Climate averages 1991–2020

Masaka weather
in January.

A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.

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

Average high 25.6°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 17.2°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 78 mm 17 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a warm month in Masaka: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 17.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Mityana (89 km away). In January its highs average 26.4°C, 0.9°C warmer than Masaka, with 74 mm of rain.

Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Masaka ranks joint 15th of 21 for the warmest January highs and 11th of 21 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 21 cities is 27.1°C; Masaka is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 78 mm.

The annual picture

January 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, selected	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	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

January 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.