Climate averages 1991–2020

Njeru weather
in January.

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

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

Average high 25.8°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 19.6°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 117 mm 18 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a warm month in Njeru: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 117 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes January a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Lugazi (28 km away). In January its highs average 25.9°C, about as warm as Njeru, with 140 mm of rain.

Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Njeru ranks joint 12th of 21 for the warmest January highs and 18th of 21 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 21 cities is 27.1°C; Njeru is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 117 mm to 104 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

Njeru climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Njeru, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	25.8°C19.6°C	19.6°C	117	18.4	12.112 h
February	26.4°C20.0°C	20.0°C	104	17.2	12.112 h
March	25.9°C20.1°C	20.1°C	178	24.0	12.112 h
April	24.7°C19.8°C	19.8°C	240	28.1	12.112 h
May	24.6°C19.5°C	19.5°C	215	28.4	12.112 h
June	24.4°C18.9°C	18.9°C	142	23.7	12.112 h
July	24.2°C18.4°C	18.4°C	116	20.4	12.112 h
August	24.6°C18.6°C	18.6°C	138	23.1	12.112 h
September	25.2°C19.0°C	19.0°C	151	24.8	12.112 h
October	24.9°C19.3°C	19.3°C	191	27.3	12.112 h
November	24.7°C19.2°C	19.2°C	202	26.3	12.112 h
December	25.0°C19.2°C	19.2°C	153	22.4	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 Njeru

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 Njeru) is explained once on the Njeru year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.