Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbarara weather
in November.
A warm, wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Mbarara: daytime highs average 24.8°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 103 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes November a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rutoma (30 km away). In November its highs average 24.3°C, about as warm as Mbarara, with 158 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Mbarara ranks 9th of 21 for the warmest November highs and joint 3rd of 21 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 21 cities is 25.2°C; Mbarara is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 103 mm to 61 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Rutoma in NovemberUganda · 30 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.6°C · 158 mm rain
- Ibanda in NovemberUganda · 55 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.4°C · 175 mm rain
- Nyagatare in NovemberRwanda · 85 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.4°C · 121 mm rain
- Masaka in NovemberUganda · 124 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 16.9°C · 133 mm rain
- Rutshuru in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 148 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 14.9°C · 287 mm rain
- Musanze in NovemberRwanda · 150 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.9°C · 222 mm rain
- Bukoba in NovemberTanzania · 153 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 19.6°C · 169 mm rain
- Mubende in NovemberUganda · 154 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.4°C · 132 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.