Climate averages 1991–2020
Kotido weather
in July.
A warm, wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Kotido: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 17.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 123 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes July a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lira (159 km away). In July its highs average 26.6°C, about as warm as Kotido, with 116 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Kotido ranks joint 5th of 21 for the warmest July highs and 17th of 21 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 21 cities is 25.0°C; Kotido is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 123 mm to 101 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Lira in JulyUganda · 159 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.8°C · 116 mm rain
- Lodwar in JulyKenya · 163 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Gulu in JulyUganda · 205 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.9°C · 160 mm rain
- Kitale in JulyKenya · 239 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.6°C · 172 mm rain
- Busia in JulyKenya · 280 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.3°C · 134 mm rain
- Eldoret in JulyKenya · 301 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 11.8°C · 250 mm rain
- Njeru in JulyUganda · 302 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 116 mm rain
- Masindi in JulyUganda · 305 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.8°C · 92 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.