Kaliro climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kaliro?

Kaliro has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.5 °C and it receives 1,598 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Kaliro between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 2005, reaching 38.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kaliro?

The coldest day measured in Kaliro between 1940 and 2025 was 24 December 1966, at 13.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kaliro?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kaliro warmed?

Yes: Kaliro warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kaliro?

The wettest day measured in Kaliro between 1940 and 2025 was 29 November 2020, with 114 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kaliro?

The windiest day measured in Kaliro between 1940 and 2025 was 27 February 2002, with winds reaching 21.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kaliro?

The warmest month in Kaliro is February (23.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kaliro?

Kaliro receives on average 1,598 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 246 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kaliro?

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

Kaliro (Uganda) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.5 °C and it receives 1,598 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 (23.7 °C on average) and the coldest is July (21.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.

Kaliro averages 0 frost days, 53 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 246 rainy days per year.

Kaliro has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.1 °C (on 25 February 2005) and the coldest 13.1 °C (on 24 December 1966).

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

KaliroEastern Region

coords: 0.89°, 33.50°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthMayDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

22.5°C

Average daily high

27.9°C

Average daily low

18.5°C

Annual rainfall

1,598mm

Sunshine / day

10.1h

Mean relative humidity

81%

Average peak wind

9.3km/h

Seasonal range

1.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

53 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

246 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

31.8 °C

Average feels-like low

20.6 °C

Average peak gust

23.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

41 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.3 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.73 · 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

25 February 2005

Coldest day

13.1 °C

24 December 1966

Wettest day

114 mm

29 November 2020

Windiest day

21.0 km/h

27 February 2002

Strongest gust

47.9 km/h

28 February 1943

Hottest feels-like

40.1 °C

25 February 2005

Coldest feels-like

13.1 °C

13 August 1953

Sunniest day

12.0 h

27 January 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	37.7 °C27 February 2025	17.0 °C23 November 2025	24.3 °C	989 mm	164
2024	35.4 °C25 February 2024	17.1 °C29 December 2024	24.5 °C	1,198 mm	163
2023	35.7 °C13 February 2023	17.4 °C15 January 2023	24.2 °C	1,415 mm	163
2022	35.6 °C6 March 2022	16.4 °C4 July 2022	23.8 °C	1,160 mm	110
2021	33.9 °C2 March 2021	16.4 °C23 July 2021	23.4 °C	935 mm	78
2020	32.8 °C17 February 2020	17.1 °C11 December 2020	23.2 °C	1,710 mm	52
2019	36.6 °C24 March 2019	16.7 °C12 January 2019	23.6 °C	1,498 mm	96
2018	36.6 °C7 February 2018	16.1 °C8 July 2018	23.4 °C	1,432 mm	88
2017	36.5 °C17 January 2017	18.1 °C6 November 2017	24.2 °C	1,055 mm	140
2016	35.0 °C15 March 2016	17.0 °C16 June 2016	24.2 °C	929 mm	153
2015	37.1 °C11 March 2015	16.6 °C3 January 2015	23.7 °C	1,375 mm	113
2014	35.6 °C23 February 2014	16.5 °C12 January 2014	23.3 °C	1,175 mm	97
2013	34.2 °C27 February 2013	16.5 °C15 July 2013	23.0 °C	1,277 mm	68
2012	36.8 °C15 February 2012	15.1 °C2 January 2012	23.2 °C	1,375 mm	95
2011	35.5 °C1 March 2011	14.5 °C27 January 2011	23.0 °C	1,534 mm	73
2010	35.4 °C2 February 2010	15.7 °C18 December 2010	23.1 °C	1,464 mm	71
2009	33.9 °C28 March 2009	15.0 °C11 January 2009	23.3 °C	1,247 mm	101
2008	33.2 °C3 March 2008	16.1 °C25 July 2008	22.8 °C	1,299 mm	80
2007	33.9 °C8 March 2007	15.5 °C21 June 2007	22.9 °C	1,212 mm	62
2006	36.5 °C27 January 2006	16.4 °C5 September 2006	23.1 °C	1,641 mm	68
2005	38.1 °C25 February 2005	15.1 °C14 July 2005	23.6 °C	1,121 mm	126
2004	35.1 °C13 February 2004	16.6 °C4 September 2004	23.2 °C	1,206 mm	88
2003	35.3 °C6 March 2003	15.5 °C15 December 2003	23.1 °C	1,153 mm	81
2002	34.0 °C27 February 2002	15.9 °C8 August 2002	23.0 °C	1,377 mm	63
2001	34.1 °C1 March 2001	16.4 °C3 March 2001	22.6 °C	1,401 mm	39
2000	34.0 °C20 February 2000	14.6 °C27 January 2000	22.9 °C	1,127 mm	74
1999	35.9 °C8 February 1999	15.6 °C17 July 1999	22.6 °C	1,354 mm	49
1998	33.7 °C13 March 1998	16.9 °C4 December 1998	23.3 °C	1,340 mm	87
1997	36.0 °C13 March 1997	16.7 °C13 January 1997	23.2 °C	1,704 mm	91
1996	31.8 °C11 February 1996	16.3 °C30 November 1996	22.7 °C	1,469 mm	39
1995	32.9 °C22 February 1995	15.6 °C20 January 1995	23.0 °C	1,551 mm	55
1994	33.1 °C16 February 1994	15.7 °C24 August 1994	22.8 °C	1,688 mm	61
1993	32.2 °C5 March 1993	16.3 °C22 January 1993	22.8 °C	1,139 mm	35
1992	34.6 °C12 March 1992	16.1 °C16 July 1992	22.7 °C	1,301 mm	62
1991	32.1 °C18 March 1991	16.4 °C27 October 1991	22.5 °C	1,755 mm	43
1990	31.8 °C10 February 1990	16.0 °C6 January 1990	22.5 °C	1,690 mm	32
1989	33.8 °C28 February 1989	15.7 °C19 January 1989	22.3 °C	1,682 mm	33
1988	34.2 °C1 March 1988	15.8 °C5 December 1988	22.5 °C	1,739 mm	41
1987	33.7 °C30 December 1987	16.4 °C2 February 1987	22.8 °C	1,740 mm	45
1986	31.9 °C29 January 1986	15.8 °C2 January 1986	22.2 °C	1,931 mm	21
1985	35.0 °C16 March 1985	15.1 °C19 July 1985	22.1 °C	1,734 mm	44
1984	34.7 °C21 February 1984	15.3 °C20 January 1984	22.2 °C	1,553 mm	39
1983	34.2 °C14 February 1983	15.6 °C17 December 1983	22.6 °C	1,640 mm	50
1982	33.9 °C26 March 1982	16.0 °C15 August 1982	22.2 °C	1,743 mm	34
1981	35.2 °C1 March 1981	16.0 °C14 June 1981	22.4 °C	1,514 mm	54
1980	34.3 °C26 February 1980	16.1 °C23 January 1980	22.4 °C	1,541 mm	45
1979	32.2 °C5 March 1979	15.6 °C3 March 1979	22.3 °C	1,983 mm	34
1978	34.0 °C7 February 1978	14.6 °C30 January 1978	22.1 °C	1,967 mm	22
1977	32.6 °C17 March 1977	14.8 °C14 July 1977	22.2 °C	1,671 mm	32
1976	33.6 °C31 January 1976	14.7 °C16 January 1976	21.9 °C	1,859 mm	34
1975	33.3 °C22 February 1975	14.8 °C24 December 1975	21.9 °C	2,013 mm	45
1974	35.3 °C10 February 1974	15.7 °C25 July 1974	21.9 °C	1,811 mm	38
1973	33.2 °C5 February 1973	15.2 °C11 July 1973	22.3 °C	1,752 mm	68
1972	31.3 °C3 April 1972	15.2 °C2 January 1972	21.8 °C	2,099 mm	19
1971	34.1 °C7 March 1971	15.2 °C3 July 1971	21.7 °C	1,869 mm	46
1970	33.0 °C8 February 1970	15.6 °C1 June 1970	21.9 °C	1,771 mm	15
1969	31.6 °C3 April 1969	15.5 °C1 January 1969	22.1 °C	1,531 mm	17
1968	32.0 °C21 January 1968	14.5 °C14 January 1968	21.7 °C	2,218 mm	20
1967	33.3 °C27 February 1967	14.8 °C9 December 1967	21.8 °C	1,995 mm	42
1966	31.4 °C26 December 1966	13.1 °C24 December 1966	22.1 °C	2,024 mm	22
1965	33.2 °C14 February 1965	14.7 °C18 January 1965	22.0 °C	2,004 mm	39
1964	31.5 °C6 March 1964	14.8 °C30 November 1964	21.6 °C	2,008 mm	16
1963	31.8 °C14 September 1963	14.6 °C8 August 1963	21.5 °C	2,078 mm	10
1962	32.1 °C15 February 1962	15.7 °C24 June 1962	21.2 °C	2,211 mm	13
1961	35.2 °C21 January 1961	15.3 °C2 January 1961	22.2 °C	2,367 mm	51
1960	32.6 °C11 February 1960	15.0 °C26 July 1960	22.3 °C	2,093 mm	26
1959	33.2 °C15 March 1959	15.5 °C10 July 1959	22.5 °C	2,060 mm	44
1958	34.7 °C5 March 1958	15.1 °C28 June 1958	22.5 °C	1,724 mm	59
1957	32.4 °C18 January 1957	14.8 °C5 February 1957	22.2 °C	2,136 mm	28
1956	31.5 °C13 March 1956	15.7 °C18 January 1956	21.2 °C	1,678 mm	6
1955	30.2 °C3 March 1955	15.8 °C20 June 1955	21.3 °C	1,640 mm	1
1954	30.1 °C2 February 1954	13.3 °C3 July 1954	21.5 °C	1,350 mm	1
1953	29.5 °C16 February 1953	13.6 °C13 August 1953	21.1 °C	3,129 mm	0
1952	30.2 °C23 January 1952	16.5 °C13 January 1952	21.4 °C	1,923 mm	3
1951	29.8 °C1 March 1951	15.9 °C4 July 1951	21.2 °C	2,280 mm	0
1950	30.1 °C28 February 1950	14.8 °C11 August 1950	21.1 °C	1,910 mm	3
1949	30.8 °C2 November 1949	14.8 °C31 July 1949	21.5 °C	1,614 mm	2
1948	29.1 °C22 February 1948	16.0 °C12 June 1948	21.5 °C	1,826 mm	0
1947	29.7 °C29 October 1947	13.5 °C26 July 1947	21.5 °C	1,656 mm	0
1946	36.6 °C24 February 1946	15.4 °C23 December 1946	22.4 °C	1,269 mm	78
1945	33.4 °C23 February 1945	14.6 °C9 June 1945	22.1 °C	1,028 mm	37
1944	34.3 °C3 March 1944	15.2 °C6 July 1944	22.8 °C	917 mm	91
1943	35.2 °C19 February 1943	13.8 °C27 July 1943	22.5 °C	868 mm	80
1942	34.4 °C8 February 1942	15.7 °C3 January 1942	22.1 °C	1,033 mm	49
1941	34.0 °C7 February 1941	14.7 °C11 December 1941	21.9 °C	1,208 mm	34
1940	29.9 °C20 January 1940	14.7 °C29 December 1940	21.1 °C	1,740 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

29.9 °C

+2.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

164 d/yr

+111

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

989 mm

-609 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	31.2 °C	+2.1 °C	21 mm	-38 mm
Feb	34.3 °C	+4.4 °C	6 mm	-71 mm
Mar	31.5 °C	+2.4 °C	120 mm	-38 mm
Apr	28.9 °C	+1.3 °C	160 mm	-45 mm
May	28.8 °C	+1.6 °C	162 mm	-44 mm
Jun	28.2 °C	+1.0 °C	59 mm	-60 mm
Jul	28.4 °C	+1.5 °C	59 mm	-36 mm
Aug	28.3 °C	+0.9 °C	118 mm	+9 mm
Sep	30.2 °C	+2.4 °C	73 mm	-61 mm
Oct	28.9 °C	+1.4 °C	113 mm	-59 mm
Nov	29.9 °C	+2.7 °C	54 mm	-115 mm
Dec	30.5 °C	+2.6 °C	43 mm	-52 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.7 °C

27 Feb 2025

Coldest day

17.0 °C

23 Nov 2025

Wettest day

24.7 mm

20 Mar 2025

Windiest day

18.1 km/h

19 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

45.4 km/h

16 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

38.8 °C

1 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

18.5 °C

16 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

24 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kaliro?

Kaliro has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.5 °C and it receives 1,598 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kaliro?

The hottest day measured in Kaliro between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 2005, reaching 38.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kaliro?

The coldest day measured in Kaliro between 1940 and 2025 was 24 December 1966, at 13.1 °C.

Does it snow in Kaliro?

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

Has the climate of Kaliro warmed?

Yes: Kaliro warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kaliro?

The wettest day measured in Kaliro between 1940 and 2025 was 29 November 2020, with 114 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kaliro?

The windiest day measured in Kaliro between 1940 and 2025 was 27 February 2002, with winds reaching 21.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kaliro?

The warmest month in Kaliro is February (23.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Kaliro?

Kaliro receives on average 1,598 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 246 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kaliro?

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

Are there tropical nights in Kaliro?

Yes: Kaliro has on average 41 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kaliro?

In Kaliro, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.1 °C on 25 February 2005, and the lowest was 13.1 °C on 13 August 1953.

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