Climate averages 1991–2020
Lira weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Lira: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 18.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 169 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes May a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gulu (89 km away). In May its highs average 27.3°C, about as warm as Lira, with 184 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Lira ranks 4th of 21 for the warmest May highs and 10th of 21 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 21 cities is 25.2°C; Lira is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 169 mm to 114 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Gulu in MayUganda · 89 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.1°C · 184 mm rain
- Masindi in MayUganda · 146 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.6°C · 136 mm rain
- Kotido in MayUganda · 159 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 86 mm rain
- Hoima in MayUganda · 194 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.4°C · 251 mm rain
- Njeru in MayUganda · 203 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 19.5°C · 215 mm rain
- Kira in MayUganda · 208 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 215 mm rain
- Lugazi in MayUganda · 209 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.9°C · 230 mm rain
- Mukono in MayUganda · 212 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.8°C · 212 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.