Climate averages 1991–2020

Rutoma weather
in January.

A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.

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

Average high 25.4°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 16.2°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 80 mm 14 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a warm month in Rutoma: daytime highs average 25.4°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbarara (30 km away). In January its highs average 26.3°C, 0.9°C warmer than Rutoma, with 35 mm of rain.

Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Rutoma ranks 18th of 21 for the warmest January highs and 12th of 21 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 21 cities is 27.1°C; Rutoma is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 80 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

Rutoma climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Rutoma, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	25.4°C16.2°C	16.2°C	80	14.0	12.112 h
February	26.3°C16.9°C	16.9°C	80	12.6	12.112 h
March	25.9°C17.0°C	17.0°C	121	18.2	12.112 h
April	24.9°C16.7°C	16.7°C	144	23.0	12.112 h
May	24.7°C16.7°C	16.7°C	117	20.0	12.112 h
June	25.2°C16.9°C	16.9°C	52	8.6	12.112 h
July	25.8°C16.7°C	16.7°C	28	4.7	12.112 h
August	25.7°C16.5°C	16.5°C	89	13.1	12.112 h
September	25.5°C15.8°C	15.8°C	116	18.4	12.112 h
October	24.8°C15.7°C	15.7°C	163	23.2	12.112 h
November	24.3°C15.6°C	15.6°C	158	23.2	12.112 h
December	24.7°C15.8°C	15.8°C	116	18.0	12.212 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 Rutoma

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