Climate averages 1991–2020

Lira weather
in September.

A warm, wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

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

Average high 27.9°C Daytime mean, September

Average low 18.1°C Night-time mean, September

Rainfall 117 mm 18 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

September is a warm month in Lira: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 117 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes September a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average September day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Gulu (89 km away). In September its highs average 27.5°C, about as warm as Lira, with 163 mm of rain.

Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Lira ranks 2nd of 21 for the warmest September highs and 8th of 21 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 21 cities is 25.7°C; Lira is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.

From September to October, average highs stay level at 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 117 mm to 157 mm.

The annual picture

September 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	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, selected	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

September 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.