Bukuya climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Bukuya?

Bukuya has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 1,390 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Bukuya between 1940 and 2025 was 27 February 2025, reaching 36.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Bukuya?

The coldest day measured in Bukuya between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 1959, at 11.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Bukuya?

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

Q: Has the climate of Bukuya warmed?

Yes: Bukuya warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Bukuya?

The wettest day measured in Bukuya between 1940 and 2025 was 28 February 1962, with 55 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Bukuya?

The windiest day measured in Bukuya between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1953, with winds reaching 24.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Bukuya?

The warmest month in Bukuya is February (22.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Bukuya?

Bukuya receives on average 1,390 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 246 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Bukuya?

Bukuya gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Bukuya (Uganda) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 1,390 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 (22.3 °C on average) and the coldest is July (20.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Bukuya averages 0 frost days, 22 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 246 rainy days per year.

Bukuya has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.4 °C (on 27 February 2025) and the coldest 11.2 °C (on 14 July 1959).

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

BukuyaCentral Region

coords: 0.68°, 31.82°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthAprilDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

21.0°C

Average daily high

26.4°C

Average daily low

16.8°C

Annual rainfall

1,390mm

Sunshine / day

10.3h

Mean relative humidity

80%

Average peak wind

11.0km/h

Seasonal range

2.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

22 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

246 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.4 °C

Average feels-like low

18.0 °C

Average peak gust

28.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

4 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.6 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.71 · 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

36.4 °C

27 February 2025

Coldest day

11.2 °C

14 July 1959

Wettest day

55 mm

28 February 1962

Windiest day

24.7 km/h

20 July 1953

Strongest gust

53.3 km/h

5 July 1944

Hottest feels-like

37.3 °C

29 March 2016

Coldest feels-like

9.5 °C

7 July 1944

Sunniest day

12.0 h

13 January 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.4 °C27 February 2025	14.5 °C21 September 2025	23.0 °C	951 mm	91
2024	32.6 °C20 February 2024	15.9 °C2 July 2024	23.4 °C	1,015 mm	94
2023	34.4 °C13 February 2023	15.5 °C11 July 2023	22.8 °C	1,244 mm	72
2022	34.3 °C5 March 2022	15.0 °C26 September 2022	22.6 °C	1,035 mm	67
2021	32.7 °C1 February 2021	14.2 °C23 July 2021	22.6 °C	792 mm	74
2020	32.8 °C21 January 2020	15.1 °C27 July 2020	22.2 °C	1,225 mm	34
2019	34.5 °C3 February 2019	14.8 °C21 December 2019	22.3 °C	1,271 mm	65
2018	34.8 °C18 February 2018	14.9 °C29 June 2018	22.0 °C	1,214 mm	40
2017	35.1 °C17 January 2017	14.8 °C10 July 2017	22.7 °C	1,007 mm	80
2016	34.7 °C29 March 2016	14.3 °C19 August 2016	23.1 °C	922 mm	95
2015	36.0 °C9 March 2015	13.2 °C13 July 2015	22.5 °C	1,037 mm	88
2014	34.3 °C11 February 2014	14.4 °C5 July 2014	22.3 °C	1,038 mm	74
2013	33.9 °C28 February 2013	14.8 °C11 July 2013	21.9 °C	999 mm	47
2012	36.1 °C30 March 2012	13.5 °C4 July 2012	21.9 °C	1,178 mm	78
2011	33.6 °C8 February 2011	14.4 °C27 January 2011	21.6 °C	1,205 mm	32
2010	33.6 °C2 February 2010	14.3 °C20 July 2010	21.6 °C	1,363 mm	20
2009	33.4 °C21 March 2009	13.7 °C20 July 2009	22.1 °C	1,060 mm	57
2008	31.7 °C23 December 2008	13.2 °C9 July 2008	21.2 °C	1,130 mm	18
2007	33.4 °C8 March 2007	13.8 °C18 December 2007	21.7 °C	1,151 mm	42
2006	35.0 °C28 January 2006	13.1 °C5 September 2006	21.5 °C	1,328 mm	37
2005	36.0 °C25 February 2005	13.5 °C14 July 2005	22.0 °C	1,163 mm	62
2004	33.9 °C14 February 2004	14.0 °C6 July 2004	21.7 °C	1,157 mm	26
2003	34.2 °C8 March 2003	14.6 °C29 August 2003	21.6 °C	1,103 mm	40
2002	32.2 °C23 February 2002	14.0 °C9 July 2002	21.2 °C	1,198 mm	15
2001	32.3 °C3 March 2001	13.8 °C28 January 2001	20.9 °C	1,267 mm	14
2000	31.4 °C23 February 2000	13.7 °C27 January 2000	20.9 °C	1,126 mm	14
1999	33.1 °C26 February 1999	13.0 °C16 July 1999	20.7 °C	1,411 mm	26
1998	31.0 °C25 February 1998	14.1 °C23 June 1998	21.5 °C	1,207 mm	10
1997	32.4 °C6 March 1997	14.4 °C19 July 1997	21.5 °C	1,373 mm	34
1996	30.1 °C11 February 1996	13.9 °C28 July 1996	20.9 °C	1,393 mm	1
1995	30.8 °C3 February 1995	13.6 °C24 August 1995	21.2 °C	1,321 mm	10
1994	31.9 °C16 February 1994	14.0 °C1 September 1994	21.0 °C	1,402 mm	14
1993	30.3 °C20 February 1993	13.9 °C22 January 1993	21.1 °C	1,278 mm	1
1992	32.9 °C5 March 1992	13.5 °C22 July 1992	21.0 °C	1,351 mm	16
1991	30.4 °C20 February 1991	13.7 °C9 July 1991	20.9 °C	1,474 mm	4
1990	30.0 °C29 January 1990	13.0 °C30 July 1990	20.8 °C	1,543 mm	1
1989	32.7 °C28 February 1989	13.0 °C2 July 1989	20.9 °C	1,368 mm	15
1988	31.0 °C1 March 1988	13.7 °C6 July 1988	20.9 °C	1,440 mm	2
1987	31.0 °C30 December 1987	14.2 °C14 July 1987	21.2 °C	1,473 mm	3
1986	30.7 °C4 February 1986	13.8 °C29 June 1986	20.6 °C	1,644 mm	3
1985	32.5 °C16 March 1985	13.3 °C7 August 1985	20.5 °C	1,656 mm	14
1984	32.5 °C21 February 1984	13.7 °C31 July 1984	20.5 °C	1,418 mm	6
1983	33.3 °C13 February 1983	14.4 °C18 December 1983	21.3 °C	1,341 mm	27
1982	32.5 °C29 January 1982	13.4 °C11 July 1982	20.9 °C	1,319 mm	15
1981	32.5 °C1 March 1981	13.4 °C14 June 1981	20.9 °C	1,429 mm	17
1980	32.7 °C24 February 1980	13.3 °C22 July 1980	20.8 °C	1,252 mm	16
1979	29.8 °C7 January 1979	13.1 °C23 July 1979	20.6 °C	1,549 mm	0
1978	32.7 °C7 February 1978	12.5 °C20 July 1978	20.6 °C	1,528 mm	9
1977	30.3 °C25 February 1977	12.3 °C15 August 1977	20.7 °C	1,541 mm	3
1976	31.9 °C31 January 1976	12.8 °C29 June 1976	20.3 °C	1,633 mm	12
1975	32.3 °C22 February 1975	12.5 °C30 July 1975	20.3 °C	1,706 mm	8
1974	30.6 °C16 March 1974	13.4 °C30 July 1974	20.1 °C	1,652 mm	6
1973	30.9 °C2 February 1973	13.1 °C30 June 1973	20.6 °C	1,453 mm	9
1972	29.4 °C3 April 1972	13.1 °C31 July 1972	20.3 °C	1,776 mm	0
1971	31.5 °C26 February 1971	12.8 °C24 June 1971	20.0 °C	1,801 mm	7
1970	29.7 °C28 February 1970	12.8 °C26 July 1970	20.2 °C	1,669 mm	0
1969	29.7 °C5 April 1969	12.3 °C16 July 1969	20.4 °C	1,391 mm	0
1968	29.4 °C20 January 1968	13.3 °C20 July 1968	20.1 °C	1,772 mm	0
1967	31.8 °C1 February 1967	12.4 °C9 December 1967	20.3 °C	1,736 mm	17
1966	30.3 °C20 January 1966	12.2 °C24 December 1966	20.5 °C	1,605 mm	1
1965	32.3 °C14 February 1965	11.2 °C18 September 1965	20.4 °C	1,479 mm	3
1964	29.6 °C10 March 1964	12.7 °C31 August 1964	20.0 °C	1,555 mm	0
1963	28.8 °C24 March 1963	12.7 °C5 August 1963	19.9 °C	1,882 mm	0
1962	29.9 °C3 February 1962	13.2 °C9 July 1962	19.8 °C	1,907 mm	0
1961	32.5 °C21 January 1961	12.3 °C3 January 1961	20.5 °C	1,691 mm	14
1960	29.3 °C31 December 1960	12.3 °C26 July 1960	20.4 °C	1,738 mm	0
1959	33.0 °C13 March 1959	11.2 °C14 July 1959	20.9 °C	1,765 mm	25
1958	33.1 °C25 February 1958	12.8 °C17 February 1958	21.2 °C	1,418 mm	28
1957	30.1 °C15 February 1957	12.6 °C23 July 1957	20.7 °C	1,466 mm	3
1956	29.3 °C2 March 1956	13.1 °C18 June 1956	19.8 °C	1,516 mm	0
1955	28.1 °C14 February 1955	13.1 °C18 June 1955	19.8 °C	1,536 mm	0
1954	28.3 °C7 February 1954	12.2 °C2 July 1954	19.9 °C	1,413 mm	0
1953	27.7 °C30 September 1953	11.7 °C26 July 1953	19.7 °C	2,118 mm	0
1952	28.0 °C23 January 1952	13.7 °C15 June 1952	20.0 °C	1,897 mm	0
1951	28.3 °C26 January 1951	12.9 °C4 July 1951	19.9 °C	1,934 mm	0
1950	29.0 °C5 March 1950	12.9 °C30 July 1950	19.7 °C	1,765 mm	0
1949	28.5 °C27 February 1949	13.0 °C22 July 1949	20.2 °C	1,444 mm	0
1948	27.7 °C20 January 1948	13.6 °C27 July 1948	20.1 °C	1,427 mm	0
1947	28.3 °C2 January 1947	12.6 °C23 July 1947	20.0 °C	1,644 mm	0
1946	35.4 °C25 February 1946	13.7 °C15 July 1946	21.1 °C	1,135 mm	74
1945	32.2 °C22 February 1945	12.4 °C9 June 1945	20.8 °C	937 mm	11
1944	33.0 °C13 February 1944	11.5 °C8 July 1944	21.0 °C	1,046 mm	30
1943	32.5 °C19 January 1943	12.9 °C27 July 1943	20.9 °C	947 mm	30
1942	32.1 °C9 February 1942	11.3 °C27 July 1942	20.4 °C	978 mm	10
1941	31.2 °C7 February 1941	13.0 °C4 July 1941	20.3 °C	1,217 mm	8
1940	27.4 °C22 January 1940	13.5 °C3 January 1940	19.7 °C	1,605 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

28.6 °C

+2.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

91 d/yr

+69

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

951 mm

-439 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	31.0 °C	+3.3 °C	7 mm	-40 mm
Feb	32.6 °C	+4.2 °C	15 mm	-51 mm
Mar	30.4 °C	+2.8 °C	96 mm	-34 mm
Apr	27.6 °C	+1.4 °C	150 mm	-23 mm
May	27.3 °C	+1.6 °C	149 mm	-15 mm
Jun	27.0 °C	+1.3 °C	66 mm	-24 mm
Jul	27.7 °C	+2.0 °C	45 mm	-32 mm
Aug	27.0 °C	+1.1 °C	134 mm	+19 mm
Sep	28.8 °C	+2.5 °C	75 mm	-58 mm
Oct	27.6 °C	+1.6 °C	117 mm	-55 mm
Nov	28.4 °C	+2.7 °C	53 mm	-96 mm
Dec	28.6 °C	+2.2 °C	46 mm	-31 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.4 °C

27 Feb 2025

Coldest day

14.5 °C

21 Sep 2025

Wettest day

30.9 mm

28 Mar 2025

Windiest day

21.9 km/h

29 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

46.8 km/h

29 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.0 °C

6 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

14.8 °C

31 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

5 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Bukuya?

Bukuya has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 1,390 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bukuya?

The hottest day measured in Bukuya between 1940 and 2025 was 27 February 2025, reaching 36.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Bukuya?

The coldest day measured in Bukuya between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 1959, at 11.2 °C.

Does it snow in Bukuya?

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

Has the climate of Bukuya warmed?

Yes: Bukuya warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Bukuya?

The wettest day measured in Bukuya between 1940 and 2025 was 28 February 1962, with 55 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Bukuya?

The windiest day measured in Bukuya between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1953, with winds reaching 24.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Bukuya?

The warmest month in Bukuya is February (22.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Bukuya?

Bukuya receives on average 1,390 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 246 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Bukuya?

Bukuya gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Bukuya?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bukuya?

In Bukuya, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.3 °C on 29 March 2016, and the lowest was 9.5 °C on 7 July 1944.

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