Climate averages 1991–2020
Kotido weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Kotido: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lira (159 km away). In April its highs average 28.3°C, 1.4°C cooler than Kotido, with 182 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Kotido ranks 1st of 21 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 21 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 21 cities is 25.6°C; Kotido is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 76 mm to 86 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
Kotido climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.0°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 8.3 | 1.9 | 12.012 h |
| February | 32.0°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 9.9 | 1.8 | 12.012 h |
| March | 31.4°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 38 | 6.7 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 29.6°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 76 | 11.9 | 12.212 h |
| May | 28.2°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 86 | 14.1 | 12.312 h |
| June | 27.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 106 | 15.4 | 12.312 h |
| July | 26.3°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 123 | 18.4 | 12.312 h |
| August | 26.8°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 101 | 16.3 | 12.212 h |
| September | 28.8°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 44 | 6.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.0°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 46 | 8.7 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.8°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 27 | 6.1 | 12.012 h |
| December | 29.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 13 | 3.1 | 12.012 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
- Lira in AprilUganda · 159 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.4°C · 182 mm rain
- Lodwar in AprilKenya · 163 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 25.1°C · 74 mm rain
- Gulu in AprilUganda · 205 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 19.8°C · 198 mm rain
- Kitale in AprilKenya · 239 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 12.3°C · 189 mm rain
- Busia in AprilKenya · 280 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.4°C · 291 mm rain
- Eldoret in AprilKenya · 301 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 13.2°C · 195 mm rain
- Njeru in AprilUganda · 302 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 19.8°C · 240 mm rain
- Masindi in AprilUganda · 305 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 171 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 Kotido) is explained once on the Kotido year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.