Climate averages 1991–2020

Hoima weather
in January.

A hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

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

Average high 28.7°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 18.8°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 66 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a hot month in Hoima: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 18.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Masindi (48 km away). In January its highs average 29.6°C, 0.8°C warmer than Hoima, with 31 mm of rain.

Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Hoima ranks 6th of 21 for the warmest January highs and 8th of 21 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 21 cities is 27.1°C; Hoima is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 66 mm to 63 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

Hoima climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Hoima, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	28.7°C18.8°C	18.8°C	66	10.6	12.012 h
February	30.1°C19.5°C	19.5°C	63	11.2	12.112 h
March	28.9°C19.5°C	19.5°C	199	22.0	12.112 h
April	27.1°C18.8°C	18.8°C	291	27.2	12.112 h
May	26.7°C18.4°C	18.4°C	251	27.9	12.212 h
June	26.6°C18.1°C	18.1°C	174	23.3	12.212 h
July	26.5°C18.0°C	18.0°C	164	23.6	12.212 h
August	26.4°C18.0°C	18.0°C	231	27.8	12.212 h
September	26.5°C18.1°C	18.1°C	280	28.5	12.112 h
October	26.0°C18.3°C	18.3°C	376	30.2	12.112 h
November	26.2°C18.3°C	18.3°C	352	27.6	12.112 h
December	27.3°C18.2°C	18.2°C	166	18.5	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 Hoima

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 Hoima) is explained once on the Hoima year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.