Climate averages 1991–2020
Mityana weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Mityana: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 159 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kyengera (55 km away). In May its highs average 24.0°C, about as warm as Mityana, with 188 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Mityana ranks joint 12th of 21 for the warmest May highs and 9th of 21 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 21 cities is 25.2°C; Mityana is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 24.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 159 mm to 89 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
Mityana climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Kyengera in MayUganda · 55 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 188 mm rain
- Nansana in MayUganda · 57 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 188 mm rain
- Kajansi in MayUganda · 61 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 19.3°C · 188 mm rain
- Katabi in MayUganda · 62 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 19.8°C · 207 mm rain
- Kampala in MayUganda · 63 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 18.5°C · 188 mm rain
- Kira in MayUganda · 68 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 215 mm rain
- Mubende in MayUganda · 72 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Mukono in MayUganda · 82 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.8°C · 212 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.