Jinja climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Jinja?

Jinja has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.8 °C and it receives 2,135 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Jinja between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 2005, reaching 33.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Jinja?

The coldest day measured in Jinja between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 1947, at 13.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Jinja?

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

Q: Has the climate of Jinja warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Jinja?

The wettest day measured in Jinja between 1940 and 2025 was 29 March 1991, with 105 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Jinja?

The windiest day measured in Jinja between 1940 and 2025 was 10 June 1943, with winds reaching 22.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Jinja?

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

Q: How much does it rain in Jinja?

Jinja receives on average 2,135 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 301 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Jinja?

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

Jinja (Uganda) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.8 °C and it receives 2,135 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.

Jinja averages 0 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 301 rainy days per year.

Jinja 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 33.4 °C (on 25 February 2005) and the coldest 13.9 °C (on 24 July 1947).

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

JinjaEastern Region

coords: 0.44°, 33.20°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthAprilDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.8°C

Average daily high

25.6°C

Average daily low

18.8°C

Annual rainfall

2,135mm

Sunshine / day

10.1h

Mean relative humidity

86%

Average peak wind

10.3km/h

Seasonal range

1.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

3 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

301 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.7 °C

Average feels-like low

20.9 °C

Average peak gust

24.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

50 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.1 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.83 · 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

33.4 °C

25 February 2005

Coldest day

13.9 °C

24 July 1947

Wettest day

105 mm

29 March 1991

Windiest day

22.5 km/h

10 June 1943

Strongest gust

46.1 km/h

10 June 1943

Hottest feels-like

38.2 °C

25 February 2005

Coldest feels-like

12.7 °C

5 February 1957

Sunniest day

12.0 h

19 January 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.2 °C27 February 2025	17.7 °C21 September 2025	23.0 °C	1,426 mm	17
2024	30.4 °C23 February 2024	18.0 °C19 June 2024	23.4 °C	1,682 mm	3
2023	31.6 °C19 February 2023	17.6 °C15 July 2023	23.1 °C	2,113 mm	10
2022	30.4 °C13 January 2022	16.5 °C3 August 2022	22.7 °C	1,576 mm	3
2021	30.4 °C13 March 2021	16.2 °C26 August 2021	22.6 °C	1,505 mm	2
2020	29.6 °C11 February 2020	17.3 °C27 July 2020	22.5 °C	2,194 mm	0
2019	30.6 °C24 March 2019	17.4 °C20 December 2019	22.6 °C	2,066 mm	7
2018	31.6 °C15 February 2018	16.6 °C17 July 2018	22.5 °C	1,938 mm	7
2017	32.0 °C17 January 2017	16.4 °C13 January 2017	22.8 °C	1,671 mm	16
2016	31.2 °C15 March 2016	16.7 °C28 June 2016	23.1 °C	1,390 mm	18
2015	33.0 °C9 March 2015	16.0 °C19 January 2015	22.7 °C	1,923 mm	27
2014	31.2 °C14 February 2014	16.6 °C5 December 2014	22.5 °C	1,706 mm	13
2013	31.3 °C27 February 2013	15.4 °C16 July 2013	22.2 °C	1,752 mm	10
2012	33.1 °C9 February 2012	16.1 °C5 January 2012	22.3 °C	1,931 mm	25
2011	30.7 °C30 January 2011	16.7 °C28 January 2011	22.2 °C	2,083 mm	9
2010	31.1 °C2 February 2010	17.1 °C14 August 2010	22.5 °C	1,996 mm	8
2009	30.4 °C18 January 2009	16.2 °C11 January 2009	22.5 °C	1,787 mm	4
2008	29.8 °C5 January 2008	16.3 °C5 September 2008	22.1 °C	1,850 mm	0
2007	30.2 °C22 February 2007	15.6 °C18 December 2007	22.3 °C	1,876 mm	4
2006	31.9 °C10 February 2006	16.0 °C5 September 2006	22.2 °C	2,179 mm	16
2005	33.4 °C25 February 2005	14.5 °C14 July 2005	22.6 °C	1,679 mm	13
2004	31.2 °C13 February 2004	15.1 °C4 July 2004	22.3 °C	1,742 mm	4
2003	31.5 °C6 March 2003	16.1 °C13 July 2003	22.3 °C	1,692 mm	9
2002	29.9 °C22 February 2002	16.1 °C14 August 2002	22.3 °C	1,821 mm	0
2001	30.2 °C3 March 2001	16.2 °C28 January 2001	21.9 °C	2,031 mm	2
2000	29.9 °C23 February 2000	16.1 °C19 August 2000	22.0 °C	1,753 mm	0
1999	31.5 °C17 February 1999	16.1 °C16 July 1999	21.8 °C	1,990 mm	12
1998	30.7 °C13 March 1998	17.2 °C20 August 1998	22.6 °C	1,833 mm	2
1997	30.4 °C13 March 1997	16.7 °C15 January 1997	22.4 °C	2,199 mm	5
1996	29.0 °C4 January 1996	16.9 °C25 July 1996	22.0 °C	2,229 mm	0
1995	29.9 °C4 January 1995	16.3 °C4 August 1995	22.3 °C	2,242 mm	0
1994	29.9 °C16 February 1994	15.8 °C4 August 1994	22.1 °C	2,276 mm	0
1993	29.4 °C10 April 1993	16.0 °C22 January 1993	22.0 °C	1,967 mm	0
1992	30.5 °C12 March 1992	16.2 °C21 July 1992	21.9 °C	2,114 mm	4
1991	29.8 °C17 March 1991	16.3 °C9 July 1991	22.0 °C	2,313 mm	0
1990	29.2 °C10 February 1990	15.8 °C30 July 1990	22.0 °C	2,242 mm	0
1989	30.4 °C1 March 1989	15.5 °C20 January 1989	21.7 °C	2,262 mm	3
1988	30.4 °C2 March 1988	15.0 °C5 December 1988	22.0 °C	2,292 mm	1
1987	30.7 °C30 December 1987	16.6 °C7 August 1987	22.3 °C	2,175 mm	1
1986	28.9 °C24 February 1986	15.4 °C29 June 1986	21.7 °C	2,443 mm	0
1985	32.0 °C16 March 1985	15.2 °C7 August 1985	21.5 °C	2,382 mm	3
1984	30.3 °C21 February 1984	15.0 °C20 January 1984	21.5 °C	2,169 mm	1
1983	31.1 °C14 February 1983	16.0 °C30 December 1983	22.0 °C	2,188 mm	2
1982	30.0 °C26 March 1982	15.6 °C2 July 1982	21.7 °C	2,109 mm	1
1981	30.2 °C1 March 1981	16.0 °C13 September 1981	21.7 °C	2,111 mm	2
1980	31.0 °C26 February 1980	15.0 °C24 July 1980	21.7 °C	2,045 mm	3
1979	29.7 °C12 October 1979	16.1 °C3 March 1979	21.7 °C	2,563 mm	0
1978	31.3 °C7 February 1978	15.5 °C18 July 1978	21.5 °C	2,418 mm	2
1977	29.8 °C9 February 1977	15.1 °C15 August 1977	21.6 °C	2,244 mm	0
1976	30.2 °C16 March 1976	15.3 °C25 July 1976	21.3 °C	2,554 mm	1
1975	29.3 °C28 January 1975	15.1 °C30 July 1975	21.2 °C	2,651 mm	0
1974	30.8 °C16 March 1974	15.9 °C25 July 1974	21.2 °C	2,474 mm	1
1973	29.7 °C9 March 1973	15.8 °C5 July 1973	21.6 °C	2,401 mm	0
1972	29.5 °C31 March 1972	15.7 °C17 September 1972	21.2 °C	2,765 mm	0
1971	29.2 °C5 March 1971	14.0 °C30 January 1971	21.0 °C	2,342 mm	0
1970	30.0 °C8 February 1970	15.7 °C23 July 1970	21.3 °C	2,365 mm	1
1969	29.6 °C3 April 1969	15.7 °C18 August 1969	21.4 °C	2,092 mm	0
1968	29.1 °C3 September 1968	15.3 °C20 July 1968	21.1 °C	2,708 mm	0
1967	29.6 °C10 March 1967	15.5 °C24 November 1967	21.2 °C	2,462 mm	0
1966	29.4 °C29 January 1966	14.9 °C20 December 1966	21.6 °C	2,218 mm	0
1965	29.8 °C14 February 1965	15.4 °C30 June 1965	21.5 °C	2,388 mm	0
1964	29.0 °C11 January 1964	15.0 °C29 August 1964	21.2 °C	2,553 mm	0
1963	28.8 °C24 March 1963	14.8 °C5 August 1963	21.0 °C	2,489 mm	0
1962	28.9 °C4 February 1962	16.4 °C5 January 1962	20.7 °C	2,623 mm	0
1961	32.2 °C21 January 1961	15.6 °C3 January 1961	21.5 °C	2,826 mm	5
1960	29.7 °C12 December 1960	15.6 °C30 August 1960	21.6 °C	2,683 mm	0
1959	30.4 °C17 March 1959	14.8 °C11 July 1959	21.8 °C	2,718 mm	2
1958	30.4 °C3 March 1958	15.7 °C28 June 1958	21.8 °C	2,417 mm	2
1957	28.9 °C12 October 1957	14.1 °C5 February 1957	21.6 °C	2,559 mm	0
1956	27.8 °C9 March 1956	16.3 °C16 July 1956	20.6 °C	2,312 mm	0
1955	26.6 °C3 March 1955	15.3 °C20 June 1955	20.7 °C	2,237 mm	0
1954	27.0 °C11 January 1954	15.3 °C2 July 1954	20.8 °C	1,910 mm	0
1953	27.4 °C30 September 1953	14.0 °C13 August 1953	20.5 °C	2,991 mm	0
1952	28.1 °C23 January 1952	16.1 °C2 July 1952	20.9 °C	2,436 mm	0
1951	27.2 °C5 March 1951	15.8 °C5 July 1951	20.7 °C	2,654 mm	0
1950	27.7 °C1 March 1950	15.1 °C19 August 1950	20.6 °C	2,163 mm	0
1949	27.7 °C5 March 1949	14.3 °C31 July 1949	20.9 °C	2,078 mm	0
1948	27.0 °C23 March 1948	16.1 °C12 June 1948	20.9 °C	2,185 mm	0
1947	27.0 °C4 January 1947	13.9 °C24 July 1947	20.9 °C	2,314 mm	0
1946	31.2 °C24 February 1946	16.4 °C15 July 1946	21.1 °C	1,786 mm	5
1945	28.0 °C23 February 1945	15.9 °C31 July 1945	21.0 °C	1,701 mm	0
1944	30.4 °C2 March 1944	14.7 °C6 July 1944	21.4 °C	1,608 mm	2
1943	30.7 °C15 January 1943	14.9 °C13 June 1943	21.1 °C	1,335 mm	4
1942	30.7 °C8 February 1942	15.0 °C26 July 1942	21.1 °C	1,441 mm	4
1941	30.1 °C7 February 1941	16.1 °C4 July 1941	21.2 °C	1,831 mm	2
1940	26.9 °C20 January 1940	15.3 °C28 December 1940	20.6 °C	2,181 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

26.8 °C

+1.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

17 d/yr

+14

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1426 mm

-709 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.2 °C	+0.8 °C	82 mm	-51 mm
Feb	29.5 °C	+2.7 °C	29 mm	-109 mm
Mar	28.0 °C	+1.6 °C	186 mm	-27 mm
Apr	26.4 °C	+1.0 °C	183 mm	-67 mm
May	26.3 °C	+1.2 °C	185 mm	-53 mm
Jun	25.9 °C	+0.7 °C	79 mm	-68 mm
Jul	25.9 °C	+0.9 °C	95 mm	-25 mm
Aug	25.8 °C	+0.5 °C	146 mm	-1 mm
Sep	27.1 °C	+1.5 °C	114 mm	-59 mm
Oct	26.3 °C	+0.8 °C	151 mm	-47 mm
Nov	27.0 °C	+1.8 °C	66 mm	-146 mm
Dec	26.9 °C	+1.2 °C	111 mm	-57 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.2 °C

27 Feb 2025

Coldest day

17.7 °C

21 Sep 2025

Wettest day

34.8 mm

28 Mar 2025

Windiest day

20.4 km/h

3 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

39.6 km/h

16 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.5 °C

6 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

18.3 °C

27 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

19 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Jinja?

Jinja has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.8 °C and it receives 2,135 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Jinja?

The hottest day measured in Jinja between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 2005, reaching 33.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Jinja?

The coldest day measured in Jinja between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 1947, at 13.9 °C.

Does it snow in Jinja?

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

Has the climate of Jinja warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Jinja?

The wettest day measured in Jinja between 1940 and 2025 was 29 March 1991, with 105 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Jinja?

The windiest day measured in Jinja between 1940 and 2025 was 10 June 1943, with winds reaching 22.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Jinja?

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

How much does it rain in Jinja?

Jinja receives on average 2,135 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 301 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Jinja?

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

Are there tropical nights in Jinja?

Yes: Jinja has on average 50 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Jinja?

In Jinja, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.2 °C on 25 February 2005, and the lowest was 12.7 °C on 5 February 1957.

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