Climate averages 1991–2020

Masaka weather
in June.

A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

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

Average high 24.1°C Daytime mean, June
Average low 16.4°C Night-time mean, June
Rainfall 56 mm 13 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Masaka · average highYear overview

June is a warm month in Masaka: daytime highs average 24.1°C and nights cool to about 16.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes June a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average June day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Mityana (89 km away). In June its highs average 24.5°C, about as warm as Masaka, with 89 mm of rain.

Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Masaka ranks 16th of 21 for the warmest June highs and 4th of 21 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 21 cities is 25.1°C; Masaka is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.

From June to July, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 56 mm to 39 mm.

The annual picture

June in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 1015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

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
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 25.6°C17.2°C17.2°C7816.712.112 h
February 26.3°C17.7°C17.7°C7816.112.112 h
March 25.6°C17.8°C17.8°C11720.912.112 h
April 24.2°C17.5°C17.5°C14324.212.112 h
May 23.9°C17.1°C17.1°C11221.612.112 h
June, selected 24.1°C16.4°C16.4°C5613.012.112 h
July 24.3°C16.4°C16.4°C398.812.112 h
August 24.5°C16.5°C16.5°C7915.712.112 h
September 24.8°C16.7°C16.7°C10321.612.112 h
October 24.6°C17.1°C17.1°C12524.512.112 h
November 24.1°C16.9°C16.9°C13323.912.112 h
December 24.5°C16.8°C16.8°C9419.712.112 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

June 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.