Climate averages 1991–2020

Lira weather
in February.

A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 32.2°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 20.5°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 29 mm 6 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a hot month in Lira: daytime highs average 32.2°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Gulu (89 km away). In February its highs average 32.8°C, 0.6°C warmer than Lira, with 18 mm of rain.

Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Lira ranks 2nd of 21 for the warmest February highs and 4th of 21 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 21 cities is 27.9°C; Lira is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.

From February to March, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 29 mm to 95 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Lira, 1991–2020
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, selected	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	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

February in nearby cities

Distance from Lira

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 limits

How 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.