Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbarara weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Mbarara: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 16.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rutoma (30 km away). In April its highs average 24.9°C, 0.6°C cooler than Mbarara, with 144 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Mbarara ranks joint 7th of 21 for the warmest April highs and 3rd of 21 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 21 cities is 25.6°C; Mbarara is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 85 mm to 65 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
Mbarara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 35 | 9.5 | 12.112 h |
| February | 27.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 38 | 9.1 | 12.112 h |
| March | 26.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 66 | 15.2 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 25.5°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 85 | 19.3 | 12.112 h |
| May | 25.2°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 65 | 15.8 | 12.112 h |
| June | 25.7°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 26 | 6.7 | 12.112 h |
| July | 26.3°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 13 | 3.5 | 12.112 h |
| August | 26.1°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 46 | 11.1 | 12.112 h |
| September | 25.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 70 | 17.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.4°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 101 | 22.8 | 12.112 h |
| November | 24.8°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 103 | 22.5 | 12.112 h |
| December | 25.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 61 | 15.2 | 12.212 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
- Rutoma in AprilUganda · 30 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.7°C · 144 mm rain
- Ibanda in AprilUganda · 55 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.6°C · 172 mm rain
- Nyagatare in AprilRwanda · 85 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.3°C · 123 mm rain
- Masaka in AprilUganda · 124 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 17.5°C · 143 mm rain
- Rutshuru in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 148 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.9°C · 217 mm rain
- Musanze in AprilRwanda · 150 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 200 mm rain
- Bukoba in AprilTanzania · 153 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 186 mm rain
- Mubende in AprilUganda · 154 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.1°C · 119 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 Mbarara) is explained once on the Mbarara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.