Climate averages 1991–2020
Masaka weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the coolest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Masaka: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 112 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mityana (89 km away). In May its highs average 24.4°C, 0.5°C warmer than Masaka, with 159 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Masaka ranks joint 17th of 21 for the warmest May highs and 5th of 21 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 21 cities is 25.2°C; Masaka is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 24.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 112 mm to 56 mm.
The annual picture
May 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 | 24.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 143 | 24.2 | 12.112 h |
| May, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Mityana in MayUganda · 89 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.4°C · 159 mm rain
- Katabi in MayUganda · 94 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 19.8°C · 207 mm rain
- Mubende in MayUganda · 106 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Kajansi in MayUganda · 108 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 19.3°C · 188 mm rain
- Kyengera in MayUganda · 110 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 188 mm rain
- Bukoba in MayTanzania · 111 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 19.8°C · 118 mm rain
- Nansana in MayUganda · 118 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 188 mm rain
- Kampala in MayUganda · 119 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 18.5°C · 188 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.