Climate averages 1991–2020
Arua weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Arua: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yei (122 km away). In April its highs average 30.6°C, 2.6°C warmer than Arua, with 146 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Arua ranks 4th of 21 for the warmest April highs and 2nd of 21 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 21 cities is 25.6°C; Arua is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 80 mm to 70 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Arua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.2°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 9.7 | 2.2 | 12.012 h |
| February | 31.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 17 | 3.6 | 12.012 h |
| March | 30.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 50 | 9.8 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 28.0°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 80 | 14.5 | 12.212 h |
| May | 27.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 70 | 12.2 | 12.312 h |
| June | 26.7°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 85 | 13.4 | 12.312 h |
| July | 26.1°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 113 | 16.1 | 12.312 h |
| August | 26.0°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 137 | 19.1 | 12.212 h |
| September | 26.6°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 105 | 17.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 118 | 20.2 | 12.112 h |
| November | 26.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 72 | 13.7 | 12.012 h |
| December | 28.3°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 16 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Yei in AprilSouth Sudan · 122 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.4°C · 146 mm rain
- Gulu in AprilUganda · 157 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 19.8°C · 198 mm rain
- Masindi in AprilUganda · 174 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 171 mm rain
- Bunia in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 178 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 105 mm rain
- Hoima in AprilUganda · 183 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 291 mm rain
- Juba in AprilSouth Sudan · 217 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 98 mm rain
- Lira in AprilUganda · 237 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.4°C · 182 mm rain
- Mubende in AprilUganda · 279 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.1°C · 119 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Arua) is explained once on the Arua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.