Climate averages 1991–2020
Mukono weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Mukono: daytime highs average 24.7°C and nights cool to about 17.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 170 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes October a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kira (15 km away). In October its highs average 24.6°C, about as warm as Mukono, with 212 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Mukono ranks 14th of 21 for the warmest October highs and 13th of 21 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 21 cities is 25.4°C; Mukono is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 24.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 170 mm to 200 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
Mukono climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.8°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 124 | 21.1 | 12.112 h |
| February | 26.5°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 116 | 19.4 | 12.112 h |
| March | 25.9°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 186 | 25.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 244 | 28.2 | 12.112 h |
| May | 24.3°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 212 | 28.5 | 12.112 h |
| June | 24.3°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 145 | 24.7 | 12.112 h |
| July | 24.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 118 | 21.7 | 12.112 h |
| August | 24.6°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 136 | 24.9 | 12.112 h |
| September | 25.1°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 140 | 25.8 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 24.7°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 170 | 27.9 | 12.112 h |
| November | 24.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 200 | 27.9 | 12.112 h |
| December | 25.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 154 | 24.8 | 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
- Kira in OctoberUganda · 15 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 212 mm rain
- Kampala in OctoberUganda · 20 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 154 mm rain
- Lugazi in OctoberUganda · 20 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 17.5°C · 201 mm rain
- Nansana in OctoberUganda · 25 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.2°C · 154 mm rain
- Kajansi in OctoberUganda · 29 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 154 mm rain
- Kyengera in OctoberUganda · 29 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 18.2°C · 154 mm rain
- Katabi in OctoberUganda · 44 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 19.6°C · 144 mm rain
- Njeru in OctoberUganda · 48 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 19.3°C · 191 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 Mukono) is explained once on the Mukono year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.