Namayumba weather in March

In March, Namayumba sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 141 mm of rain across 23.2 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 6th-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 10% 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 Namayumba's 8th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Namayumba's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 141 mm; 23.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 7:01 AM – 7:01 PM
Cloud cover: 76%; 8th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 5.55 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.3; out of 10

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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 Namayumba 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 30°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 1°C cooler than 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	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
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	28	18
7	28	18
8	28	18
9	28	18
10	28	18
11	28	18
12	28	18
13	28	18
14	28	18
15	28	18
16	28	18
17	28	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	27	18

Namayumba weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 3rd-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 17°	78	15.3	12	5.4
Feb	28° / 18°	81	15.3	12	4.8
Mar	27° / 18°	141	23.2	12	4.3
Apr	26° / 18°	197	27.3	12	3.7
May	26° / 18°	178	26.9	12	4.0
Jun	26° / 17°	112	21.1	12	4.8
Jul	26° / 17°	85	16.8	12	5.5
Aug	26° / 17°	129	22.9	12	4.6
Sep	26° / 17°	146	25.9	12	4.0
Oct	26° / 17°	178	27.6	12	3.9
Nov	26° / 17°	166	25.8	12	4.0
Dec	27° / 17°	104	19.6	12	5.0

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% 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 75%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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	30	31	31	31	31	30	29	29	29	28	27	27	27	26	25	24	24	22	20	20	20	18	18	18	18	17	16	16
Cloudier (%)	70	70	70	70	69	69	69	69	70	71	71	71	72	73	73	73	74	75	76	76	78	80	80	80	82	82	82	82	83	84	84

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	30	70
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	31	69
9	30	70
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	28	72
14	27	73
15	27	73
16	27	73
17	26	74
18	25	75
19	24	76
20	24	76
21	22	78
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	20	80
25	18	82
26	18	82
27	18	82
28	18	82
29	17	83
30	16	84
31	16	84

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Namayumba gets around 141 mm of rain over 23.2 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 75% and peaks near 86% 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 (%)	67	67	68	68	69	69	69	69	70	70	71	71	72	72	73	74	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	83	84	85	85	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	67
2	67
3	68
4	68
5	69
6	69
7	69
8	69
9	70
10	70
11	71
12	71
13	72
14	72
15	73
16	74
17	74
18	75
19	76
20	77
21	78
22	79
23	80
24	81
25	82
26	83
27	83
28	84
29	85
30	85
31	86

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 77% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 77% 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	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Humid (%)	39	38	37	36	35	34	33	31	30	29	27	26	24	23	22	20	19	18	17	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10
Muggy (%)	59	60	61	63	64	65	66	68	69	70	72	73	75	76	77	79	80	81	82	84	85	85	86	87	87	88	88	89	89	90	90

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	39	59
2	2	38	60
3	2	37	61
4	1	36	63
5	1	35	64
6	1	34	65
7	1	33	66
8	1	31	68
9	1	30	69
10	1	29	70
11	1	27	72
12	1	26	73
13	1	24	75
14	1	23	76
15	1	22	77
16	1	20	79
17	1	19	80
18	1	18	81
19	1	17	82
20	0	16	84
21	0	15	85
22	0	15	85
23	0	14	86
24	0	13	87
25	0	13	87
26	0	12	88
27	0	12	88
28	0	11	89
29	0	11	89
30	0	10	90
31	0	10	90

Wind in March

Winds average 6 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	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 7:05 AM to 6:56 AM, and sunset from 7:04 PM to 6:56 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)	7:05	7:04	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	7:00	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:56	6:56
Sunset (PM)	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:02	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	6:59	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:56	6:56

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	7:05	7:04
2	12.0	7:04	7:04
3	12.0	7:04	7:04
4	12.0	7:04	7:03
5	12.0	7:04	7:03
6	12.0	7:04	7:03
7	12.0	7:03	7:03
8	12.0	7:03	7:03
9	12.0	7:03	7:02
10	12.0	7:02	7:02
11	12.0	7:02	7:02
12	12.0	7:02	7:02
13	12.0	7:02	7:01
14	12.0	7:01	7:01
15	12.0	7:01	7:01
16	12.0	7:01	7:01
17	12.0	7:00	7:00
18	12.0	7:00	7:00
19	12.0	7:00	7:00
20	12.0	7:00	6:59
21	12.0	6:59	6:59
22	12.0	6:59	6:59
23	12.0	6:59	6:59
24	12.0	6:58	6:58
25	12.0	6:58	6:58
26	12.0	6:58	6:58
27	12.0	6:57	6:57
28	12.0	6:57	6:57
29	12.0	6:57	6:57
30	12.0	6:56	6:56
31	12.0	6:56	6:56

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 4.69 kWh/m² to a high of 5.83 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	5.8	5.8	5.8	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	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	5.8	Bright
4	5.8	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	5.6	Bright
14	5.6	Bright
15	5.6	Bright
16	5.6	Bright
17	5.6	Bright
18	5.5	Bright
19	5.5	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.4	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.2	Bright
31	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Namayumba?

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

4.3

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

4.6

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Namayumba for sightseeing.

What to pack for Namayumba in March

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

In March, Namayumba 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 Namayumba 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 Namayumba peaks around March 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 at about 10 (very high).

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	15	14	11	10	11	12	13	13	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	15	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Namayumba 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 Namayumba is worst in January — around 54 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.7× the cleanest month (May, 31 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)	54	48	37	32	31	38	40	39	38	38	40	46
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	54	Poor
Feb	48	Poor
Mar	37	Poor
Apr	32	Moderate
May	31	Moderate
Jun	38	Poor
Jul	40	Poor
Aug	39	Poor
Sep	38	Poor
Oct	38	Poor
Nov	40	Poor
Dec	46	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Namayumba?

Namayumba sits at 0.5°N, 32.2°E, 1,146 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Kiziba, 11 km away.

Topography around Namayumba

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Namayumba has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 133 m around an average of 1,145 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 307 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 563 m.

The land around Namayumba is covered by trees (62%) and shrubs (24%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and shrubs (37%) within 16 km, and shrubs (33%) and trees (30%) within 80 km.

3 km

133 m

trees 62%

16 km

307 m

trees 50%

80 km

563 m

shrubs 33%

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

March weather nearby: Kiziba 11 km · Kakiri 20 km · Namasuba 26 km · Wakiso 27 km · Mityana 28 km · Bombo 30 km · Bukomero 31 km · Mpigi 35 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 Namayumba (0.5289°, 32.2486°, elevation 1,146 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	28	18
7	28	18
8	28	18
9	28	18
10	28	18
11	28	18
12	28	18
13	28	18
14	28	18
15	28	18
16	28	18
17	28	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	27	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	30	70
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	31	69
9	30	70
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	28	72
14	27	73
15	27	73
16	27	73
17	26	74
18	25	75
19	24	76
20	24	76
21	22	78
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	20	80
25	18	82
26	18	82
27	18	82
28	18	82
29	17	83
30	16	84
31	16	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	67
2	67
3	68
4	68
5	69
6	69
7	69
8	69
9	70
10	70
11	71
12	71
13	72
14	72
15	73
16	74
17	74
18	75
19	76
20	77
21	78
22	79
23	80
24	81
25	82
26	83
27	83
28	84
29	85
30	85
31	86

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	39	59
2	2	38	60
3	2	37	61
4	1	36	63
5	1	35	64
6	1	34	65
7	1	33	66
8	1	31	68
9	1	30	69
10	1	29	70
11	1	27	72
12	1	26	73
13	1	24	75
14	1	23	76
15	1	22	77
16	1	20	79
17	1	19	80
18	1	18	81
19	1	17	82
20	0	16	84
21	0	15	85
22	0	15	85
23	0	14	86
24	0	13	87
25	0	13	87
26	0	12	88
27	0	12	88
28	0	11	89
29	0	11	89
30	0	10	90
31	0	10	90

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	18
2	28	18
3	28	18
4	28	18
5	28	18
6	28	18
7	28	18
8	28	18
9	28	18
10	28	18
11	28	18
12	28	18
13	28	18
14	28	18
15	28	18
16	28	18
17	28	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	27	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	30	70
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	31	69
9	30	70
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	28	72
14	27	73
15	27	73
16	27	73
17	26	74
18	25	75
19	24	76
20	24	76
21	22	78
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	20	80
25	18	82
26	18	82
27	18	82
28	18	82
29	17	83
30	16	84
31	16	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	67
2	67
3	68
4	68
5	69
6	69
7	69
8	69
9	70
10	70
11	71
12	71
13	72
14	72
15	73
16	74
17	74
18	75
19	76
20	77
21	78
22	79
23	80
24	81
25	82
26	83
27	83
28	84
29	85
30	85
31	86

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	39	59
2	2	38	60
3	2	37	61
4	1	36	63
5	1	35	64
6	1	34	65
7	1	33	66
8	1	31	68
9	1	30	69
10	1	29	70
11	1	27	72
12	1	26	73
13	1	24	75
14	1	23	76
15	1	22	77
16	1	20	79
17	1	19	80
18	1	18	81
19	1	17	82
20	0	16	84
21	0	15	85
22	0	15	85
23	0	14	86
24	0	13	87
25	0	13	87
26	0	12	88
27	0	12	88
28	0	11	89
29	0	11	89
30	0	10	90
31	0	10	90

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	18
2	28	18
3	28	18
4	28	18
5	28	18
6	28	18
7	28	18
8	28	18
9	28	18
10	28	18
11	28	18
12	28	18
13	28	18
14	28	18
15	28	18
16	28	18
17	28	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	27	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	30	70
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	31	69
9	30	70
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	28	72
14	27	73
15	27	73
16	27	73
17	26	74
18	25	75
19	24	76
20	24	76
21	22	78
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	20	80
25	18	82
26	18	82
27	18	82
28	18	82
29	17	83
30	16	84
31	16	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	67
2	67
3	68
4	68
5	69
6	69
7	69
8	69
9	70
10	70
11	71
12	71
13	72
14	72
15	73
16	74
17	74
18	75
19	76
20	77
21	78
22	79
23	80
24	81
25	82
26	83
27	83
28	84
29	85
30	85
31	86

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	39	59
2	2	38	60
3	2	37	61
4	1	36	63
5	1	35	64
6	1	34	65
7	1	33	66
8	1	31	68
9	1	30	69
10	1	29	70
11	1	27	72
12	1	26	73
13	1	24	75
14	1	23	76
15	1	22	77
16	1	20	79
17	1	19	80
18	1	18	81
19	1	17	82
20	0	16	84
21	0	15	85
22	0	15	85
23	0	14	86
24	0	13	87
25	0	13	87
26	0	12	88
27	0	12	88
28	0	11	89
29	0	11	89
30	0	10	90
31	0	10	90