Climate averages 1991–2020
Ibanda weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the joint 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Ibanda: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 143 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rutoma (50 km away). In May its highs average 24.7°C, about as warm as Ibanda, with 117 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Ibanda ranks joint 7th of 21 for the warmest May highs and 8th of 21 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 21 cities is 25.2°C; Ibanda is level with that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 143 mm to 70 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
Ibanda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.3°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 76 | 13.9 | 12.112 h |
| February | 27.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 80 | 13.1 | 12.112 h |
| March | 26.7°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 141 | 20.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.5°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 172 | 24.5 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 25.2°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 143 | 21.3 | 12.112 h |
| June | 25.4°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 70 | 11.0 | 12.112 h |
| July | 25.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 38 | 6.4 | 12.112 h |
| August | 25.7°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 104 | 14.7 | 12.112 h |
| September | 25.6°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 132 | 20.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.1°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 183 | 25.8 | 12.112 h |
| November | 24.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 175 | 25.7 | 12.112 h |
| December | 25.2°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 116 | 19.2 | 12.112 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
- Rutoma in MayUganda · 50 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.7°C · 117 mm rain
- Mbarara in MayUganda · 55 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.0°C · 65 mm rain
- Mubende in MayUganda · 126 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Nyagatare in MayRwanda · 131 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Butembo in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 137 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.3°C · 142 mm rain
- Masaka in MayUganda · 139 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 17.1°C · 112 mm rain
- Hyosha in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 143 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.5°C · 137 mm rain
- Rutshuru in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 165 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.1°C · 139 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 Ibanda) is explained once on the Ibanda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.