Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbarara weather
in February.
A warm, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Mbarara: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rutoma (30 km away). In February its highs average 26.3°C, 1.0°C cooler than Mbarara, with 80 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Mbarara ranks 9th of 21 for the warmest February highs and 6th of 21 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 21 cities is 27.9°C; Mbarara is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 66 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Rutoma in FebruaryUganda · 30 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.9°C · 80 mm rain
- Ibanda in FebruaryUganda · 55 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 16.5°C · 80 mm rain
- Nyagatare in FebruaryRwanda · 85 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Masaka in FebruaryUganda · 124 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 17.7°C · 78 mm rain
- Rutshuru in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 148 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 125 mm rain
- Musanze in FebruaryRwanda · 150 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.7°C · 168 mm rain
- Bukoba in FebruaryTanzania · 153 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 115 mm rain
- Mubende in FebruaryUganda · 154 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 44 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.