Climate averages 1991–2020
Kotido weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Kotido: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.3 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lira (159 km away). In January its highs average 31.1°C, about as warm as Kotido, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Kotido ranks 3rd of 21 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 21 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 21 cities is 27.1°C; Kotido is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 32.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.3 mm to 9.9 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Lira in JanuaryUganda · 159 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 19.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Lodwar in JanuaryKenya · 163 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 23.5°C · 12 mm rain
- Gulu in JanuaryUganda · 205 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Kitale in JanuaryKenya · 239 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 11.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Busia in JanuaryKenya · 280 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.2°C · 111 mm rain
- Eldoret in JanuaryKenya · 301 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 12.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Njeru in JanuaryUganda · 302 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 117 mm rain
- Masindi in JanuaryUganda · 305 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.2°C · 31 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.