Climate averages 1991–2020
Gulu weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Gulu: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 198 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lira (89 km away). In April its highs average 28.3°C, about as warm as Gulu, with 182 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Gulu ranks 2nd of 21 for the warmest April highs and 11th of 21 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 21 cities is 25.6°C; Gulu is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 198 mm to 184 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Gulu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.7°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 18 | 3.0 | 12.012 h |
| February | 32.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 18 | 4.2 | 12.012 h |
| March | 31.6°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 98 | 12.6 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 28.6°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 198 | 22.0 | 12.212 h |
| May | 27.3°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 184 | 24.0 | 12.212 h |
| June | 26.7°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 134 | 19.3 | 12.312 h |
| July | 26.4°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 160 | 22.5 | 12.312 h |
| August | 26.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 200 | 24.6 | 12.212 h |
| September | 27.5°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 163 | 20.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.7°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 195 | 21.0 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.2°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 121 | 13.9 | 12.012 h |
| December | 29.9°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 30 | 5.2 | 12.012 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
April in nearby cities
- Lira in AprilUganda · 89 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.4°C · 182 mm rain
- Masindi in AprilUganda · 138 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 171 mm rain
- Arua in AprilUganda · 157 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.1°C · 80 mm rain
- Hoima in AprilUganda · 183 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 291 mm rain
- Kotido in AprilUganda · 205 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.4°C · 76 mm rain
- Yei in AprilSouth Sudan · 232 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.4°C · 146 mm rain
- Juba in AprilSouth Sudan · 244 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 98 mm rain
- Mityana in AprilUganda · 264 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 183 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 Gulu) is explained once on the Gulu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.