Climate averages 1991–2020
Arua weather
in February.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Arua: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 20.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yei (122 km away). In February its highs average 34.4°C, 3.2°C warmer than Arua, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Arua ranks 4th of 21 for the warmest February highs and 2nd of 21 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 21 cities is 27.9°C; Arua is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 17 mm to 50 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Yei in FebruarySouth Sudan · 122 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Gulu in FebruaryUganda · 157 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Masindi in FebruaryUganda · 174 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 19.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Bunia in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 178 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Hoima in FebruaryUganda · 183 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 19.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Juba in FebruarySouth Sudan · 217 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Lira in FebruaryUganda · 237 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 20.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Mubende in FebruaryUganda · 279 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 44 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.