Climate averages 1991–2020
Gulu weather
in July.
A warm, wet month: the coolest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Gulu: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 160 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes July a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lira (89 km away). In July its highs average 26.6°C, about as warm as Gulu, with 116 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Gulu ranks joint 3rd of 21 for the warmest July highs and 20th of 21 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 21 cities is 25.0°C; Gulu is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 160 mm to 200 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Lira in JulyUganda · 89 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.8°C · 116 mm rain
- Masindi in JulyUganda · 138 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.8°C · 92 mm rain
- Arua in JulyUganda · 157 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.1°C · 113 mm rain
- Hoima in JulyUganda · 183 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 164 mm rain
- Kotido in JulyUganda · 205 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 17.0°C · 123 mm rain
- Yei in JulySouth Sudan · 232 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.8°C · 183 mm rain
- Juba in JulySouth Sudan · 244 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.5°C · 127 mm rain
- Mityana in JulyUganda · 264 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 72 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.