Climate averages 1991–2020
Mubende weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the joint 9th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Mubende: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 16.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 144 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes October a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mityana (72 km away). In October its highs average 25.2°C, about as warm as Mubende, with 182 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Mubende ranks joint 8th of 21 for the warmest October highs and joint 5th of 21 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 21 cities is 25.4°C; Mubende is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 144 mm to 132 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Mityana in OctoberUganda · 72 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 182 mm rain
- Hoima in OctoberUganda · 97 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 376 mm rain
- Masaka in OctoberUganda · 106 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 125 mm rain
- Ibanda in OctoberUganda · 126 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.6°C · 183 mm rain
- Kyengera in OctoberUganda · 126 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 18.2°C · 154 mm rain
- Nansana in OctoberUganda · 128 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.2°C · 154 mm rain
- Masindi in OctoberUganda · 129 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.3°C · 193 mm rain
- Katabi in OctoberUganda · 131 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 19.6°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 Mubende) is explained once on the Mubende year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.