Climate averages 1991–2020
Lira weather
in June.
A warm, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a warm month in Lira: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 114 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes June a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gulu (89 km away). In June its highs average 26.7°C, about as warm as Lira, with 134 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Lira ranks 2nd of 21 for the warmest June highs and 11th of 21 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 21 cities is 25.1°C; Lira is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 114 mm to 116 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Gulu in JuneUganda · 89 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.4°C · 134 mm rain
- Masindi in JuneUganda · 146 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 96 mm rain
- Kotido in JuneUganda · 159 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 17.5°C · 106 mm rain
- Hoima in JuneUganda · 194 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.1°C · 174 mm rain
- Njeru in JuneUganda · 203 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 18.9°C · 142 mm rain
- Kira in JuneUganda · 208 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 17.1°C · 154 mm rain
- Lugazi in JuneUganda · 209 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.1°C · 157 mm rain
- Mukono in JuneUganda · 212 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.0°C · 145 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.