Climate averages 1991–2020
Lira weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Lira: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 182 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes April a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gulu (89 km away). In April its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Lira, with 198 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Lira ranks 3rd of 21 for the warmest April highs and 9th of 21 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 21 cities is 25.6°C; Lira is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 182 mm to 169 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
Lira climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.1°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 22 | 4.3 | 12.012 h |
| February | 32.2°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 29 | 5.7 | 12.012 h |
| March | 31.0°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 95 | 13.0 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 28.3°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 182 | 22.2 | 12.212 h |
| May | 27.2°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 169 | 23.6 | 12.212 h |
| June | 26.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 114 | 19.9 | 12.212 h |
| July | 26.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 116 | 20.7 | 12.212 h |
| August | 26.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 146 | 22.2 | 12.212 h |
| September | 27.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 117 | 17.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.9°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 157 | 19.4 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.1°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 103 | 14.7 | 12.012 h |
| December | 29.5°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 38 | 6.5 | 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
- Gulu in AprilUganda · 89 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 19.8°C · 198 mm rain
- Masindi in AprilUganda · 146 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 171 mm rain
- Kotido in AprilUganda · 159 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.4°C · 76 mm rain
- Hoima in AprilUganda · 194 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 291 mm rain
- Njeru in AprilUganda · 203 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 19.8°C · 240 mm rain
- Kira in AprilUganda · 208 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 18.4°C · 235 mm rain
- Lugazi in AprilUganda · 209 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 18.3°C · 266 mm rain
- Mukono in AprilUganda · 212 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 244 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 Lira) is explained once on the Lira year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.