Butemba climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Butemba?

Butemba has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.4 °C and it receives 1,262 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Butemba between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 2005, reaching 38.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Butemba?

The coldest day measured in Butemba between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 1953, at 12.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Butemba?

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

Q: Has the climate of Butemba warmed?

Yes: Butemba warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Butemba?

The wettest day measured in Butemba between 1940 and 2025 was 27 April 1992, with 94 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Butemba?

The windiest day measured in Butemba between 1940 and 2025 was 19 February 1965, with winds reaching 25.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Butemba?

The warmest month in Butemba is February (24.2 °C on average); the coldest is October (21.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Butemba?

Butemba receives on average 1,262 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 207 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Butemba?

Butemba gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Butemba (Uganda) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.4 °C and it receives 1,262 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 (24.2 °C on average) and the coldest is October (21.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Butemba averages 0 frost days, 73 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 207 rainy days per year.

Butemba has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.1 °C (on 20 February 2005) and the coldest 12.6 °C (on 23 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

ButembaCentral Region

coords: 1.16°, 31.61°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthOctoberWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

22.4°C

Average daily high

28.2°C

Average daily low

18.0°C

Annual rainfall

1,262mm

Sunshine / day

10.5h

Mean relative humidity

76%

Average peak wind

10.2km/h

Seasonal range

2.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

73 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

207 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

31.1 °C

Average feels-like low

19.6 °C

Average peak gust

27.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

32 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.8 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.75 · 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

38.1 °C

20 February 2005

Coldest day

12.6 °C

23 July 1953

Wettest day

94 mm

27 April 1992

Windiest day

25.3 km/h

19 February 1965

Strongest gust

55.4 km/h

15 December 1963

Hottest feels-like

39.7 °C

29 March 2016

Coldest feels-like

12.0 °C

17 February 1958

Sunniest day

12.0 h

27 March 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	37.4 °C27 February 2025	15.8 °C23 November 2025	24.2 °C	1,052 mm	175
2024	35.6 °C21 March 2024	16.7 °C7 December 2024	24.5 °C	992 mm	200
2023	36.8 °C13 February 2023	16.7 °C2 May 2023	24.2 °C	1,188 mm	181
2022	36.2 °C11 January 2022	16.4 °C26 September 2022	24.0 °C	908 mm	162
2021	35.1 °C1 February 2021	16.7 °C25 August 2021	24.2 °C	724 mm	196
2020	34.4 °C7 March 2020	16.9 °C15 December 2020	23.6 °C	1,038 mm	115
2019	38.1 °C24 March 2019	16.5 °C11 July 2019	23.8 °C	1,201 mm	133
2018	37.1 °C8 February 2018	15.8 °C8 July 2018	23.6 °C	1,088 mm	130
2017	36.8 °C17 January 2017	16.8 °C4 August 2017	24.2 °C	891 mm	172
2016	37.5 °C6 March 2016	16.7 °C19 August 2016	24.6 °C	872 mm	217
2015	37.8 °C9 March 2015	16.7 °C13 July 2015	24.0 °C	1,008 mm	168
2014	36.8 °C31 January 2014	16.4 °C14 December 2014	23.7 °C	1,066 mm	157
2013	36.1 °C27 February 2013	16.1 °C20 May 2013	23.3 °C	1,043 mm	137
2012	37.0 °C15 February 2012	15.3 °C22 August 2012	23.3 °C	1,176 mm	115
2011	36.1 °C28 January 2011	15.9 °C26 November 2011	23.2 °C	1,127 mm	132
2010	36.6 °C2 February 2010	16.1 °C1 October 2010	23.1 °C	1,154 mm	100
2009	35.5 °C10 March 2009	16.6 °C26 August 2009	23.8 °C	923 mm	176
2008	34.5 °C23 December 2008	15.5 °C9 July 2008	22.9 °C	1,021 mm	111
2007	36.3 °C7 March 2007	15.4 °C24 August 2007	23.1 °C	1,023 mm	123
2006	36.8 °C4 February 2006	16.1 °C6 June 2006	23.2 °C	1,207 mm	114
2005	38.1 °C20 February 2005	15.4 °C14 July 2005	23.8 °C	966 mm	174
2004	36.4 °C11 February 2004	15.9 °C8 June 2004	23.3 °C	1,019 mm	124
2003	36.2 °C21 February 2003	15.8 °C15 December 2003	23.3 °C	959 mm	126
2002	35.3 °C23 February 2002	15.8 °C29 May 2002	23.1 °C	996 mm	116
2001	36.2 °C2 March 2001	14.8 °C25 June 2001	22.5 °C	1,060 mm	67
2000	34.7 °C21 February 2000	15.7 °C28 July 2000	22.6 °C	921 mm	75
1999	36.2 °C8 February 1999	14.3 °C7 July 1999	22.3 °C	1,187 mm	56
1998	34.5 °C25 February 1998	16.3 °C7 December 1998	23.2 °C	926 mm	106
1997	35.6 °C13 March 1997	15.1 °C21 May 1997	22.9 °C	1,312 mm	83
1996	33.0 °C11 February 1996	16.1 °C11 August 1996	22.6 °C	1,285 mm	64
1995	33.8 °C3 February 1995	14.8 °C22 July 1995	22.8 °C	1,227 mm	63
1994	34.0 °C21 February 1994	15.1 °C5 July 1994	22.5 °C	1,344 mm	71
1993	32.8 °C16 March 1993	15.5 °C22 January 1993	22.6 °C	1,142 mm	47
1992	34.7 °C15 March 1992	15.5 °C5 July 1992	22.6 °C	1,340 mm	87
1991	33.5 °C19 March 1991	15.4 °C9 July 1991	22.4 °C	1,236 mm	54
1990	33.2 °C29 January 1990	14.8 °C1 October 1990	22.3 °C	1,311 mm	33
1989	34.7 °C3 March 1989	14.7 °C13 September 1989	22.3 °C	1,181 mm	51
1988	34.6 °C1 March 1988	15.2 °C5 December 1988	22.5 °C	1,250 mm	50
1987	34.3 °C30 December 1987	15.1 °C3 August 1987	22.7 °C	1,348 mm	57
1986	33.8 °C25 February 1986	14.8 °C20 July 1986	22.2 °C	1,297 mm	47
1985	36.2 °C16 March 1985	14.2 °C17 August 1985	22.0 °C	1,152 mm	57
1984	35.8 °C16 February 1984	15.6 °C17 November 1984	22.3 °C	1,013 mm	61
1983	34.9 °C13 February 1983	15.3 °C5 December 1983	22.6 °C	1,181 mm	74
1982	34.3 °C21 February 1982	14.6 °C11 July 1982	22.2 °C	1,209 mm	48
1981	35.5 °C1 March 1981	15.0 °C14 June 1981	22.4 °C	1,365 mm	59
1980	36.3 °C24 February 1980	15.1 °C21 July 1980	22.6 °C	1,079 mm	74
1979	31.9 °C1 March 1979	14.8 °C23 July 1979	22.0 °C	1,272 mm	30
1978	35.0 °C6 February 1978	14.3 °C15 September 1978	21.9 °C	1,610 mm	34
1977	32.9 °C16 February 1977	13.6 °C15 August 1977	22.0 °C	1,535 mm	46
1976	34.6 °C27 January 1976	14.1 °C25 June 1976	21.7 °C	1,487 mm	43
1975	34.9 °C22 February 1975	14.1 °C30 July 1975	21.7 °C	1,604 mm	51
1974	34.2 °C25 February 1974	14.4 °C19 July 1974	21.6 °C	1,475 mm	46
1973	33.0 °C2 February 1973	14.2 °C1 July 1973	22.0 °C	1,268 mm	66
1972	32.7 °C31 March 1972	13.9 °C31 July 1972	21.7 °C	1,580 mm	36
1971	35.7 °C7 March 1971	13.5 °C24 June 1971	21.5 °C	1,458 mm	52
1970	32.4 °C28 February 1970	14.6 °C26 July 1970	21.6 °C	1,398 mm	22
1969	31.2 °C5 April 1969	14.3 °C31 January 1969	22.0 °C	1,111 mm	31
1968	32.4 °C21 January 1968	14.3 °C30 June 1968	21.4 °C	1,561 mm	9
1967	33.5 °C13 February 1967	14.0 °C1 September 1967	21.6 °C	1,527 mm	49
1966	32.5 °C20 January 1966	14.4 °C1 July 1966	21.8 °C	1,413 mm	23
1965	32.2 °C12 March 1965	13.5 °C14 June 1965	21.6 °C	1,595 mm	25
1964	31.3 °C30 March 1964	13.9 °C31 August 1964	21.3 °C	1,396 mm	15
1963	30.6 °C23 March 1963	14.4 °C24 June 1963	21.0 °C	1,912 mm	5
1962	32.7 °C15 February 1962	14.3 °C9 July 1962	20.9 °C	1,873 mm	17
1961	34.9 °C11 March 1961	13.8 °C16 July 1961	21.8 °C	1,674 mm	57
1960	31.8 °C4 January 1960	14.2 °C28 January 1960	21.8 °C	1,524 mm	31
1959	36.0 °C16 March 1959	13.9 °C14 July 1959	22.3 °C	1,434 mm	71
1958	35.4 °C27 February 1958	13.3 °C2 October 1958	22.5 °C	1,403 mm	88
1957	32.3 °C17 February 1957	14.7 °C6 February 1957	21.9 °C	1,377 mm	31
1956	31.2 °C2 March 1956	14.6 °C11 January 1956	21.0 °C	1,412 mm	12
1955	30.4 °C21 February 1955	14.3 °C18 June 1955	21.1 °C	1,330 mm	2
1954	31.1 °C8 February 1954	14.7 °C2 July 1954	21.3 °C	1,180 mm	11
1953	29.8 °C16 February 1953	12.6 °C23 July 1953	20.8 °C	1,968 mm	0
1952	30.2 °C23 January 1952	15.0 °C2 July 1952	21.1 °C	1,755 mm	4
1951	30.2 °C6 March 1951	13.1 °C6 July 1951	21.0 °C	2,001 mm	4
1950	30.9 °C5 March 1950	14.1 °C18 July 1950	20.9 °C	1,543 mm	10
1949	31.0 °C27 February 1949	14.6 °C22 July 1949	21.2 °C	1,296 mm	8
1948	29.7 °C20 January 1948	14.8 °C2 January 1948	21.3 °C	1,541 mm	0
1947	29.8 °C2 January 1947	14.3 °C21 June 1947	21.2 °C	1,389 mm	0
1946	36.4 °C13 February 1946	14.7 °C23 December 1946	22.4 °C	1,224 mm	93
1945	34.2 °C22 February 1945	14.1 °C8 June 1945	22.1 °C	942 mm	40
1944	35.1 °C14 February 1944	13.4 °C9 August 1944	22.4 °C	1,015 mm	72
1943	35.5 °C18 February 1943	15.0 °C7 July 1943	22.7 °C	852 mm	112
1942	34.3 °C9 February 1942	13.7 °C27 July 1942	21.9 °C	962 mm	56
1941	35.0 °C7 February 1941	13.9 °C4 July 1941	21.9 °C	1,227 mm	43
1940	29.7 °C22 January 1940	13.7 °C29 December 1940	20.9 °C	1,375 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

30.0 °C

+1.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

175 d/yr

+102

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1052 mm

-210 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	31.9 °C	+2.2 °C	5 mm	-34 mm
Feb	34.2 °C	+3.6 °C	6 mm	-49 mm
Mar	31.7 °C	+2.1 °C	131 mm	+11 mm
Apr	28.9 °C	+0.8 °C	130 mm	-14 mm
May	29.1 °C	+1.5 °C	90 mm	-23 mm
Jun	29.5 °C	+1.9 °C	36 mm	-26 mm
Jul	29.4 °C	+1.8 °C	61 mm	-2 mm
Aug	28.0 °C	+0.4 °C	165 mm	+56 mm
Sep	29.6 °C	+1.9 °C	127 mm	-19 mm
Oct	27.9 °C	+0.6 °C	211 mm	+28 mm
Nov	29.4 °C	+2.2 °C	68 mm	-86 mm
Dec	30.2 °C	+2.1 °C	21 mm	-51 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.4 °C

27 Feb 2025

Coldest day

15.8 °C

23 Nov 2025

Wettest day

73.9 mm

28 Mar 2025

Windiest day

22.3 km/h

17 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

48.6 km/h

17 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.3 °C

6 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

16.8 °C

23 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

15 Mar 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Butemba?

Butemba has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.4 °C and it receives 1,262 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Butemba?

The hottest day measured in Butemba between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 2005, reaching 38.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Butemba?

The coldest day measured in Butemba between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 1953, at 12.6 °C.

Does it snow in Butemba?

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

Has the climate of Butemba warmed?

Yes: Butemba warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Butemba?

The wettest day measured in Butemba between 1940 and 2025 was 27 April 1992, with 94 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Butemba?

The windiest day measured in Butemba between 1940 and 2025 was 19 February 1965, with winds reaching 25.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Butemba?

The warmest month in Butemba is February (24.2 °C on average); the coldest is October (21.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Butemba?

Butemba receives on average 1,262 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 207 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Butemba?

Butemba gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Butemba?

Yes: Butemba has on average 32 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Butemba?

In Butemba, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.7 °C on 29 March 2016, and the lowest was 12.0 °C on 17 February 1958.

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