Climate averages 1991–2020
Kira weather
in May.
A warm, very wet month: one of the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Kira: daytime highs average 24.2°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 215 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes May a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kampala (11 km away). In May its highs average 23.5°C, 0.7°C cooler than Kira, with 188 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Kira ranks 15th of 21 for the warmest May highs and joint 18th of 21 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 21 cities is 25.2°C; Kira is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs stay level at 24.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 215 mm to 154 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
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 | 24.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 235 | 28.2 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Kampala in MayUganda · 11 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 18.5°C · 188 mm rain
- Nansana in MayUganda · 12 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 188 mm rain
- Mukono in MayUganda · 15 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.8°C · 212 mm rain
- Kyengera in MayUganda · 19 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 188 mm rain
- Kajansi in MayUganda · 23 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 19.3°C · 188 mm rain
- Lugazi in MayUganda · 34 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.9°C · 230 mm rain
- Katabi in MayUganda · 40 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 19.8°C · 207 mm rain
- Njeru in MayUganda · 61 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 19.5°C · 215 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.