Climate averages 1991–2020

Mubende weather
in January.

A warm, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 27.0°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 17.0°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 41 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a warm month in Mubende: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 17.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Mityana (72 km away). In January its highs average 26.4°C, 0.6°C cooler than Mubende, with 74 mm of rain.

Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Mubende ranks 7th of 21 for the warmest January highs and 7th of 21 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 21 cities is 27.1°C; Mubende is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 41 mm to 44 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Mubende climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Mubende, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	27.0°C17.0°C	17.0°C	41	9.4	12.112 h
February	28.3°C17.6°C	17.6°C	44	10.4	12.112 h
March	27.2°C17.5°C	17.5°C	97	17.3	12.112 h
April	25.4°C17.1°C	17.1°C	119	23.5	12.112 h
May	24.9°C16.7°C	16.7°C	96	22.2	12.112 h
June	25.2°C16.2°C	16.2°C	49	12.7	12.212 h
July	25.6°C16.3°C	16.3°C	36	9.8	12.112 h
August	25.5°C16.2°C	16.2°C	83	17.4	12.112 h
September	25.6°C16.2°C	16.2°C	102	21.4	12.112 h
October	25.2°C16.4°C	16.4°C	144	25.6	12.112 h
November	24.9°C16.4°C	16.4°C	132	23.0	12.112 h
December	25.6°C16.5°C	16.5°C	72	14.3	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

Distance from Mubende

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Mubende) is explained once on the Mubende year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.