Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbarara weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Mbarara: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 16.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rutoma (30 km away). In May its highs average 24.7°C, about as warm as Mbarara, with 117 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Mbarara ranks joint 7th of 21 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 21 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 21 cities is 25.2°C; Mbarara is level with that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 65 mm to 26 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Rutoma in MayUganda · 30 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.7°C · 117 mm rain
- Ibanda in MayUganda · 55 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.3°C · 143 mm rain
- Nyagatare in MayRwanda · 85 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Masaka in MayUganda · 124 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 17.1°C · 112 mm rain
- Rutshuru in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 148 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.1°C · 139 mm rain
- Musanze in MayRwanda · 150 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 15.4°C · 118 mm rain
- Bukoba in MayTanzania · 153 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 19.8°C · 118 mm rain
- Mubende in MayUganda · 154 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.7°C · 96 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.