 mm
12.6 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
7:01 AM – 7:00 PM
Cloud cover
68%
10th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
6.11 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.7
out of 10

Gulu is city in 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 33°C in the first days to 31°C by the end.

A typical March day in Gulu reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 1°C cooler than February and about 3°C warmer than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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313121

How March really feels in Gulu

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 16 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
16
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in March is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Gulu weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 2nd-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 21°183.111.94.6
Feb33° / 21°184.111.93.9
Mar32° / 21°9812.6123.7
Apr29° / 20°1982212.13.7
May28° / 20°18424.112.14.0
Jun28° / 19°13419.412.24.9
Jul27° / 18°16022.512.14.6
Aug27° / 18°20024.712.14.4
Sep28° / 19°16320.1124.6
Oct29° / 19°1952111.94.3
Nov29° / 19°12113.911.94.8
Dec30° / 20°305.311.85.3

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 63%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14456
24456
34456
44357
54258
64258
74258
84159
94159
104060
113862
123862
133763
143664
153664
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313268

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Gulu gets around 98 mm of rain over 12.6 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 41% and peaks near 60% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%20%40%60%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
126
227
328
428
529
630
730
831
932
1033
1133
1234
1335
1436
1537
1638
1740
1841
1943
2044
2146
2247
2349
2451
2552
2654
2755
2856
2958
3059
3160

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 33% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 33% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
129253213
228253215
327243316
427243317
526243318
625233319
725233320
824233321
923223322
1023223323
1122213323
1222213324
1321203326
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1619183429
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1916153534
2015143536
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2311123443
2410123345
259113348
268103250
277103152
286103054
29592957
30592858
31492661

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 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
158calm
168calm
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317calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min 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 6 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:06 AM to 6:55 AM, and sunset from 7:02 PM to 6:56 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.97:067:02
211.97:057:02
311.97:057:02
412.07:057:02
512.07:057:02
612.07:047:02
712.07:047:02
812.07:047:01
912.07:037:01
1012.07:037:01
1112.07:037:01
1212.07:027:01
1312.07:027:01
1412.07:027:00
1512.07:017:00
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1712.07:017:00
1812.07:006:59
1912.07:006:59
2012.07:006:59
2112.06:596:59
2212.06:596:59
2312.06:586:58
2412.06:586:58
2512.06:586:58
2612.06:576:58
2712.06:576:57
2812.06:566:57
2912.06:566:57
3012.06:566:57
3112.06:556:56

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6.11 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.26 kWh/m² to a high of 6.18 kWh/m² in February across the year — March's 6.11 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.2Intense
26.2Intense
36.2Intense
46.2Intense
56.2Intense
66.2Intense
76.2Intense
86.2Intense
96.2Intense
106.2Intense
116.2Intense
126.2Intense
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206.1Intense
216.1Intense
226.1Intense
236.1Intense
246.1Intense
256.1Intense
266.0Intense
276.0Intense
286.0Intense
296.0Intense
306.0Intense
316.0Intense
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Gulu?

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

3.7
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
5.9
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Gulu.

What to pack for Gulu in March

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

In March, Gulu sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Gulu 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 Gulu peaks around March 15 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 15UV 15Jun 21UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Gulu 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 Gulu is worst in January — around 108 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.7× the cleanest month (April, 14 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModerateJan 15102 µg/m³Apr 1914 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan108Unhealthy
Feb51Poor
Mar19Moderate
Apr14Moderate
May16Moderate
Jun24Moderate
Jul25Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec66Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Gulu?

Gulu sits at 2.8°N, 32.3°E, 1,104 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Opit, 27 km away.

AnakaKitgumAdjumaniLiraApacKiryandongo Refugee CampPakwach

Topography around Gulu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gulu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 89 m around an average of 1,096 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 209 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 751 m.

The land around Gulu is covered by trees (32%), artificial surfaces (32%) and shrubs (20%) within 3 km, shrubs (32%), cropland (29%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and grassland (39%) and cropland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
89 m
16 km
209 m
80 km
751 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswetland
March weather nearby: Opit 27 km · Anaka 44 km · Kitgum 86 km · Adjumani 88 km · Lira 89 km · Apac 93 km · Kiryandongo Refugee Camp 94 km · Pakwach 95 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 Gulu (2.7746°, 32.299°, elevation 1,104 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).