Climate averages 1991–2020
Masaka weather
in September.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Masaka: daytime highs average 24.8°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 103 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes September a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mityana (89 km away). In September its highs average 25.5°C, 0.7°C warmer than Masaka, with 144 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Masaka ranks 16th of 21 for the warmest September highs and 4th of 21 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 21 cities is 25.7°C; Masaka is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 24.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 103 mm to 125 mm.
The annual picture
September 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 | 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Mityana in SeptemberUganda · 89 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 144 mm rain
- Katabi in SeptemberUganda · 94 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 19.4°C · 106 mm rain
- Mubende in SeptemberUganda · 106 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.2°C · 102 mm rain
- Kajansi in SeptemberUganda · 108 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 18.8°C · 121 mm rain
- Kyengera in SeptemberUganda · 110 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.9°C · 121 mm rain
- Bukoba in SeptemberTanzania · 111 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 110 mm rain
- Nansana in SeptemberUganda · 118 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.8°C · 121 mm rain
- Kampala in SeptemberUganda · 119 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 121 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.