Climate averages 1991–2020
Arua weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Arua: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 118 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes October a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yei (122 km away). In October its highs average 28.0°C, 1.5°C warmer than Arua, with 225 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Arua ranks 4th of 21 for the warmest October highs and 3rd of 21 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 21 cities is 25.4°C; Arua is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 118 mm to 72 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Yei in OctoberSouth Sudan · 122 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.3°C · 225 mm rain
- Gulu in OctoberUganda · 157 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.7°C · 195 mm rain
- Masindi in OctoberUganda · 174 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.3°C · 193 mm rain
- Bunia in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 178 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.7°C · 158 mm rain
- Hoima in OctoberUganda · 183 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 376 mm rain
- Juba in OctoberSouth Sudan · 217 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.9°C · 172 mm rain
- Lira in OctoberUganda · 237 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.4°C · 157 mm rain
- Mubende in OctoberUganda · 279 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.4°C · 144 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.