Climate averages 1991–2020
Arua weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Arua: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.7 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yei (122 km away). In January its highs average 33.3°C, 3.1°C warmer than Arua, with 9.5 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Arua ranks 4th of 21 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 21 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 21 cities is 27.1°C; Arua is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.7 mm to 17 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Yei in JanuarySouth Sudan · 122 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 21.6°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Gulu in JanuaryUganda · 157 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Masindi in JanuaryUganda · 174 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Bunia in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 178 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 17.5°C · 34 mm rain
- Hoima in JanuaryUganda · 183 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 18.8°C · 66 mm rain
- Juba in JanuarySouth Sudan · 217 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Lira in JanuaryUganda · 237 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 19.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Mubende in JanuaryUganda · 279 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 17.0°C · 41 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.