Kabale climate — normals and trends
Kabale (Uganda) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.7 °C and it receives 1,872 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 August (18.3 °C on average) and the coldest is November (17.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Kabale averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 230 rainy days per year.
Kabale has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.5 °C (on 24 February 2005) and the coldest 9.6 °C (on 31 July 1960).
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
KabaleWestern Region
- coords
- -1.25°, 29.99°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.7°C
Average daily high
22.6°C
Average daily low
13.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,872mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
11.8km/h
Seasonal range
1.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
230 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
23.4 °C
Average feels-like low
13.9 °C
Average peak gust
33.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.61 · p = < 0.001
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
29.5 °C
24 February 2005
Coldest day
9.6 °C
31 July 1960
Wettest day
179 mm
25 April 1968
Windiest day
22.6 km/h
23 October 2018
Strongest gust
56.5 km/h
21 March 1962
Hottest feels-like
30.4 °C
27 September 2023
Coldest feels-like
7.7 °C
9 July 2008
Sunniest day
12.0 h
2 January 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 23.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 64 mm | -67 mm |
| Feb | 25.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 56 mm | -99 mm |
| Mar | 24.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 160 mm | -74 mm |
| Apr | 23.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 243 mm | -30 mm |
| May | 22.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 138 mm | -40 mm |
| Jun | 22.5 °C | +0.1 °C | 83 mm | +40 mm |
| Jul | 23.0 °C | -0.2 °C | 20 mm | -2 mm |
| Aug | 23.0 °C | -0.5 °C | 107 mm | +35 mm |
| Sep | 24.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 77 mm | -66 mm |
| Oct | 22.6 °C | +0.1 °C | 286 mm | +86 mm |
| Nov | 22.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 124 mm | -112 mm |
| Dec | 22.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 104 mm | -80 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kabale?
Kabale has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.7 °C and it receives 1,872 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kabale?
The hottest day measured in Kabale between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 2005, reaching 29.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kabale?
The coldest day measured in Kabale between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 1960, at 9.6 °C.
Does it snow in Kabale?
Almost never: Kabale sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Kabale warmed?
Yes: Kabale warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kabale?
The wettest day measured in Kabale between 1940 and 2025 was 25 April 1968, with 179 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kabale?
The windiest day measured in Kabale between 1940 and 2025 was 23 October 2018, with winds reaching 22.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kabale?
The warmest month in Kabale is August (18.3 °C on average); the coldest is November (17.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Kabale?
Kabale receives on average 1,872 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 230 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kabale?
Kabale gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Kabale?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kabale.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kabale?
In Kabale, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 30.4 °C on 27 September 2023, and the lowest was 7.7 °C on 9 July 2008.
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