Climate averages 1991–2020
Arua weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Arua: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 18.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yei (122 km away). In May its highs average 29.0°C, 1.6°C warmer than Arua, with 155 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Arua ranks 2nd of 21 for the warmest May highs and 2nd of 21 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 21 cities is 25.2°C; Arua is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 70 mm to 85 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Yei in MaySouth Sudan · 122 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 20.5°C · 155 mm rain
- Gulu in MayUganda · 157 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.1°C · 184 mm rain
- Masindi in MayUganda · 174 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.6°C · 136 mm rain
- Bunia in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 178 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Hoima in MayUganda · 183 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.4°C · 251 mm rain
- Juba in MaySouth Sudan · 217 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 122 mm rain
- Lira in MayUganda · 237 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.8°C · 169 mm rain
- Mubende in MayUganda · 279 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.7°C · 96 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.