Lukaya weather in March

In March, Lukaya sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 123 mm of rain across 22.7 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% 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 Lukaya's 8th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lukaya's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 123 mm; 22.7 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 7:02 AM – 7:02 PM
Cloud cover: 76%; 8th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.57 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.5; out of 10

Lukaya is place in Central.

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

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical March day in Lukaya reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and about 1°C warmer than April.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26
Avg low (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	18
2	28	18
3	28	18
4	28	18
5	28	18
6	27	18
7	27	18
8	27	18
9	27	18
10	27	18
11	27	18
12	27	18
13	27	18
14	27	18
15	27	18
16	27	18
17	27	18
18	27	18
19	27	18
20	27	18
21	27	18
22	27	18
23	27	18
24	27	18
25	27	18
26	27	18
27	27	18
28	27	18
29	27	18
30	27	18
31	26	18

Lukaya weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 3rd-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 17°	77	16.5	12	5.4
Feb	28° / 18°	74	16.2	12	5.1
Mar	27° / 18°	123	22.7	12	4.5
Apr	26° / 18°	161	26	12	3.9
May	26° / 17°	129	24	12	4.5
Jun	26° / 17°	70	15.5	12	5.7
Jul	26° / 17°	48	11.1	12	6.4
Aug	26° / 17°	90	17.7	12	5.4
Sep	26° / 17°	122	23.4	12	4.5
Oct	26° / 17°	148	25.9	12	4.1
Nov	26° / 17°	150	25.3	12	4.1
Dec	26° / 17°	102	20.4	12	5.0

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% 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 74%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	30	30	30	31	31	31	32	31	31	31	30	29	29	29	28	28	27	27	26	25	24	23	22	22	20	20	20	19	18	17	17
Cloudier (%)	70	70	70	69	69	69	68	69	69	69	70	71	71	71	72	72	73	73	74	75	76	77	78	78	80	80	80	81	82	83	83

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	32	68
8	31	69
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	30	70
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	29	71
15	28	72
16	28	72
17	27	73
18	27	73
19	26	74
20	25	75
21	24	76
22	23	77
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	19	81
29	18	82
30	17	83
31	17	83

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Lukaya gets around 123 mm of rain over 22.7 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 73% and peaks near 80% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	70	70	70	70	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	72	72	72	72	72	72	73	73	74	75	75	76	76	77	77	78	79	80	80

	Rain chance (%)
1	70
2	70
3	70
4	70
5	71
6	71
7	71
8	71
9	71
10	71
11	71
12	71
13	72
14	72
15	72
16	72
17	72
18	72
19	73
20	73
21	74
22	75
23	75
24	76
25	76
26	77
27	77
28	78
29	79
30	80
31	80

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 57% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 57% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Comfortable (%)	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Humid (%)	54	53	52	52	51	51	50	49	48	47	46	46	45	45	44	43	43	42	41	40	39	38	36	35	34	33	32	31	30	29	28
Muggy (%)	44	45	46	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	53	54	54	55	56	56	58	59	60	61	62	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	54	44
2	2	53	45
3	2	52	46
4	2	52	46
5	2	51	47
6	1	51	48
7	1	50	49
8	1	49	50
9	1	48	51
10	1	47	52
11	1	46	53
12	1	46	53
13	1	45	54
14	1	45	54
15	1	44	55
16	1	43	56
17	1	43	56
18	0	42	58
19	0	41	59
20	0	40	60
21	0	39	61
22	0	38	62
23	0	36	64
24	0	35	65
25	0	34	66
26	0	33	67
27	0	32	68
28	0	31	69
29	0	30	70
30	0	29	71
31	0	28	72

Wind in March

Winds average 7 km/h in March.

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

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
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11	7	calm
12	7	calm
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14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
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24	7	calm
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28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

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 7:06 AM to 6:58 AM, and sunset from 7:06 PM to 6:58 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0
Sunrise (AM)	7:06	7:06	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:00	7:00	7:00	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:58	6:58	6:58
Sunset (PM)	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:00	7:00	7:00	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:58	6:58	6:58

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	7:06	7:06
2	12.0	7:06	7:06
3	12.0	7:05	7:06
4	12.0	7:05	7:05
5	12.0	7:05	7:05
6	12.0	7:05	7:05
7	12.0	7:05	7:05
8	12.0	7:04	7:04
9	12.0	7:04	7:04
10	12.0	7:04	7:04
11	12.0	7:04	7:04
12	12.0	7:03	7:03
13	12.0	7:03	7:03
14	12.0	7:03	7:03
15	12.0	7:03	7:03
16	12.0	7:02	7:02
17	12.0	7:02	7:02
18	12.0	7:02	7:02
19	12.0	7:01	7:01
20	12.0	7:01	7:01
21	12.0	7:01	7:01
22	12.0	7:00	7:00
23	12.0	7:00	7:00
24	12.0	7:00	7:00
25	12.0	6:59	6:59
26	12.0	6:59	6:59
27	12.0	6:59	6:59
28	12.0	6:59	6:59
29	12.0	6:58	6:58
30	12.0	6:58	6:58
31	12.0	6:58	6:58

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.57 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.9 kWh/m² to a high of 5.81 kWh/m² in February across the year — March's 5.57 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.8	Bright
2	5.8	Bright
3	5.7	Bright
4	5.7	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.7	Bright
12	5.7	Bright
13	5.7	Bright
14	5.6	Bright
15	5.6	Bright
16	5.6	Bright
17	5.6	Bright
18	5.6	Bright
19	5.5	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Lukaya?

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

4.5

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

4.6

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Lukaya for sightseeing.

What to pack for Lukaya in March

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

In March, Lukaya sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Lukaya 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 Lukaya 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	12	14	16	14	12	10	11	11	13	14	12	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Lukaya 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 Lukaya is worst in January — around 41 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.8× the cleanest month (May, 22 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	41	36	28	23	22	29	32	32	31	28	30	35
Level	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	41	Poor
Feb	36	Poor
Mar	28	Moderate
Apr	23	Moderate
May	22	Moderate
Jun	29	Moderate
Jul	32	Moderate
Aug	32	Moderate
Sep	31	Moderate
Oct	28	Moderate
Nov	30	Moderate
Dec	35	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Lukaya?

Lukaya sits at 0.1°S, 31.9°E, 1,206 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Masaka, 28 km away.

Topography around Lukaya

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lukaya has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 172 m around an average of 1,201 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 216 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 433 m.

The land around Lukaya is covered by shrubs (41%) and trees (31%) within 3 km, shrubs (29%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and water (28%), shrubs (25%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

172 m

shrubs 41%

16 km

216 m

shrubs 29%

80 km

433 m

water 28%

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← February Lukaya year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Masaka 28 km · Gombe 44 km · Kalisizo 54 km · Lwengo 60 km · Mityana 62 km · Mpigi 63 km · Kyazanga 64 km · Kasaali 65 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

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 Lukaya (-0.1131°, 31.8539°, elevation 1,206 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	18
2	28	18
3	28	18
4	28	18
5	28	18
6	27	18
7	27	18
8	27	18
9	27	18
10	27	18
11	27	18
12	27	18
13	27	18
14	27	18
15	27	18
16	27	18
17	27	18
18	27	18
19	27	18
20	27	18
21	27	18
22	27	18
23	27	18
24	27	18
25	27	18
26	27	18
27	27	18
28	27	18
29	27	18
30	27	18
31	26	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	32	68
8	31	69
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	30	70
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	29	71
15	28	72
16	28	72
17	27	73
18	27	73
19	26	74
20	25	75
21	24	76
22	23	77
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	19	81
29	18	82
30	17	83
31	17	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	70
2	70
3	70
4	70
5	71
6	71
7	71
8	71
9	71
10	71
11	71
12	71
13	72
14	72
15	72
16	72
17	72
18	72
19	73
20	73
21	74
22	75
23	75
24	76
25	76
26	77
27	77
28	78
29	79
30	80
31	80

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	54	44
2	2	53	45
3	2	52	46
4	2	52	46
5	2	51	47
6	1	51	48
7	1	50	49
8	1	49	50
9	1	48	51
10	1	47	52
11	1	46	53
12	1	46	53
13	1	45	54
14	1	45	54
15	1	44	55
16	1	43	56
17	1	43	56
18	0	42	58
19	0	41	59
20	0	40	60
21	0	39	61
22	0	38	62
23	0	36	64
24	0	35	65
25	0	34	66
26	0	33	67
27	0	32	68
28	0	31	69
29	0	30	70
30	0	29	71
31	0	28	72

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	18
2	28	18
3	28	18
4	28	18
5	28	18
6	27	18
7	27	18
8	27	18
9	27	18
10	27	18
11	27	18
12	27	18
13	27	18
14	27	18
15	27	18
16	27	18
17	27	18
18	27	18
19	27	18
20	27	18
21	27	18
22	27	18
23	27	18
24	27	18
25	27	18
26	27	18
27	27	18
28	27	18
29	27	18
30	27	18
31	26	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	32	68
8	31	69
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	30	70
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	29	71
15	28	72
16	28	72
17	27	73
18	27	73
19	26	74
20	25	75
21	24	76
22	23	77
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	19	81
29	18	82
30	17	83
31	17	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	70
2	70
3	70
4	70
5	71
6	71
7	71
8	71
9	71
10	71
11	71
12	71
13	72
14	72
15	72
16	72
17	72
18	72
19	73
20	73
21	74
22	75
23	75
24	76
25	76
26	77
27	77
28	78
29	79
30	80
31	80

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	54	44
2	2	53	45
3	2	52	46
4	2	52	46
5	2	51	47
6	1	51	48
7	1	50	49
8	1	49	50
9	1	48	51
10	1	47	52
11	1	46	53
12	1	46	53
13	1	45	54
14	1	45	54
15	1	44	55
16	1	43	56
17	1	43	56
18	0	42	58
19	0	41	59
20	0	40	60
21	0	39	61
22	0	38	62
23	0	36	64
24	0	35	65
25	0	34	66
26	0	33	67
27	0	32	68
28	0	31	69
29	0	30	70
30	0	29	71
31	0	28	72

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	18
2	28	18
3	28	18
4	28	18
5	28	18
6	27	18
7	27	18
8	27	18
9	27	18
10	27	18
11	27	18
12	27	18
13	27	18
14	27	18
15	27	18
16	27	18
17	27	18
18	27	18
19	27	18
20	27	18
21	27	18
22	27	18
23	27	18
24	27	18
25	27	18
26	27	18
27	27	18
28	27	18
29	27	18
30	27	18
31	26	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	32	68
8	31	69
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	30	70
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	29	71
15	28	72
16	28	72
17	27	73
18	27	73
19	26	74
20	25	75
21	24	76
22	23	77
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	19	81
29	18	82
30	17	83
31	17	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	70
2	70
3	70
4	70
5	71
6	71
7	71
8	71
9	71
10	71
11	71
12	71
13	72
14	72
15	72
16	72
17	72
18	72
19	73
20	73
21	74
22	75
23	75
24	76
25	76
26	77
27	77
28	78
29	79
30	80
31	80

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	54	44
2	2	53	45
3	2	52	46
4	2	52	46
5	2	51	47
6	1	51	48
7	1	50	49
8	1	49	50
9	1	48	51
10	1	47	52
11	1	46	53
12	1	46	53
13	1	45	54
14	1	45	54
15	1	44	55
16	1	43	56
17	1	43	56
18	0	42	58
19	0	41	59
20	0	40	60
21	0	39	61
22	0	38	62
23	0	36	64
24	0	35	65
25	0	34	66
26	0	33	67
27	0	32	68
28	0	31	69
29	0	30	70
30	0	29	71
31	0	28	72