Climate averages 1991–2020

Hoima weather
in July.

A warm, wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.

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

Average high 26.5°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 18.0°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall 164 mm 24 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a warm month in Hoima: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 164 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes July a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Masindi (48 km away). In July its highs average 26.4°C, about as warm as Hoima, with 92 mm of rain.

Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Hoima ranks 2nd of 21 for the warmest July highs and 21st of 21 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 21 cities is 25.0°C; Hoima is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 164 mm to 231 mm.

The annual picture

July 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	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, selected	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

July 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.