Climate averages 1991–2020

Lira weather
in January.

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

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

Average high 31.1°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 19.6°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 22 mm 4 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a hot month in Lira: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Gulu (89 km away). In January its highs average 31.7°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 January highs and 4th of 21 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 21 cities is 27.1°C; Lira is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 32.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 29 mm.

The annual picture

January 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, selected	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	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

January 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.