Climate averages 1991–2020
Kampala weather
in February.
A warm, wet month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Kampala: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 19.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes February a wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nansana (8 km away). In February its highs average 26.3°C, 0.8°C warmer than Kampala, with 104 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Kampala ranks 20th of 21 for the warmest February highs and joint 13th of 21 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 21 cities is 27.9°C; Kampala is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 104 mm to 165 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Kampala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.9°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 108 | 19.6 | 12.112 h |
| February, selected | 25.5°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 104 | 18.6 | 12.112 h |
| March | 24.8°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 165 | 25.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 23.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 220 | 27.7 | 12.112 h |
| May | 23.5°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 188 | 27.8 | 12.112 h |
| June | 23.5°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 115 | 22.5 | 12.112 h |
| July | 23.4°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 83 | 17.7 | 12.112 h |
| August | 23.8°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 109 | 22.7 | 12.112 h |
| September | 24.2°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 121 | 25.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 23.9°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 154 | 27.7 | 12.112 h |
| November | 23.7°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 179 | 26.8 | 12.112 h |
| December | 24.1°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 133 | 23.9 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Nansana in FebruaryUganda · 8 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 104 mm rain
- Kyengera in FebruaryUganda · 9 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 104 mm rain
- Kira in FebruaryUganda · 11 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 18.1°C · 106 mm rain
- Kajansi in FebruaryUganda · 12 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 19.9°C · 104 mm rain
- Mukono in FebruaryUganda · 20 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.2°C · 116 mm rain
- Katabi in FebruaryUganda · 29 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 20.5°C · 127 mm rain
- Lugazi in FebruaryUganda · 40 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 133 mm rain
- Mityana in FebruaryUganda · 63 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 17.8°C · 78 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 Kampala) is explained once on the Kampala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Nansana, Kyengera and Kajansi lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.