Climate averages 1991–2020

Weather in Uganda.

ClimaNote covers 21 cities in Uganda, starting with Kampala, Nansana and Kira. Open a city for charts and a table of all 12 months, or open a month for a side-by-side comparison of cities in the atlas.

Across these cities the yearly average high ranges from 24.1°C in Kampala (tied with Katabi) to 29.1°C in Kotido, and yearly rainfall from 678 mm in Kotido to 2,614 mm in Hoima. The hottest city-month is February in Gulu, with an average high of 32.8°C, and the coolest is July in Kampala, at 23.4°C (tied with July in Katabi). By single month, the most rain falls in October in Hoima, with 376 mm, and the least in January in Kotido, with 8.3 mm.

February is the warmest month in every city; July is the coolest in 10 cities, November in 3, May in 2, August in 1 and October in 1 (in 4 other cities two or more months tie). April is the wettest month in 12 cities, October in 5, August in 2, July in 1 and November in 1; July is the driest in 12 cities, January in 4 and February in 4 (in 1 other city two or more months tie). Of these cities, 1 has a month with more than 300 mm of rain; none has a month with an average high below 2.0°C or a month with under 1 mm of rain.