Climate averages 1991–2020
Masindi weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Masindi: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 171 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes April a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hoima (48 km away). In April its highs average 27.1°C, about as warm as Masindi, with 291 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Masindi ranks 5th of 21 for the warmest April highs and 7th of 21 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 21 cities is 25.6°C; Masindi is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 171 mm to 136 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Masindi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 31 | 6.0 | 12.012 h |
| February | 30.9°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 33 | 6.8 | 12.112 h |
| March | 29.6°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 112 | 15.6 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 27.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 171 | 23.1 | 12.212 h |
| May | 26.7°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 136 | 23.1 | 12.212 h |
| June | 26.5°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 96 | 17.9 | 12.212 h |
| July | 26.4°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 92 | 17.8 | 12.212 h |
| August | 26.3°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 133 | 23.1 | 12.212 h |
| September | 26.7°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 145 | 24.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.3°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 193 | 26.3 | 12.112 h |
| November | 26.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 152 | 20.7 | 12.012 h |
| December | 28.0°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 58 | 9.9 | 12.012 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
April in nearby cities
- Hoima in AprilUganda · 48 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 291 mm rain
- Mubende in AprilUganda · 129 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.1°C · 119 mm rain
- Gulu in AprilUganda · 138 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 19.8°C · 198 mm rain
- Mityana in AprilUganda · 144 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 183 mm rain
- Lira in AprilUganda · 146 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.4°C · 182 mm rain
- Bunia in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 163 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 105 mm rain
- Nansana in AprilUganda · 172 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 220 mm rain
- Arua in AprilUganda · 174 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.1°C · 80 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 Masindi) is explained once on the Masindi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.