Iganga climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Iganga?

Iganga has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.8 °C and it receives 2,122 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Iganga between 1940 and 2025 was 9 March 2015, reaching 33.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Iganga?

The coldest day measured in Iganga between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 1953, at 13.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Iganga?

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

Q: Has the climate of Iganga warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Iganga?

The wettest day measured in Iganga between 1940 and 2025 was 1 April 1996, with 117 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Iganga?

The windiest day measured in Iganga between 1940 and 2025 was 10 June 1943, with winds reaching 22.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Iganga?

The warmest month in Iganga is February (22.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Iganga?

Iganga receives on average 2,122 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 292 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Iganga?

Iganga gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Iganga (Uganda) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.8 °C and it receives 2,122 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 (22.6 °C on average) and the coldest is July (21.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Iganga averages 0 frost days, 6 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 292 rainy days per year.

Iganga has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 33.9 °C (on 9 March 2015) and the coldest 13.1 °C (on 13 August 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

IgangaEastern Region

coords: 0.61°, 33.47°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthAprilDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.8°C

Average daily high

26.1°C

Average daily low

18.5°C

Annual rainfall

2,122mm

Sunshine / day

10.1h

Mean relative humidity

85%

Average peak wind

10.8km/h

Seasonal range

1.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

6 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

292 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

30.2 °C

Average feels-like low

20.6 °C

Average peak gust

25.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

34 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.1 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.82 · 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

33.9 °C

9 March 2015

Coldest day

13.1 °C

13 August 1953

Wettest day

117 mm

1 April 1996

Windiest day

22.0 km/h

10 June 1943

Strongest gust

44.3 km/h

10 June 1943

Hottest feels-like

38.0 °C

25 February 2005

Coldest feels-like

12.4 °C

13 August 1953

Sunniest day

12.0 h

24 January 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.3 °C27 February 2025	17.2 °C16 January 2025	23.1 °C	1,543 mm	24
2024	30.6 °C23 February 2024	17.2 °C29 December 2024	23.4 °C	1,714 mm	9
2023	32.2 °C20 February 2023	16.9 °C7 January 2023	23.2 °C	2,109 mm	17
2022	30.7 °C13 January 2022	16.2 °C3 August 2022	22.8 °C	1,677 mm	10
2021	31.1 °C13 March 2021	15.3 °C23 July 2021	22.7 °C	1,585 mm	3
2020	30.1 °C17 February 2020	16.7 °C27 July 2020	22.6 °C	2,131 mm	1
2019	31.9 °C20 March 2019	16.4 °C20 December 2019	22.8 °C	2,010 mm	17
2018	32.2 °C15 February 2018	15.6 °C17 July 2018	22.6 °C	2,036 mm	12
2017	32.7 °C17 January 2017	17.1 °C12 January 2017	23.0 °C	1,715 mm	30
2016	31.4 °C29 February 2016	16.5 °C29 January 2016	23.2 °C	1,458 mm	27
2015	33.9 °C9 March 2015	16.3 °C19 January 2015	22.8 °C	1,913 mm	40
2014	32.2 °C2 March 2014	16.5 °C12 January 2014	22.6 °C	1,686 mm	19
2013	31.4 °C27 February 2013	15.8 °C16 July 2013	22.3 °C	1,818 mm	13
2012	32.8 °C9 February 2012	15.1 °C4 January 2012	22.4 °C	1,903 mm	29
2011	31.6 °C26 February 2011	16.2 °C27 January 2011	22.4 °C	2,008 mm	14
2010	31.7 °C3 February 2010	16.7 °C18 December 2010	22.6 °C	1,952 mm	12
2009	30.6 °C10 March 2009	15.2 °C11 January 2009	22.6 °C	1,798 mm	7
2008	30.5 °C25 February 2008	16.5 °C17 July 2008	22.2 °C	1,862 mm	3
2007	30.6 °C8 April 2007	15.4 °C18 December 2007	22.3 °C	1,740 mm	7
2006	32.6 °C10 February 2006	16.2 °C5 September 2006	22.4 °C	2,171 mm	21
2005	33.7 °C25 February 2005	14.6 °C14 July 2005	22.7 °C	1,636 mm	24
2004	32.0 °C13 February 2004	15.5 °C4 July 2004	22.4 °C	1,732 mm	8
2003	32.1 °C6 March 2003	16.5 °C8 August 2003	22.3 °C	1,679 mm	17
2002	30.4 °C22 February 2002	16.1 °C14 August 2002	22.4 °C	1,814 mm	6
2001	30.7 °C3 March 2001	16.3 °C28 January 2001	22.0 °C	1,880 mm	4
2000	30.1 °C23 February 2000	15.1 °C27 January 2000	22.0 °C	1,749 mm	2
1999	32.2 °C9 February 1999	15.9 °C17 July 1999	22.0 °C	1,902 mm	20
1998	31.0 °C13 March 1998	16.8 °C28 June 1998	22.6 °C	1,835 mm	4
1997	31.0 °C13 March 1997	16.1 °C19 July 1997	22.5 °C	2,170 mm	11
1996	29.7 °C5 March 1996	16.4 °C31 July 1996	22.1 °C	2,121 mm	0
1995	29.7 °C15 March 1995	15.8 °C20 January 1995	22.4 °C	2,139 mm	0
1994	30.0 °C21 January 1994	16.2 °C24 August 1994	22.1 °C	2,250 mm	3
1993	29.8 °C10 April 1993	16.1 °C21 January 1993	22.1 °C	1,873 mm	0
1992	31.1 °C12 March 1992	16.0 °C15 July 1992	22.0 °C	2,049 mm	7
1991	30.0 °C3 March 1991	16.5 °C24 July 1991	22.0 °C	2,285 mm	3
1990	29.9 °C10 February 1990	15.7 °C8 August 1990	22.0 °C	2,168 mm	0
1989	30.7 °C1 March 1989	15.2 °C20 January 1989	21.8 °C	2,289 mm	3
1988	31.0 °C2 March 1988	15.3 °C5 December 1988	22.0 °C	2,202 mm	2
1987	31.0 °C30 December 1987	16.7 °C3 February 1987	22.3 °C	2,168 mm	3
1986	29.4 °C24 February 1986	15.5 °C6 August 1986	21.7 °C	2,370 mm	0
1985	32.7 °C16 March 1985	14.8 °C7 August 1985	21.6 °C	2,333 mm	4
1984	30.7 °C21 February 1984	14.4 °C20 January 1984	21.6 °C	2,103 mm	1
1983	31.6 °C14 February 1983	16.0 °C30 December 1983	22.0 °C	2,150 mm	4
1982	30.6 °C26 March 1982	16.0 °C2 July 1982	21.7 °C	2,109 mm	1
1981	30.7 °C1 March 1981	15.8 °C13 September 1981	21.8 °C	2,055 mm	3
1980	31.0 °C26 February 1980	15.0 °C24 July 1980	21.8 °C	2,021 mm	5
1979	30.1 °C5 March 1979	15.6 °C23 July 1979	21.7 °C	2,556 mm	2
1978	31.8 °C7 February 1978	14.9 °C18 July 1978	21.5 °C	2,440 mm	3
1977	30.1 °C16 March 1977	14.4 °C14 August 1977	21.6 °C	2,272 mm	1
1976	30.4 °C16 March 1976	14.9 °C25 July 1976	21.3 °C	2,605 mm	1
1975	29.9 °C26 January 1975	15.3 °C30 July 1975	21.3 °C	2,763 mm	0
1974	31.1 °C16 March 1974	15.7 °C30 July 1974	21.3 °C	2,375 mm	3
1973	30.1 °C19 February 1973	15.3 °C30 June 1973	21.7 °C	2,311 mm	3
1972	29.5 °C31 March 1972	15.4 °C2 January 1972	21.3 °C	2,840 mm	0
1971	29.8 °C5 March 1971	13.8 °C30 January 1971	21.1 °C	2,446 mm	0
1970	30.4 °C8 February 1970	15.2 °C25 July 1970	21.3 °C	2,401 mm	1
1969	29.8 °C3 April 1969	15.4 °C16 July 1969	21.5 °C	1,987 mm	0
1968	30.0 °C3 September 1968	15.1 °C17 July 1968	21.2 °C	2,590 mm	1
1967	30.1 °C10 March 1967	14.8 °C11 December 1967	21.2 °C	2,491 mm	1
1966	29.4 °C26 December 1966	14.0 °C24 December 1966	21.6 °C	2,320 mm	0
1965	30.1 °C14 February 1965	14.7 °C30 June 1965	21.5 °C	2,529 mm	1
1964	29.1 °C11 January 1964	14.9 °C9 December 1964	21.2 °C	2,661 mm	0
1963	29.0 °C24 March 1963	14.1 °C5 August 1963	21.0 °C	2,522 mm	0
1962	29.1 °C4 February 1962	15.6 °C2 February 1962	20.7 °C	2,604 mm	0
1961	31.9 °C21 January 1961	15.0 °C3 January 1961	21.6 °C	2,814 mm	6
1960	29.9 °C30 December 1960	15.0 °C31 December 1960	21.7 °C	2,663 mm	0
1959	30.8 °C17 March 1959	15.0 °C11 July 1959	21.9 °C	2,775 mm	6
1958	30.8 °C3 March 1958	14.9 °C28 June 1958	21.8 °C	2,364 mm	5
1957	29.2 °C4 October 1957	14.1 °C5 February 1957	21.7 °C	2,582 mm	0
1956	28.2 °C11 March 1956	15.8 °C30 July 1956	20.7 °C	2,211 mm	0
1955	27.0 °C18 March 1955	15.6 °C20 June 1955	20.8 °C	2,260 mm	0
1954	27.1 °C11 January 1954	14.2 °C2 July 1954	20.9 °C	1,922 mm	0
1953	28.0 °C30 September 1953	13.1 °C13 August 1953	20.6 °C	3,068 mm	0
1952	28.1 °C23 January 1952	16.1 °C29 June 1952	21.0 °C	2,401 mm	0
1951	27.2 °C6 March 1951	15.3 °C5 July 1951	20.8 °C	2,577 mm	0
1950	28.4 °C3 March 1950	15.1 °C11 August 1950	20.6 °C	2,127 mm	0
1949	28.0 °C23 March 1949	14.1 °C1 August 1949	20.9 °C	1,985 mm	0
1948	27.2 °C23 March 1948	15.5 °C13 June 1948	21.0 °C	2,126 mm	0
1947	27.6 °C28 October 1947	13.5 °C26 July 1947	21.0 °C	2,233 mm	0
1946	32.1 °C24 February 1946	15.8 °C15 July 1946	21.3 °C	1,789 mm	15
1945	29.0 °C23 February 1945	15.3 °C31 July 1945	21.1 °C	1,712 mm	0
1944	31.1 °C2 March 1944	14.4 °C7 July 1944	21.6 °C	1,547 mm	8
1943	31.7 °C15 January 1943	14.2 °C9 June 1943	21.4 °C	1,351 mm	12
1942	31.0 °C8 February 1942	14.4 °C28 July 1942	21.2 °C	1,402 mm	4
1941	30.6 °C27 March 1941	15.4 °C10 December 1941	21.3 °C	1,847 mm	2
1940	27.3 °C20 January 1940	15.3 °C28 December 1940	20.6 °C	2,146 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

27.4 °C

+1.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

24 d/yr

+18

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1543 mm

-579 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.6 °C	+0.8 °C	96 mm	-32 mm
Feb	29.9 °C	+2.7 °C	32 mm	-109 mm
Mar	28.6 °C	+1.7 °C	196 mm	-24 mm
Apr	26.8 °C	+0.9 °C	233 mm	-31 mm
May	26.8 °C	+1.2 °C	203 mm	-44 mm
Jun	26.5 °C	+0.8 °C	66 mm	-87 mm
Jul	26.4 °C	+0.9 °C	106 mm	-13 mm
Aug	26.6 °C	+0.7 °C	141 mm	+2 mm
Sep	28.0 °C	+1.8 °C	136 mm	-29 mm
Oct	26.9 °C	+0.8 °C	152 mm	-35 mm
Nov	27.7 °C	+2.0 °C	63 mm	-140 mm
Dec	27.7 °C	+1.6 °C	121 mm	-37 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.3 °C

27 Feb 2025

Coldest day

17.2 °C

16 Jan 2025

Wettest day

39.2 mm

8 Apr 2025

Windiest day

21.6 km/h

3 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

39.6 km/h

16 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.9 °C

6 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

17.7 °C

27 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

24 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Iganga?

Iganga has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.8 °C and it receives 2,122 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Iganga?

The hottest day measured in Iganga between 1940 and 2025 was 9 March 2015, reaching 33.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Iganga?

The coldest day measured in Iganga between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 1953, at 13.1 °C.

Does it snow in Iganga?

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

Has the climate of Iganga warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Iganga?

The wettest day measured in Iganga between 1940 and 2025 was 1 April 1996, with 117 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Iganga?

The windiest day measured in Iganga between 1940 and 2025 was 10 June 1943, with winds reaching 22.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Iganga?

The warmest month in Iganga is February (22.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Iganga?

Iganga receives on average 2,122 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 292 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Iganga?

Iganga gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Iganga?

Yes: Iganga has on average 34 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Iganga?

In Iganga, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.0 °C on 25 February 2005, and the lowest was 12.4 °C on 13 August 1953.

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