Climate averages 1991–2020

Gulu weather
in January.

A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and one of the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 31.7°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 20.5°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 18 mm 3 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a hot month in Gulu: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Lira (89 km away). In January its highs average 31.1°C, 0.6°C cooler than Gulu, with 22 mm of rain.

Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Gulu ranks 1st of 21 for the warmest January highs and 3rd of 21 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 21 cities is 27.1°C; Gulu is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 32.8°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 18 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Gulu, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	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	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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Gulu

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 limits

How 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.