Climate averages 1991–2020

Katabi weather
in May.

A warm, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

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

Average high 23.7°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 19.8°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 207 mm 27 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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May is a warm month in Katabi: daytime highs average 23.7°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 207 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 11th 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 Kajansi (16 km away). In May its highs average 23.9°C, about as warm as Katabi, with 188 mm of rain.

Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Katabi ranks 20th of 21 for the warmest May highs and 16th of 21 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 21 cities is 25.2°C; Katabi is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.

From May to June, average highs stay level at 23.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 207 mm to 113 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 15202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Katabi, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 24.9°C20.0°C20.0°C13420.812.112 h
February 25.3°C20.5°C20.5°C12719.212.112 h
March 24.8°C20.5°C20.5°C19424.912.112 h
April 23.8°C20.1°C20.1°C25027.112.112 h
May, selected 23.7°C19.8°C19.8°C20727.012.112 h
June 23.6°C19.4°C19.4°C11321.012.112 h
July 23.4°C19.0°C19.0°C7815.712.112 h
August 23.8°C19.0°C19.0°C9919.012.112 h
September 24.2°C19.4°C19.4°C10621.012.112 h
October 24.0°C19.6°C19.6°C14424.612.112 h
November 23.8°C19.5°C19.5°C19926.912.112 h
December 24.1°C19.6°C19.6°C16125.112.112 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

Distance from Katabi

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 Katabi) is explained once on the Katabi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.