Buhimba climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Buhimba?

Buhimba has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.4 °C and it receives 1,401 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Buhimba?

The hottest day measured in Buhimba between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 2005, reaching 36.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Buhimba?

The coldest day measured in Buhimba between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 1953, at 11.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Buhimba?

Almost never: Buhimba sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Buhimba warmed?

Yes: Buhimba warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Buhimba?

The wettest day measured in Buhimba between 1940 and 2025 was 7 December 1951, with 80 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Buhimba?

The windiest day measured in Buhimba between 1940 and 2025 was 19 February 1965, with winds reaching 25.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Buhimba?

The warmest month in Buhimba is February (22.7 °C on average); the coldest is November (20.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Buhimba?

Buhimba receives on average 1,401 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 218 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Buhimba?

Buhimba gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Buhimba (Uganda) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.4 °C and it receives 1,401 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is February (22.7 °C on average) and the coldest is November (20.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Buhimba averages 0 frost days, 27 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 218 rainy days per year.

Buhimba has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.5 °C (on 20 February 2005) and the coldest 11.1 °C (on 24 July 1953).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

BuhimbaWestern Region

coords: 1.35°, 31.31°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthNovemberWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

21.4°C

Average daily high

26.9°C

Average daily low

17.1°C

Annual rainfall

1,401mm

Sunshine / day

10.6h

Mean relative humidity

80%

Average peak wind

9.4km/h

Seasonal range

1.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

27 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

218 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

30.3 °C

Average feels-like low

18.5 °C

Average peak gust

27.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

4 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.3 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.78 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

36.5 °C

20 February 2005

Coldest day

11.1 °C

24 July 1953

Wettest day

80 mm

7 December 1951

Windiest day

25.2 km/h

19 February 1965

Strongest gust

54.7 km/h

15 December 1963

Hottest feels-like

39.5 °C

29 March 2016

Coldest feels-like

9.4 °C

17 February 1958

Sunniest day

12.0 h

27 March 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.0 °C26 February 2025	14.4 °C21 September 2025	22.7 °C	1,010 mm	64
2024	32.6 °C22 February 2024	14.6 °C8 December 2024	23.2 °C	1,300 mm	85
2023	34.1 °C13 February 2023	15.0 °C6 January 2023	22.8 °C	1,240 mm	60
2022	34.1 °C5 March 2022	15.1 °C3 December 2022	22.6 °C	1,121 mm	69
2021	33.0 °C1 March 2021	14.6 °C25 August 2021	22.7 °C	915 mm	55
2020	32.6 °C7 March 2020	14.7 °C15 December 2020	22.4 °C	1,400 mm	36
2019	33.9 °C24 March 2019	15.1 °C1 September 2019	22.5 °C	1,326 mm	67
2018	34.3 °C8 February 2018	14.4 °C17 July 2018	22.3 °C	1,272 mm	50
2017	34.1 °C17 January 2017	15.3 °C14 December 2017	22.7 °C	1,141 mm	80
2016	35.2 °C29 March 2016	14.8 °C19 August 2016	23.1 °C	960 mm	93
2015	36.1 °C9 March 2015	14.9 °C10 January 2015	22.8 °C	1,016 mm	94
2014	33.8 °C31 January 2014	14.3 °C13 January 2014	22.3 °C	1,175 mm	67
2013	34.0 °C24 February 2013	14.3 °C4 February 2013	22.0 °C	1,201 mm	44
2012	34.9 °C5 February 2012	14.5 °C29 January 2012	22.0 °C	1,287 mm	63
2011	33.7 °C28 February 2011	14.4 °C10 January 2011	22.0 °C	1,322 mm	60
2010	33.7 °C2 February 2010	14.8 °C18 December 2010	22.1 °C	1,359 mm	32
2009	33.5 °C10 March 2009	15.3 °C7 July 2009	22.5 °C	1,062 mm	74
2008	32.1 °C23 December 2008	13.5 °C9 July 2008	21.7 °C	1,017 mm	27
2007	33.4 °C7 March 2007	13.6 °C18 December 2007	21.9 °C	1,099 mm	35
2006	34.5 °C10 February 2006	14.9 °C5 September 2006	22.1 °C	1,249 mm	56
2005	36.5 °C20 February 2005	13.3 °C14 July 2005	22.4 °C	1,173 mm	69
2004	34.4 °C11 February 2004	14.0 °C7 July 2004	22.2 °C	1,121 mm	49
2003	34.0 °C20 February 2003	14.2 °C26 December 2003	22.1 °C	1,043 mm	58
2002	33.6 °C23 February 2002	14.3 °C9 July 2002	22.0 °C	954 mm	41
2001	33.9 °C3 March 2001	14.1 °C25 June 2001	21.5 °C	1,012 mm	22
2000	32.2 °C21 February 2000	14.5 °C27 January 2000	21.6 °C	942 mm	29
1999	33.3 °C19 February 1999	13.4 °C7 July 1999	21.3 °C	1,202 mm	33
1998	32.4 °C13 March 1998	14.8 °C3 December 1998	22.1 °C	992 mm	34
1997	32.3 °C5 March 1997	14.5 °C12 July 1997	21.8 °C	1,478 mm	33
1996	30.4 °C11 February 1996	14.4 °C11 August 1996	21.5 °C	1,344 mm	4
1995	31.1 °C2 February 1995	13.0 °C25 August 1995	21.7 °C	1,228 mm	12
1994	31.6 °C22 February 1994	14.4 °C1 September 1994	21.5 °C	1,374 mm	25
1993	31.2 °C16 March 1993	14.7 °C29 June 1993	21.5 °C	1,276 mm	7
1992	33.4 °C15 March 1992	14.9 °C3 August 1992	21.5 °C	1,299 mm	43
1991	30.6 °C21 January 1991	14.0 °C9 July 1991	21.4 °C	1,337 mm	14
1990	31.7 °C29 January 1990	13.2 °C9 January 1990	21.4 °C	1,485 mm	2
1989	32.8 °C3 March 1989	13.1 °C13 September 1989	21.3 °C	1,324 mm	12
1988	32.6 °C1 March 1988	13.9 °C24 June 1988	21.5 °C	1,430 mm	11
1987	32.0 °C30 December 1987	14.3 °C15 July 1987	21.7 °C	1,333 mm	18
1986	31.9 °C24 February 1986	13.5 °C20 July 1986	21.2 °C	1,470 mm	5
1985	32.8 °C14 March 1985	13.0 °C7 August 1985	21.0 °C	1,403 mm	17
1984	33.5 °C16 February 1984	14.2 °C26 January 1984	21.3 °C	1,089 mm	29
1983	32.7 °C15 February 1983	14.4 °C6 July 1983	21.7 °C	1,317 mm	37
1982	32.4 °C21 February 1982	14.0 °C2 July 1982	21.3 °C	1,355 mm	16
1981	33.2 °C1 March 1981	13.5 °C14 June 1981	21.4 °C	1,491 mm	21
1980	33.6 °C24 February 1980	13.4 °C21 July 1980	21.5 °C	1,126 mm	28
1979	30.8 °C23 March 1979	13.4 °C23 July 1979	21.2 °C	1,413 mm	6
1978	32.4 °C6 February 1978	12.6 °C20 July 1978	21.0 °C	1,928 mm	11
1977	31.6 °C16 February 1977	11.7 °C15 August 1977	21.1 °C	1,678 mm	9
1976	32.0 °C29 January 1976	12.7 °C25 June 1976	20.7 °C	1,641 mm	14
1975	32.4 °C22 February 1975	12.6 °C30 July 1975	20.7 °C	1,656 mm	17
1974	31.6 °C11 February 1974	14.1 °C11 January 1974	20.7 °C	1,534 mm	16
1973	31.7 °C2 February 1973	13.5 °C16 December 1973	21.2 °C	1,422 mm	32
1972	31.9 °C31 March 1972	13.4 °C31 July 1972	20.8 °C	1,780 mm	3
1971	33.5 °C5 March 1971	12.9 °C24 June 1971	20.6 °C	1,749 mm	26
1970	31.2 °C28 February 1970	13.3 °C26 July 1970	20.7 °C	1,581 mm	5
1969	30.1 °C4 April 1969	12.3 °C12 August 1969	21.0 °C	1,198 mm	1
1968	30.3 °C8 February 1968	13.2 °C30 June 1968	20.6 °C	1,582 mm	3
1967	31.6 °C3 March 1967	13.1 °C9 December 1967	20.7 °C	1,741 mm	22
1966	29.9 °C20 January 1966	12.5 °C1 July 1966	21.0 °C	1,464 mm	0
1965	30.7 °C12 March 1965	12.4 °C14 June 1965	20.8 °C	1,600 mm	5
1964	30.1 °C31 January 1964	13.5 °C14 July 1964	20.6 °C	1,622 mm	3
1963	30.0 °C28 March 1963	12.7 °C5 August 1963	20.3 °C	1,994 mm	1
1962	30.1 °C2 February 1962	12.8 °C10 July 1962	20.2 °C	1,999 mm	2
1961	32.6 °C11 March 1961	13.1 °C3 January 1961	20.9 °C	1,895 mm	21
1960	30.1 °C11 December 1960	13.0 °C16 June 1960	20.9 °C	1,613 mm	1
1959	33.1 °C16 March 1959	11.8 °C14 July 1959	21.2 °C	1,734 mm	17
1958	33.3 °C4 March 1958	11.8 °C17 February 1958	21.5 °C	1,474 mm	32
1957	30.6 °C18 February 1957	13.0 °C6 September 1957	21.0 °C	1,503 mm	6
1956	29.7 °C1 March 1956	13.5 °C11 January 1956	20.2 °C	1,568 mm	0
1955	28.8 °C14 February 1955	13.3 °C20 June 1955	20.3 °C	1,651 mm	0
1954	29.6 °C3 February 1954	12.9 °C25 June 1954	20.4 °C	1,375 mm	0
1953	28.9 °C14 March 1953	11.1 °C24 July 1953	20.1 °C	2,237 mm	0
1952	29.4 °C23 January 1952	13.7 °C2 July 1952	20.4 °C	2,102 mm	0
1951	29.2 °C1 March 1951	11.5 °C6 July 1951	20.3 °C	2,329 mm	0
1950	29.3 °C5 March 1950	13.5 °C18 July 1950	20.1 °C	1,713 mm	0
1949	29.1 °C25 February 1949	13.0 °C28 July 1949	20.4 °C	1,610 mm	0
1948	28.2 °C1 April 1948	13.8 °C2 January 1948	20.4 °C	1,611 mm	0
1947	28.6 °C2 January 1947	13.6 °C23 July 1947	20.3 °C	1,681 mm	0
1946	34.1 °C13 February 1946	12.9 °C15 July 1946	21.2 °C	1,454 mm	73
1945	32.2 °C22 February 1945	12.0 °C8 June 1945	21.0 °C	1,016 mm	8
1944	33.0 °C1 March 1944	11.8 °C7 July 1944	21.2 °C	1,066 mm	25
1943	33.1 °C18 February 1943	13.2 °C10 June 1943	21.3 °C	1,127 mm	48
1942	32.3 °C7 February 1942	12.1 °C29 July 1942	20.8 °C	995 mm	14
1941	32.5 °C7 February 1941	13.1 °C10 December 1941	20.9 °C	1,420 mm	18
1940	28.6 °C22 February 1940	13.0 °C29 December 1940	20.2 °C	1,631 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.3 °C

+1.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

64 d/yr

+37

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1010 mm

-391 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	30.0 °C	+2.1 °C	5 mm	-47 mm
Feb	31.8 °C	+2.9 °C	7 mm	-63 mm
Mar	29.8 °C	+1.6 °C	142 mm	+5 mm
Apr	27.7 °C	+0.7 °C	128 mm	-18 mm
May	27.8 °C	+1.2 °C	73 mm	-39 mm
Jun	28.0 °C	+1.3 °C	31 mm	-32 mm
Jul	27.6 °C	+1.1 °C	85 mm	+14 mm
Aug	26.6 °C	+0.1 °C	146 mm	+25 mm
Sep	27.8 °C	+1.3 °C	97 mm	-54 mm
Oct	26.7 °C	+0.7 °C	190 mm	-5 mm
Nov	27.7 °C	+1.9 °C	61 mm	-123 mm
Dec	27.9 °C	+1.3 °C	47 mm	-54 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.0 °C

26 Feb 2025

Coldest day

14.4 °C

21 Sep 2025

Wettest day

56.9 mm

28 Mar 2025

Windiest day

17.5 km/h

14 Jun 2025

Strongest gust

42.1 km/h

18 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.2 °C

11 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

15.5 °C

23 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

22 Mar 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Buhimba?

Buhimba has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.4 °C and it receives 1,401 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Buhimba?

The hottest day measured in Buhimba between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 2005, reaching 36.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Buhimba?

The coldest day measured in Buhimba between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 1953, at 11.1 °C.

Does it snow in Buhimba?

Almost never: Buhimba sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Buhimba warmed?

Yes: Buhimba warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Buhimba?

The wettest day measured in Buhimba between 1940 and 2025 was 7 December 1951, with 80 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Buhimba?

The windiest day measured in Buhimba between 1940 and 2025 was 19 February 1965, with winds reaching 25.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Buhimba?

The warmest month in Buhimba is February (22.7 °C on average); the coldest is November (20.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Buhimba?

Buhimba receives on average 1,401 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 218 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Buhimba?

Buhimba gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Buhimba?

Yes: Buhimba has on average 4 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Buhimba?

In Buhimba, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.5 °C on 29 March 2016, and the lowest was 9.4 °C on 17 February 1958.

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