Climate averages 1991–2020
Hoima weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Hoima: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 251 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Masindi (48 km away). In May its highs average 26.7°C, about as warm as Hoima, with 136 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Hoima ranks joint 5th of 21 for the warmest May highs and 21st of 21 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 21 cities is 25.2°C; Hoima is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 251 mm to 174 mm.
The annual picture
May 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
Hoima climate table
| 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Masindi in MayUganda · 48 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.6°C · 136 mm rain
- Mubende in MayUganda · 97 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Bunia in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 123 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Mityana in MayUganda · 135 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.4°C · 159 mm rain
- Nansana in MayUganda · 177 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 188 mm rain
- Kyengera in MayUganda · 180 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 188 mm rain
- Gulu in MayUganda · 183 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.1°C · 184 mm rain
- Kira in MayUganda · 183 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 215 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 Hoima) is explained once on the Hoima year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.