Climate averages 1991–2020
Kira weather
in April.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Kira: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 235 mm of rain on roughly 28 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 Kampala (11 km away). In April its highs average 23.7°C, 0.7°C cooler than Kira, with 220 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Kira ranks 15th of 21 for the warmest April highs and 16th of 21 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 21 cities is 25.6°C; Kira is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 24.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 235 mm to 215 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
Kira climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 110 | 18.8 | 12.112 h |
| February | 26.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 106 | 18.6 | 12.112 h |
| March | 25.7°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 174 | 26.0 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 24.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 235 | 28.2 | 12.112 h |
| May | 24.2°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 215 | 28.4 | 12.112 h |
| June | 24.2°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 154 | 24.7 | 12.112 h |
| July | 24.2°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 133 | 22.0 | 12.112 h |
| August | 24.5°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 171 | 25.4 | 12.112 h |
| September | 25.0°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 179 | 27.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 212 | 28.9 | 12.112 h |
| November | 24.4°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 208 | 27.3 | 12.112 h |
| December | 24.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 145 | 23.1 | 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
- Kampala in AprilUganda · 11 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 220 mm rain
- Nansana in AprilUganda · 12 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 220 mm rain
- Mukono in AprilUganda · 15 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 244 mm rain
- Kyengera in AprilUganda · 19 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 18.9°C · 220 mm rain
- Kajansi in AprilUganda · 23 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 19.7°C · 220 mm rain
- Lugazi in AprilUganda · 34 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 18.3°C · 266 mm rain
- Katabi in AprilUganda · 40 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 20.1°C · 250 mm rain
- Njeru in AprilUganda · 61 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 19.8°C · 240 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 Kira) is explained once on the Kira year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.