Climate averages 1991–2020
Gulu weather
in February.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Gulu: daytime highs average 32.8°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lira (89 km away). In February its highs average 32.2°C, 0.6°C cooler than Gulu, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Gulu ranks 1st of 21 for the warmest February highs and 3rd of 21 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 21 cities is 27.9°C; Gulu is 4.9°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 98 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Lira in FebruaryUganda · 89 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 20.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Masindi in FebruaryUganda · 138 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 19.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Arua in FebruaryUganda · 157 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 20.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Hoima in FebruaryUganda · 183 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 19.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Kotido in FebruaryUganda · 205 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 20.0°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Yei in FebruarySouth Sudan · 232 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Juba in FebruarySouth Sudan · 244 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Mityana in FebruaryUganda · 264 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 17.8°C · 78 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.