Climate averages 1991–2020
Masindi weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Masindi: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 18.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 136 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hoima (48 km away). In May its highs average 26.7°C, about as warm as Masindi, with 251 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Masindi ranks joint 5th of 21 for the warmest May highs and 7th of 21 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 21 cities is 25.2°C; Masindi is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 136 mm to 96 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
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 | 27.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 171 | 23.1 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Hoima in MayUganda · 48 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.4°C · 251 mm rain
- Mubende in MayUganda · 129 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Gulu in MayUganda · 138 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.1°C · 184 mm rain
- Mityana in MayUganda · 144 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.4°C · 159 mm rain
- Lira in MayUganda · 146 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.8°C · 169 mm rain
- Bunia in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 163 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Nansana in MayUganda · 172 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 188 mm rain
- Arua in MayUganda · 174 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.6°C · 70 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.