Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbarara weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Mbarara: daytime highs average 25.4°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 101 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes October a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rutoma (30 km away). In October its highs average 24.8°C, 0.5°C cooler than Mbarara, with 163 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Mbarara ranks 7th of 21 for the warmest October highs and 2nd of 21 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 21 cities is 25.4°C; Mbarara is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 101 mm to 103 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Rutoma in OctoberUganda · 30 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.7°C · 163 mm rain
- Ibanda in OctoberUganda · 55 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.6°C · 183 mm rain
- Nyagatare in OctoberRwanda · 85 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.8°C · 108 mm rain
- Masaka in OctoberUganda · 124 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 125 mm rain
- Rutshuru in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 148 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.1°C · 305 mm rain
- Musanze in OctoberRwanda · 150 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 201 mm rain
- Bukoba in OctoberTanzania · 153 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 19.7°C · 160 mm rain
- Mubende in OctoberUganda · 154 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.4°C · 144 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.