Climate averages 1991–2020
Masindi weather
in September.
A warm, wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Masindi: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 145 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes September a wet month (the 9th 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 Hoima (48 km away). In September its highs average 26.5°C, about as warm as Masindi, with 280 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Masindi ranks 4th of 21 for the warmest September highs and 16th of 21 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 21 cities is 25.7°C; Masindi is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 145 mm to 193 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Hoima in SeptemberUganda · 48 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 280 mm rain
- Mubende in SeptemberUganda · 129 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.2°C · 102 mm rain
- Gulu in SeptemberUganda · 138 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.3°C · 163 mm rain
- Mityana in SeptemberUganda · 144 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 144 mm rain
- Lira in SeptemberUganda · 146 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.1°C · 117 mm rain
- Bunia in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 163 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.5°C · 129 mm rain
- Nansana in SeptemberUganda · 172 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.8°C · 121 mm rain
- Arua in SeptemberUganda · 174 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.2°C · 105 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.