Climate averages 1991–2020

Masaka weather
in February.

A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.

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

Average high 26.3°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 17.7°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 78 mm 16 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a warm month in Masaka: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 17.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Mityana (89 km away). In February its highs average 27.2°C, 0.9°C warmer than Masaka, with 78 mm of rain.

Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Masaka ranks joint 15th of 21 for the warmest February highs and joint 9th of 21 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 21 cities is 27.9°C; Masaka is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 78 mm to 117 mm.

The annual picture

February 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

Masaka climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Masaka, 1991–2020
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, selected	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	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

February in nearby cities

Distance from Masaka

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 Masaka) is explained once on the Masaka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.