Fort Portal climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Fort Portal?

Fort Portal has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 1,845 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Fort Portal?

The hottest day measured in Fort Portal between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 2005, reaching 34.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Fort Portal?

The coldest day measured in Fort Portal between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1961, at 11.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Fort Portal?

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

Q: Has the climate of Fort Portal warmed?

Yes: Fort Portal warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Fort Portal?

The wettest day measured in Fort Portal between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1962, with 60 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Fort Portal?

The windiest day measured in Fort Portal between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 1943, with winds reaching 17.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Fort Portal?

The warmest month in Fort Portal is February (21.5 °C on average); the coldest is August (19.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Fort Portal?

Fort Portal receives on average 1,845 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 247 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Fort Portal?

Fort Portal gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Fort Portal (Uganda) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 1,845 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 (21.5 °C on average) and the coldest is August (19.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Fort Portal averages 0 frost days, 13 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 247 rainy days per year.

Fort Portal has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 34.5 °C (on 24 February 2005) and the coldest 11.1 °C (on 3 January 1961).

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

Fort PortalWestern Region

coords: 0.66°, 30.27°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthAugustWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

20.4°C

Average daily high

26.2°C

Average daily low

16.0°C

Annual rainfall

1,845mm

Sunshine / day

10.8h

Mean relative humidity

80%

Average peak wind

7.4km/h

Seasonal range

1.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

13 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

247 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.1 °C

Average feels-like low

17.1 °C

Average peak gust

29.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

0 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.1 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.77 · 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

34.5 °C

24 February 2005

Coldest day

11.1 °C

3 January 1961

Wettest day

60 mm

2 August 1962

Windiest day

17.4 km/h

24 February 1943

Strongest gust

53.3 km/h

9 March 1985

Hottest feels-like

36.5 °C

28 March 2016

Coldest feels-like

9.8 °C

3 January 1961

Sunniest day

12.0 h

4 April 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.6 °C1 March 2025	14.0 °C31 July 2025	21.5 °C	1,434 mm	36
2024	32.5 °C18 March 2024	14.3 °C8 December 2024	21.9 °C	1,586 mm	31
2023	31.5 °C6 March 2023	14.7 °C8 January 2023	21.5 °C	1,751 mm	18
2022	32.4 °C11 March 2022	14.4 °C4 July 2022	21.2 °C	1,619 mm	19
2021	32.4 °C12 March 2021	14.4 °C24 August 2021	21.6 °C	1,481 mm	27
2020	32.8 °C7 March 2020	13.7 °C14 December 2020	21.4 °C	1,851 mm	40
2019	32.4 °C28 January 2019	14.1 °C21 December 2019	21.4 °C	1,764 mm	42
2018	33.2 °C15 February 2018	14.0 °C8 July 2018	21.3 °C	1,414 mm	20
2017	32.3 °C13 February 2017	14.0 °C14 December 2017	21.5 °C	1,499 mm	44
2016	33.7 °C17 February 2016	13.9 °C19 August 2016	21.9 °C	1,281 mm	51
2015	34.5 °C16 March 2015	13.7 °C11 January 2015	21.4 °C	1,428 mm	37
2014	31.6 °C22 February 2014	13.9 °C13 January 2014	21.1 °C	1,566 mm	37
2013	33.6 °C24 February 2013	13.7 °C4 February 2013	21.0 °C	1,440 mm	25
2012	33.0 °C15 March 2012	12.0 °C1 February 2012	20.9 °C	1,709 mm	54
2011	32.3 °C28 February 2011	13.9 °C8 February 2011	20.9 °C	1,695 mm	48
2010	32.0 °C2 February 2010	14.2 °C23 September 2010	21.3 °C	1,724 mm	28
2009	31.9 °C10 March 2009	13.4 °C7 July 2009	21.0 °C	1,524 mm	11
2008	30.2 °C4 March 2008	13.0 °C3 February 2008	20.4 °C	1,357 mm	2
2007	32.3 °C7 March 2007	12.3 °C18 December 2007	20.6 °C	1,622 mm	17
2006	32.6 °C10 February 2006	13.8 °C6 September 2006	20.7 °C	1,588 mm	21
2005	34.5 °C24 February 2005	12.6 °C14 July 2005	21.2 °C	1,489 mm	42
2004	32.8 °C25 March 2004	13.7 °C5 July 2004	21.0 °C	1,428 mm	19
2003	32.8 °C20 February 2003	13.9 °C15 December 2003	20.8 °C	1,498 mm	23
2002	32.8 °C26 February 2002	13.7 °C12 November 2002	20.7 °C	1,414 mm	16
2001	32.0 °C3 March 2001	13.9 °C28 January 2001	20.4 °C	1,427 mm	9
2000	31.3 °C23 March 2000	12.7 °C27 January 2000	20.5 °C	1,154 mm	11
1999	31.7 °C16 February 1999	13.7 °C10 September 1999	20.4 °C	1,494 mm	16
1998	31.7 °C14 March 1998	14.1 °C4 December 1998	21.2 °C	1,260 mm	18
1997	31.4 °C7 March 1997	14.0 °C8 February 1997	20.7 °C	1,646 mm	13
1996	29.7 °C11 February 1996	13.0 °C8 August 1996	20.4 °C	1,801 mm	0
1995	30.2 °C9 March 1995	13.5 °C25 August 1995	20.6 °C	1,656 mm	3
1994	31.8 °C2 April 1994	12.8 °C1 September 1994	20.5 °C	1,900 mm	12
1993	30.6 °C4 March 1993	14.2 °C7 September 1993	20.5 °C	1,664 mm	2
1992	33.4 °C15 March 1992	13.6 °C20 August 1992	20.5 °C	1,634 mm	17
1991	30.0 °C22 January 1991	14.0 °C9 July 1991	20.3 °C	2,010 mm	1
1990	30.9 °C29 January 1990	13.5 °C11 November 1990	20.7 °C	1,815 mm	2
1989	31.6 °C3 March 1989	12.9 °C23 January 1989	20.5 °C	1,687 mm	6
1988	31.6 °C2 March 1988	14.0 °C6 December 1988	20.6 °C	1,963 mm	6
1987	31.2 °C4 March 1987	14.0 °C27 October 1987	21.0 °C	1,691 mm	17
1986	31.5 °C24 February 1986	13.2 °C21 July 1986	20.2 °C	2,033 mm	2
1985	31.9 °C13 March 1985	13.9 °C3 January 1985	20.1 °C	1,854 mm	10
1984	31.6 °C16 February 1984	13.5 °C20 December 1984	20.4 °C	1,569 mm	7
1983	31.9 °C26 February 1983	13.7 °C31 December 1983	20.7 °C	1,840 mm	19
1982	33.1 °C21 February 1982	13.8 °C5 December 1982	20.3 °C	1,732 mm	9
1981	30.9 °C1 March 1981	13.8 °C12 January 1981	20.3 °C	2,019 mm	8
1980	32.0 °C18 March 1980	13.4 °C23 January 1980	20.4 °C	1,755 mm	11
1979	31.0 °C23 March 1979	14.1 °C12 July 1979	20.3 °C	1,912 mm	2
1978	31.3 °C7 February 1978	12.7 °C20 July 1978	20.0 °C	2,199 mm	10
1977	30.4 °C22 March 1977	12.9 °C9 July 1977	20.0 °C	2,138 mm	3
1976	31.0 °C15 March 1976	12.9 °C7 January 1976	19.6 °C	2,278 mm	4
1975	31.5 °C22 February 1975	12.7 °C21 December 1975	19.8 °C	2,312 mm	13
1974	32.3 °C11 February 1974	12.7 °C13 September 1974	19.8 °C	1,941 mm	15
1973	31.9 °C9 February 1973	12.8 °C17 December 1973	20.3 °C	1,949 mm	35
1972	32.4 °C31 March 1972	12.6 °C29 June 1972	19.9 °C	2,372 mm	3
1971	33.4 °C5 March 1971	12.9 °C19 September 1971	19.7 °C	2,170 mm	22
1970	30.2 °C15 February 1970	12.8 °C30 July 1970	20.0 °C	2,002 mm	3
1969	29.3 °C6 April 1969	12.2 °C31 January 1969	20.1 °C	1,898 mm	0
1968	29.4 °C8 February 1968	12.8 °C14 January 1968	19.8 °C	1,995 mm	0
1967	30.7 °C2 March 1967	11.7 °C12 December 1967	19.6 °C	2,202 mm	1
1966	29.6 °C9 May 1966	12.8 °C24 December 1966	20.1 °C	2,030 mm	0
1965	29.2 °C24 January 1965	12.2 °C18 September 1965	19.8 °C	1,830 mm	0
1964	29.6 °C16 March 1964	12.1 °C30 November 1964	19.7 °C	2,040 mm	0
1963	29.2 °C23 March 1963	12.8 °C29 July 1963	19.4 °C	2,506 mm	0
1962	29.1 °C5 February 1962	13.2 °C3 February 1962	19.1 °C	2,828 mm	0
1961	30.6 °C10 March 1961	11.1 °C3 January 1961	19.6 °C	2,470 mm	4
1960	29.4 °C25 April 1960	12.1 °C30 January 1960	19.9 °C	1,968 mm	0
1959	32.0 °C15 March 1959	12.3 °C16 July 1959	20.1 °C	1,818 mm	9
1958	31.5 °C4 March 1958	12.3 °C2 October 1958	20.2 °C	2,098 mm	17
1957	29.9 °C16 February 1957	11.6 °C6 February 1957	20.1 °C	1,695 mm	0
1956	29.9 °C1 March 1956	13.2 °C18 January 1956	19.4 °C	2,193 mm	0
1955	28.6 °C15 February 1955	13.7 °C14 June 1955	19.4 °C	2,072 mm	0
1954	29.3 °C1 February 1954	13.1 °C11 January 1954	19.4 °C	2,180 mm	0
1953	29.5 °C2 October 1953	12.2 °C24 July 1953	19.1 °C	3,326 mm	0
1952	28.1 °C17 March 1952	13.5 °C10 July 1952	19.5 °C	2,825 mm	0
1951	29.3 °C1 March 1951	12.3 °C4 July 1951	19.5 °C	2,414 mm	0
1950	30.1 °C5 March 1950	11.9 °C18 July 1950	19.2 °C	2,692 mm	1
1949	28.6 °C27 February 1949	12.7 °C28 July 1949	19.5 °C	2,334 mm	0
1948	28.3 °C4 June 1948	13.4 °C2 January 1948	19.4 °C	2,365 mm	0
1947	28.6 °C9 March 1947	13.3 °C22 July 1947	19.6 °C	2,179 mm	0
1946	32.1 °C13 February 1946	13.1 °C24 December 1946	19.9 °C	1,850 mm	32
1945	31.3 °C22 February 1945	12.3 °C9 June 1945	19.9 °C	1,298 mm	3
1944	31.2 °C1 March 1944	11.9 °C8 July 1944	20.3 °C	1,352 mm	21
1943	31.4 °C17 February 1943	12.7 °C27 September 1943	20.1 °C	1,452 mm	21
1942	31.2 °C7 February 1942	12.3 °C29 July 1942	19.8 °C	1,335 mm	4
1941	31.2 °C26 March 1941	12.7 °C10 December 1941	20.3 °C	1,348 mm	13
1940	28.9 °C23 February 1940	12.2 °C29 December 1940	19.3 °C	2,001 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

27.2 °C

+1.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

36 d/yr

+23

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1434 mm

-411 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.0 °C	+2.0 °C	1 mm	-49 mm
Feb	30.3 °C	+2.3 °C	5 mm	-62 mm
Mar	28.6 °C	+1.0 °C	91 mm	-52 mm
Apr	27.2 °C	+0.5 °C	198 mm	+10 mm
May	27.5 °C	+1.2 °C	129 mm	-37 mm
Jun	27.4 °C	+1.3 °C	52 mm	-56 mm
Jul	26.3 °C	+0.6 °C	139 mm	+15 mm
Aug	25.1 °C	-0.3 °C	243 mm	+53 mm
Sep	26.7 °C	+1.2 °C	175 mm	-38 mm
Oct	25.9 °C	+0.6 °C	236 mm	-18 mm
Nov	26.6 °C	+1.7 °C	117 mm	-117 mm
Dec	26.5 °C	+0.8 °C	47 mm	-62 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.6 °C

1 Mar 2025

Coldest day

14.0 °C

31 Jul 2025

Wettest day

35.0 mm

9 Aug 2025

Windiest day

14.2 km/h

17 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

44.6 km/h

18 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

35.2 °C

11 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

13.4 °C

31 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

2 Apr 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Fort Portal?

Fort Portal has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 1,845 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Fort Portal?

The hottest day measured in Fort Portal between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 2005, reaching 34.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Fort Portal?

The coldest day measured in Fort Portal between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1961, at 11.1 °C.

Does it snow in Fort Portal?

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

Has the climate of Fort Portal warmed?

Yes: Fort Portal warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Fort Portal?

The wettest day measured in Fort Portal between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1962, with 60 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Fort Portal?

The windiest day measured in Fort Portal between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 1943, with winds reaching 17.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Fort Portal?

The warmest month in Fort Portal is February (21.5 °C on average); the coldest is August (19.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Fort Portal?

Fort Portal receives on average 1,845 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 247 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Fort Portal?

Fort Portal gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Fort Portal?

Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Fort Portal.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Fort Portal?

In Fort Portal, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.5 °C on 28 March 2016, and the lowest was 9.8 °C on 3 January 1961.

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