Climate averages 1991–2020
Arua weather
in July.
A warm, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Arua: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 113 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes July a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yei (122 km away). In July its highs average 27.3°C, 1.3°C warmer than Arua, with 183 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Arua ranks 7th of 21 for the warmest July highs and 13th of 21 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 21 cities is 25.0°C; Arua is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs stay level at 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 113 mm to 137 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Yei in JulySouth Sudan · 122 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.8°C · 183 mm rain
- Gulu in JulyUganda · 157 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.9°C · 160 mm rain
- Masindi in JulyUganda · 174 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.8°C · 92 mm rain
- Bunia in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 178 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.3°C · 80 mm rain
- Hoima in JulyUganda · 183 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 164 mm rain
- Juba in JulySouth Sudan · 217 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.5°C · 127 mm rain
- Lira in JulyUganda · 237 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.8°C · 116 mm rain
- Mubende in JulyUganda · 279 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.3°C · 36 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.