Climate averages 1991–2020
Kotido weather
in February.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Kotido: daytime highs average 32.0°C and nights cool to about 20.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 9.9 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes February a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lira (159 km away). In February its highs average 32.2°C, about as warm as Kotido, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Kotido ranks 3rd of 21 for the warmest February highs and 1st of 21 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 21 cities is 27.9°C; Kotido is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 31.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.9 mm to 38 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Lira in FebruaryUganda · 159 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 20.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Lodwar in FebruaryKenya · 163 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 7.2 mm rain
- Gulu in FebruaryUganda · 205 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Kitale in FebruaryKenya · 239 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 11.9°C · 49 mm rain
- Busia in FebruaryKenya · 280 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.8°C · 110 mm rain
- Eldoret in FebruaryKenya · 301 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 12.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Njeru in FebruaryUganda · 302 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 104 mm rain
- Masindi in FebruaryUganda · 305 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 19.9°C · 33 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.