Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbarara weather
in January.
A warm, fairly dry month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Mbarara: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 16.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rutoma (30 km away). In January its highs average 25.4°C, 0.9°C cooler than Mbarara, with 80 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Mbarara ranks joint 9th of 21 for the warmest January highs and 6th of 21 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 21 cities is 27.1°C; Mbarara is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 35 mm to 38 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Rutoma in JanuaryUganda · 30 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.2°C · 80 mm rain
- Ibanda in JanuaryUganda · 55 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Nyagatare in JanuaryRwanda · 85 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 16.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Masaka in JanuaryUganda · 124 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.2°C · 78 mm rain
- Rutshuru in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 148 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.3°C · 121 mm rain
- Musanze in JanuaryRwanda · 150 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 15.3°C · 186 mm rain
- Bukoba in JanuaryTanzania · 153 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 20.0°C · 120 mm rain
- Mubende in JanuaryUganda · 154 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 17.0°C · 41 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.