Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbarara weather
in July.
A warm, very dry month: the joint 3rd warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Mbarara: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 15.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes July a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rutoma (30 km away). In July its highs average 25.8°C, 0.5°C cooler than Mbarara, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Mbarara ranks joint 5th of 21 for the warmest July highs and 1st of 21 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 21 cities is 25.0°C; Mbarara is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 46 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Rutoma in JulyUganda · 30 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.7°C · 28 mm rain
- Ibanda in JulyUganda · 55 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Nyagatare in JulyRwanda · 85 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 16.0°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Masaka in JulyUganda · 124 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Rutshuru in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 148 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Musanze in JulyRwanda · 150 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Bukoba in JulyTanzania · 153 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 18.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Mubende in JulyUganda · 154 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.3°C · 36 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.