Climate averages 1991–2020
Mubende weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: one of the coolest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Mubende: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes May a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mityana (72 km away). In May its highs average 24.4°C, 0.5°C cooler than Mubende, with 159 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Mubende ranks 9th of 21 for the warmest May highs and 4th of 21 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 21 cities is 25.2°C; Mubende is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 96 mm to 49 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
Mubende climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Mityana in MayUganda · 72 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.4°C · 159 mm rain
- Hoima in MayUganda · 97 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.4°C · 251 mm rain
- Masaka in MayUganda · 106 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 17.1°C · 112 mm rain
- Ibanda in MayUganda · 126 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.3°C · 143 mm rain
- Kyengera in MayUganda · 126 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 188 mm rain
- Nansana in MayUganda · 128 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 188 mm rain
- Masindi in MayUganda · 129 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.6°C · 136 mm rain
- Katabi in MayUganda · 131 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 19.8°C · 207 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 Mubende) is explained once on the Mubende year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.