Climate averages 1991–2020
Gulu weather
in June.
A warm, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a warm month in Gulu: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 134 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes June a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lira (89 km away). In June its highs average 26.8°C, about as warm as Gulu, with 114 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Gulu ranks joint 3rd of 21 for the warmest June highs and 16th of 21 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 21 cities is 25.1°C; Gulu is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 134 mm to 160 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Lira in JuneUganda · 89 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 18.2°C · 114 mm rain
- Masindi in JuneUganda · 138 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 96 mm rain
- Arua in JuneUganda · 157 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 85 mm rain
- Hoima in JuneUganda · 183 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.1°C · 174 mm rain
- Kotido in JuneUganda · 205 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 17.5°C · 106 mm rain
- Yei in JuneSouth Sudan · 232 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 143 mm rain
- Juba in JuneSouth Sudan · 244 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 111 mm rain
- Mityana in JuneUganda · 264 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.8°C · 89 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.