Climate averages 1991–2020
Lira weather
in July.
A warm, wet month: the coolest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Lira: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 116 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes July a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gulu (89 km away). In July its highs average 26.4°C, about as warm as Lira, with 160 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Lira ranks 1st of 21 for the warmest July highs and joint 14th of 21 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 21 cities is 25.0°C; Lira is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 116 mm to 146 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Gulu in JulyUganda · 89 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.9°C · 160 mm rain
- Masindi in JulyUganda · 146 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.8°C · 92 mm rain
- Kotido in JulyUganda · 159 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 17.0°C · 123 mm rain
- Hoima in JulyUganda · 194 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 164 mm rain
- Njeru in JulyUganda · 203 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 116 mm rain
- Kira in JulyUganda · 208 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 16.6°C · 133 mm rain
- Lugazi in JulyUganda · 209 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 16.5°C · 132 mm rain
- Mukono in JulyUganda · 212 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 16.5°C · 118 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.