Climate averages 1991–2020
Masaka weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Masaka: daytime highs average 24.2°C and nights cool to about 17.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 143 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes April a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mityana (89 km away). In April its highs average 24.7°C, about as warm as Masaka, with 183 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Masaka ranks joint 16th of 21 for the warmest April highs and 5th of 21 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 21 cities is 25.6°C; Masaka is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 143 mm to 112 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Masaka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.6°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 78 | 16.7 | 12.112 h |
| February | 26.3°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 78 | 16.1 | 12.112 h |
| March | 25.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 117 | 20.9 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 24.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 143 | 24.2 | 12.112 h |
| May | 23.9°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 112 | 21.6 | 12.112 h |
| June | 24.1°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 56 | 13.0 | 12.112 h |
| July | 24.3°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 39 | 8.8 | 12.112 h |
| August | 24.5°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 79 | 15.7 | 12.112 h |
| September | 24.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 103 | 21.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.6°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 125 | 24.5 | 12.112 h |
| November | 24.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 133 | 23.9 | 12.112 h |
| December | 24.5°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 94 | 19.7 | 12.112 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
April in nearby cities
- Mityana in AprilUganda · 89 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 183 mm rain
- Katabi in AprilUganda · 94 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 20.1°C · 250 mm rain
- Mubende in AprilUganda · 106 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.1°C · 119 mm rain
- Kajansi in AprilUganda · 108 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 19.7°C · 220 mm rain
- Kyengera in AprilUganda · 110 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 18.9°C · 220 mm rain
- Bukoba in AprilTanzania · 111 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 186 mm rain
- Nansana in AprilUganda · 118 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 220 mm rain
- Kampala in AprilUganda · 119 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 220 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 Masaka) is explained once on the Masaka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.