Mbale Weather in March
Mbale in March
The short of it: Mbale in March averages a high of 31 °C (88 °F) and a low of 18 °C (64 °F), with 86 mm (3.4 in) of rain and about 12 h 6 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are February and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 31° · low 18° · rain 86 mm · daylight 12 h 6 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: February & January
Thirty years of records give Mbale an average March high of 31°, a low of 18° and some 86 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 31° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Wet spells are common — about 86 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 6 min in mid-March.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates March 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are February and January.
Against its neighbours, Mbale runs about middling and about as wet in March. Nakaloke, 8 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
March in Mbale, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 3rd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 1° colder, 50 mm more rain
- Versus April
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 6 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NakalokeEastern Region | 8 km NNW | 31° | 18° | 78 mm |
| ManafwaEastern Region | 18 km SE | 30° | 18° | 90 mm |
| BudadiriEastern Region | 18 km ENE | 29° | 16° | 88 mm |
| SironkoEastern Region | 18 km NNE | 31° | 18° | 82 mm |
| BudakaEastern Region | 29 km WSW | 32° | 19° | 74 mm |
| ButalejaEastern Region | 31 km SW | 31° | 19° | 78 mm |
| BusolweEastern Region | 38 km SW | 31° | 19° | 80 mm |
| NagongeraEastern Region | 39 km SSW | 31° | 18° | 81 mm |