Climate averages 1991–2020
Mityana weather
in January.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Mityana: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kyengera (55 km away). In January its highs average 25.5°C, 1.0°C cooler than Mityana, with 108 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Mityana ranks 8th of 21 for the warmest January highs and 9th of 21 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 21 cities is 27.1°C; Mityana is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 74 mm to 78 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
Mityana climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 26.4°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 74 | 14.9 | 12.112 h |
| February | 27.2°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 78 | 15.8 | 12.112 h |
| March | 26.3°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 138 | 24.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.7°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 183 | 27.3 | 12.112 h |
| May | 24.4°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 159 | 27.0 | 12.112 h |
| June | 24.5°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 89 | 18.4 | 12.112 h |
| July | 24.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 72 | 15.2 | 12.112 h |
| August | 25.0°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 124 | 22.8 | 12.112 h |
| September | 25.5°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 144 | 26.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.2°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 182 | 28.5 | 12.112 h |
| November | 24.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 170 | 26.0 | 12.112 h |
| December | 25.4°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 106 | 19.0 | 12.112 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
- Kyengera in JanuaryUganda · 55 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 18.3°C · 108 mm rain
- Nansana in JanuaryUganda · 57 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 108 mm rain
- Kajansi in JanuaryUganda · 61 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 19.4°C · 108 mm rain
- Katabi in JanuaryUganda · 62 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 20.0°C · 134 mm rain
- Kampala in JanuaryUganda · 63 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 18.4°C · 108 mm rain
- Kira in JanuaryUganda · 68 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.5°C · 110 mm rain
- Mubende in JanuaryUganda · 72 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 17.0°C · 41 mm rain
- Mukono in JanuaryUganda · 82 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.7°C · 124 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 Mityana) is explained once on the Mityana year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.