Climate averages 1991–2020
Katabi weather
in April.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Katabi: daytime highs average 23.8°C and nights cool to about 20.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 250 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes April a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kajansi (16 km away). In April its highs average 24.1°C, about as warm as Katabi, with 220 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Katabi ranks 20th of 21 for the warmest April highs and 19th of 21 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 21 cities is 25.6°C; Katabi is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 250 mm to 207 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Katabi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.9°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 134 | 20.8 | 12.112 h |
| February | 25.3°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 127 | 19.2 | 12.112 h |
| March | 24.8°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 194 | 24.9 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 23.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 250 | 27.1 | 12.112 h |
| May | 23.7°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 207 | 27.0 | 12.112 h |
| June | 23.6°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 113 | 21.0 | 12.112 h |
| July | 23.4°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 78 | 15.7 | 12.112 h |
| August | 23.8°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 99 | 19.0 | 12.112 h |
| September | 24.2°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 106 | 21.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.0°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 144 | 24.6 | 12.112 h |
| November | 23.8°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 199 | 26.9 | 12.112 h |
| December | 24.1°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 161 | 25.1 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Kajansi in AprilUganda · 16 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 19.7°C · 220 mm rain
- Kyengera in AprilUganda · 24 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 18.9°C · 220 mm rain
- Kampala in AprilUganda · 29 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 220 mm rain
- Nansana in AprilUganda · 32 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 220 mm rain
- Kira in AprilUganda · 40 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 18.4°C · 235 mm rain
- Mukono in AprilUganda · 44 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 244 mm rain
- Lugazi in AprilUganda · 61 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 18.3°C · 266 mm rain
- Mityana in AprilUganda · 62 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 183 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 Katabi) is explained once on the Katabi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.