Masaka weather in March

In March, Masaka sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 117 mm of rain across 20.9 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 4th-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 12% 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 Masaka's 9th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Masaka's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 117 mm; 20.9 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 7:03 AM – 7:03 PM
Cloud cover: 75%; 9th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 5.55 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.7; out of 10

Masaka is City in Uganda.

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 Masaka reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 8°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)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	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	27	18
2	27	18
3	27	18
4	27	18
5	27	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	26	18
24	26	18
25	26	18
26	26	18
27	26	18
28	26	18
29	26	18
30	26	18
31	26	18

Masaka weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 3rd-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 18°	78	16.8	12	5.4
Feb	27° / 18°	77	16.1	12	5.2
Mar	27° / 18°	117	20.9	12	4.7
Apr	26° / 18°	143	24.2	12	4.2
May	25° / 18°	112	21.7	12	4.9
Jun	25° / 17°	56	13	12	6.1
Jul	25° / 17°	39	8.9	12	6.8
Aug	26° / 17°	79	15.8	12	5.7
Sep	26° / 17°	103	21.6	12	4.8
Oct	26° / 18°	125	24.5	12	4.3
Nov	26° / 18°	133	23.9	12	4.3
Dec	26° / 18°	95	19.7	12	5.1

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% 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 73%.

	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 (%)	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	29	28	27	27	25	25	24	23	22	22	21	20	20	20	18	18
Cloudier (%)	69	69	69	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	69	69	71	72	73	73	75	75	76	77	78	78	79	80	80	80	82	82

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	29	71
17	28	72
18	27	73
19	27	73
20	25	75
21	25	75
22	24	76
23	23	77
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	21	79
27	20	80
28	20	80
29	20	80
30	18	82
31	18	82

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Masaka gets around 117 mm of rain over 20.9 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 68% and peaks near 74% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	66	66	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	69	69	70	71	71	72	73	74

	Rain chance (%)
1	66
2	66
3	67
4	67
5	67
6	67
7	67
8	67
9	67
10	67
11	67
12	67
13	67
14	67
15	67
16	67
17	67
18	67
19	67
20	67
21	68
22	68
23	68
24	69
25	69
26	70
27	71
28	71
29	72
30	73
31	74

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 71% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 71% 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 (%)	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Humid (%)	39	38	37	36	35	34	34	33	32	31	31	30	30	29	29	29	28	28	27	26	26	25	24	23	22	22	21	20	20	19	19
Muggy (%)	60	61	62	63	64	66	66	67	68	69	69	70	70	71	71	71	72	72	73	74	74	75	76	77	78	78	79	80	80	81	81

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	1	39	60
2	1	38	61
3	1	37	62
4	1	36	63
5	1	35	64
6	0	34	66
7	0	34	66
8	0	33	67
9	0	32	68
10	0	31	69
11	0	31	69
12	0	30	70
13	0	30	70
14	0	29	71
15	0	29	71
16	0	29	71
17	0	28	72
18	0	28	72
19	0	27	73
20	0	26	74
21	0	26	74
22	0	25	75
23	0	24	76
24	0	23	77
25	0	22	78
26	0	22	78
27	0	21	79
28	0	20	80
29	0	20	80
30	0	19	81
31	0	19	81

Wind in March

Winds average 8 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	8	calm
2	8	calm
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4	8	calm
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26	8	calm
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28	8	calm
29	8	calm
30	8	calm
31	8	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 7:07 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	7:06	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	7:01	7:00	7:00	7:00	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:58	6:58
Sunset (PM)	7:07	7:06	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	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:00	7:00	7:00	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:58	6:58

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	7:06	7:07
2	12.0	7:06	7:06
3	12.0	7:06	7:06
4	12.0	7:06	7:06
5	12.0	7:05	7:06
6	12.0	7:05	7:05
7	12.0	7:05	7:05
8	12.0	7:05	7:05
9	12.0	7:04	7:05
10	12.0	7:04	7:04
11	12.0	7:04	7:04
12	12.0	7:04	7:04
13	12.0	7:03	7:04
14	12.0	7:03	7:03
15	12.0	7:03	7:03
16	12.0	7:03	7:03
17	12.0	7:02	7:02
18	12.0	7:02	7:02
19	12.0	7:02	7:02
20	12.0	7:01	7:02
21	12.0	7:01	7:01
22	12.0	7:01	7:01
23	12.0	7:01	7:01
24	12.0	7:00	7:00
25	12.0	7:00	7:00
26	12.0	7:00	7:00
27	12.0	6:59	6:59
28	12.0	6:59	6:59
29	12.0	6:59	6:59
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 5.55 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.91 kWh/m² to a high of 5.81 kWh/m² in February across the year — March's 5.55 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	5.7	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	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	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	5.7	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	5.4	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.2	Bright
31	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Masaka?

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

4.7

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

4.7

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Masaka for sightseeing.

What to pack for Masaka in March

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

In March, Masaka sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 18°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Masaka 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 Masaka peaks around March 16 at about 15 (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.

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

Air quality in Masaka 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 Masaka 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 Masaka?

Masaka sits at 0.3°S, 31.7°E, 1,292 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Kalisizo, 26 km away.

Topography around Masaka

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Masaka has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 141 m around an average of 1,239 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 208 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 406 m.

The land around Masaka is covered by trees (37%) and artificial surfaces (28%) within 3 km, trees (45%) and shrubs (27%) within 16 km, and water (30%), grassland (25%) and shrubs (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

141 m

trees 37%

16 km

208 m

trees 45%

80 km

406 m

water 30%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

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

March weather nearby: Kalisizo 26 km · Lukaya 28 km · Lwengo 37 km · Kasaali 38 km · Kyazanga 43 km · Lyantonde 65 km · Gombe 72 km · Mityana 89 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 Masaka (-0.3338°, 31.7341°, elevation 1,292 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	27	18
2	27	18
3	27	18
4	27	18
5	27	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	26	18
24	26	18
25	26	18
26	26	18
27	26	18
28	26	18
29	26	18
30	26	18
31	26	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	29	71
17	28	72
18	27	73
19	27	73
20	25	75
21	25	75
22	24	76
23	23	77
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	21	79
27	20	80
28	20	80
29	20	80
30	18	82
31	18	82

	Rain chance (%)
1	66
2	66
3	67
4	67
5	67
6	67
7	67
8	67
9	67
10	67
11	67
12	67
13	67
14	67
15	67
16	67
17	67
18	67
19	67
20	67
21	68
22	68
23	68
24	69
25	69
26	70
27	71
28	71
29	72
30	73
31	74

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	1	39	60
2	1	38	61
3	1	37	62
4	1	36	63
5	1	35	64
6	0	34	66
7	0	34	66
8	0	33	67
9	0	32	68
10	0	31	69
11	0	31	69
12	0	30	70
13	0	30	70
14	0	29	71
15	0	29	71
16	0	29	71
17	0	28	72
18	0	28	72
19	0	27	73
20	0	26	74
21	0	26	74
22	0	25	75
23	0	24	76
24	0	23	77
25	0	22	78
26	0	22	78
27	0	21	79
28	0	20	80
29	0	20	80
30	0	19	81
31	0	19	81

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	18
2	27	18
3	27	18
4	27	18
5	27	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	26	18
24	26	18
25	26	18
26	26	18
27	26	18
28	26	18
29	26	18
30	26	18
31	26	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	29	71
17	28	72
18	27	73
19	27	73
20	25	75
21	25	75
22	24	76
23	23	77
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	21	79
27	20	80
28	20	80
29	20	80
30	18	82
31	18	82

	Rain chance (%)
1	66
2	66
3	67
4	67
5	67
6	67
7	67
8	67
9	67
10	67
11	67
12	67
13	67
14	67
15	67
16	67
17	67
18	67
19	67
20	67
21	68
22	68
23	68
24	69
25	69
26	70
27	71
28	71
29	72
30	73
31	74

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	1	39	60
2	1	38	61
3	1	37	62
4	1	36	63
5	1	35	64
6	0	34	66
7	0	34	66
8	0	33	67
9	0	32	68
10	0	31	69
11	0	31	69
12	0	30	70
13	0	30	70
14	0	29	71
15	0	29	71
16	0	29	71
17	0	28	72
18	0	28	72
19	0	27	73
20	0	26	74
21	0	26	74
22	0	25	75
23	0	24	76
24	0	23	77
25	0	22	78
26	0	22	78
27	0	21	79
28	0	20	80
29	0	20	80
30	0	19	81
31	0	19	81

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	18
2	27	18
3	27	18
4	27	18
5	27	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	26	18
24	26	18
25	26	18
26	26	18
27	26	18
28	26	18
29	26	18
30	26	18
31	26	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	29	71
17	28	72
18	27	73
19	27	73
20	25	75
21	25	75
22	24	76
23	23	77
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	21	79
27	20	80
28	20	80
29	20	80
30	18	82
31	18	82

	Rain chance (%)
1	66
2	66
3	67
4	67
5	67
6	67
7	67
8	67
9	67
10	67
11	67
12	67
13	67
14	67
15	67
16	67
17	67
18	67
19	67
20	67
21	68
22	68
23	68
24	69
25	69
26	70
27	71
28	71
29	72
30	73
31	74

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	1	39	60
2	1	38	61
3	1	37	62
4	1	36	63
5	1	35	64
6	0	34	66
7	0	34	66
8	0	33	67
9	0	32	68
10	0	31	69
11	0	31	69
12	0	30	70
13	0	30	70
14	0	29	71
15	0	29	71
16	0	29	71
17	0	28	72
18	0	28	72
19	0	27	73
20	0	26	74
21	0	26	74
22	0	25	75
23	0	24	76
24	0	23	77
25	0	22	78
26	0	22	78
27	0	21	79
28	0	20	80
29	0	20	80
30	0	19	81
31	0	19	81