Climate averages 1991–2020

Masindi weather
in January.

A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.

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

Average high 29.6°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 19.2°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 31 mm 6 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a hot month in Masindi: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Hoima (48 km away). In January its highs average 28.7°C, 0.8°C cooler than Masindi, with 66 mm of rain.

Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Masindi ranks 5th of 21 for the warmest January highs and 5th of 21 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 21 cities is 27.1°C; Masindi is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 31 mm to 33 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

Masindi climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Masindi, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	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	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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Masindi

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 Masindi) is explained once on the Masindi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.