Kamuli climate — normals and trends

Kamuli (Uganda) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.9 °C and it receives 2,089 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 (23.0 °C on average) and the coldest is July (21.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.

Kamuli averages 0 frost days, 40 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 281 rainy days per year.

Kamuli has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.7 °C (on 25 February 2005) and the coldest 12.6 °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

KamuliEastern Region

coords
0.95°, 33.12°
period
19402025 · 86 yrs
AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthMayDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

21.9°C

Average daily high

27.4°C

Average daily low

18.0°C

Annual rainfall

2,089mm

Sunshine / day

9.8h

Mean relative humidity

84%

Average peak wind

8.8km/h

Seasonal range

1.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

40 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

281 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

31.5 °C

Average feels-like low

20.0 °C

Average peak gust

24.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

13 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.3 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.79 · p = < 0.001

1940Each stripe is one year, from 1940 (left) to 2025 (right). Blue = colder than the period average, red = warmer.2025

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

36.7 °C

25 February 2005

Coldest day

12.6 °C

13 August 1953

Wettest day

83 mm

7 December 1968

Windiest day

18.9 km/h

15 February 2012

Strongest gust

47.2 km/h

16 February 2004

Hottest feels-like

40.1 °C

25 February 2005

Coldest feels-like

11.9 °C

6 February 1957

Sunniest day

12.0 h

21 January 1940

YearHottest dayColdest dayAnnual meanRainfallHot daysFrost days
202536.4 °C27 February 202516.3 °C23 November 202523.5 °C1,409 mm1190
202435.0 °C25 February 202416.9 °C9 December 202423.8 °C1,590 mm1160
202334.7 °C13 February 202316.5 °C13 January 202323.5 °C1,747 mm1150
202234.8 °C6 March 202215.6 °C4 July 202223.2 °C1,417 mm840
202133.7 °C12 March 202115.7 °C7 July 202122.8 °C1,294 mm610
202032.8 °C17 February 202016.6 °C26 November 202022.7 °C2,031 mm450
201934.5 °C24 March 201916.6 °C13 January 201922.9 °C2,091 mm770
201835.0 °C18 February 201814.8 °C17 July 201822.7 °C1,927 mm550
201735.1 °C17 January 201716.8 °C22 December 201723.2 °C1,707 mm910
201634.5 °C15 March 201615.7 °C19 August 201623.5 °C1,339 mm1140
201535.7 °C9 March 201515.3 °C4 January 201523.0 °C1,773 mm920
201435.4 °C4 March 201415.6 °C4 July 201422.8 °C1,651 mm870
201333.8 °C27 February 201315.2 °C15 July 201322.4 °C1,728 mm510
201236.4 °C15 February 201213.9 °C4 January 201222.7 °C1,805 mm960
201134.6 °C8 February 201114.0 °C27 January 201122.4 °C2,061 mm580
201034.6 °C2 February 201016.1 °C18 December 201022.6 °C1,989 mm460
200933.5 °C18 January 200915.6 °C11 January 200922.7 °C1,723 mm730
200833.0 °C3 March 200814.8 °C14 December 200822.2 °C1,800 mm700
200733.7 °C8 March 200715.6 °C21 June 200722.4 °C1,828 mm480
200635.5 °C28 January 200614.9 °C5 September 200622.5 °C2,155 mm540
200536.7 °C25 February 200514.0 °C14 July 200522.8 °C1,737 mm940
200433.9 °C14 February 200415.8 °C6 July 200422.5 °C1,793 mm540
200334.3 °C21 February 200314.8 °C28 December 200322.5 °C1,747 mm690
200233.4 °C23 February 200215.4 °C9 July 200222.3 °C1,871 mm450
200133.5 °C28 February 200114.9 °C3 March 200121.9 °C1,959 mm360
200032.9 °C20 February 200013.6 °C27 January 200022.1 °C1,673 mm480
199934.7 °C8 February 199915.4 °C7 July 199921.9 °C1,961 mm400
199833.3 °C13 March 199816.3 °C24 November 199822.7 °C1,760 mm710
199733.9 °C13 March 199715.8 °C13 January 199722.6 °C2,124 mm720
199631.7 °C11 February 199615.7 °C11 December 199622.1 °C2,069 mm190
199532.3 °C5 February 199515.1 °C20 January 199522.4 °C1,973 mm390
199432.3 °C1 February 199416.1 °C4 July 199422.2 °C2,270 mm460
199331.8 °C4 March 199315.7 °C15 March 199322.2 °C1,870 mm220
199233.9 °C12 March 199215.8 °C16 July 199222.0 °C2,004 mm450
199132.2 °C20 February 199115.5 °C29 December 199122.0 °C2,164 mm300
199031.7 °C28 January 199015.1 °C1 October 199021.9 °C2,170 mm190
198933.8 °C28 February 198915.0 °C27 June 198921.8 °C2,024 mm250
198832.8 °C2 March 198816.2 °C25 June 198822.0 °C2,236 mm250
198732.6 °C29 December 198715.6 °C2 February 198722.3 °C2,064 mm330
198631.7 °C24 February 198614.8 °C6 August 198621.7 °C2,383 mm180
198534.7 °C16 March 198514.9 °C9 July 198521.6 °C2,323 mm360
198433.7 °C21 February 198415.2 °C22 January 198421.6 °C2,093 mm280
198333.3 °C13 February 198315.2 °C29 December 198322.1 °C2,152 mm390
198232.8 °C26 March 198215.6 °C15 August 198221.7 °C2,123 mm240
198134.1 °C1 March 198115.2 °C15 June 198121.9 °C2,110 mm430
198033.5 °C26 February 198015.2 °C17 July 198021.8 °C2,011 mm330
197931.5 °C5 March 197914.7 °C23 July 197921.8 °C2,445 mm180
197833.2 °C7 February 197813.6 °C5 February 197821.6 °C2,408 mm180
197732.0 °C17 March 197713.2 °C15 August 197721.7 °C2,263 mm280
197632.8 °C26 January 197614.5 °C14 January 197621.4 °C2,288 mm340
197533.5 °C22 February 197514.2 °C30 July 197521.4 °C2,486 mm370
197433.7 °C10 February 197415.0 °C12 January 197421.3 °C2,339 mm300
197332.8 °C5 February 197313.9 °C11 July 197321.7 °C2,228 mm530
197231.1 °C3 April 197214.8 °C2 January 197221.3 °C2,609 mm80
197133.2 °C7 March 197114.4 °C29 January 197121.2 °C2,176 mm400
197032.1 °C28 February 197014.6 °C26 July 197021.4 °C2,221 mm140
196931.4 °C1 April 196915.2 °C16 July 196921.5 °C2,025 mm140
196831.6 °C21 January 196813.8 °C14 January 196821.2 °C2,799 mm100
196732.8 °C15 February 196714.2 °C7 January 196721.3 °C2,612 mm390
196631.1 °C26 December 196613.4 °C24 December 196621.6 °C2,392 mm180
196533.0 °C14 February 196514.6 °C13 June 196521.5 °C2,224 mm300
196431.2 °C21 February 196414.4 °C31 December 196421.2 °C2,393 mm150
196331.3 °C23 March 196315.0 °C10 September 196321.1 °C2,603 mm50
196232.2 °C15 February 196215.3 °C14 January 196220.8 °C2,606 mm120
196134.4 °C21 January 196113.2 °C3 January 196121.7 °C2,851 mm440
196031.4 °C9 February 196014.0 °C30 December 196021.7 °C2,580 mm190
195933.5 °C17 March 195914.7 °C22 September 195922.0 °C2,430 mm390
195834.0 °C4 March 195815.2 °C26 September 195822.1 °C2,116 mm630
195732.2 °C18 January 195713.1 °C6 February 195721.7 °C2,407 mm230
195630.9 °C2 March 195614.7 °C18 January 195620.7 °C2,108 mm30
195530.0 °C3 March 195515.0 °C20 June 195520.8 °C2,208 mm10
195429.9 °C7 February 195414.4 °C2 July 195420.9 °C1,905 mm00
195329.4 °C16 February 195312.6 °C13 August 195320.6 °C3,469 mm00
195229.8 °C23 January 195216.1 °C2 July 195221.0 °C2,574 mm00
195129.2 °C26 February 195113.9 °C4 July 195120.8 °C3,078 mm00
195030.2 °C1 March 195014.8 °C12 August 195020.6 °C2,481 mm30
194930.0 °C2 November 194914.1 °C31 July 194921.1 °C2,129 mm10
194829.4 °C23 March 194815.1 °C30 December 194821.0 °C2,461 mm00
194729.3 °C9 March 194713.6 °C26 July 194720.9 °C2,322 mm00
194634.8 °C24 February 194614.6 °C15 January 194621.5 °C1,825 mm670
194532.5 °C22 February 194514.6 °C9 June 194521.2 °C1,595 mm130
194432.9 °C5 March 194414.1 °C7 July 194421.8 °C1,430 mm550
194333.7 °C18 February 194313.3 °C27 July 194321.5 °C1,389 mm510
194233.6 °C9 February 194214.5 °C29 January 194221.3 °C1,434 mm280
194133.0 °C8 February 194114.7 °C10 January 194121.3 °C1,745 mm250
194029.6 °C20 January 194014.2 °C29 December 194020.6 °C2,235 mm00

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Across the whole year

Average daily high
29.1 °C
+1.7 °C
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
119 d/yr
+79
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
0
Annual rainfall
1409 mm
-680 mm

Month by month

Highvs. normalPrecipitationvs. normal
Jan30.5 °C+1.8 °C15 mm-56 mm
Feb33.3 °C+3.8 °C19 mm-71 mm
Mar30.9 °C+2.2 °C143 mm-38 mm
Apr28.6 °C+1.4 °C196 mm-44 mm
May28.4 °C+1.7 °C187 mm-55 mm
Jun27.6 °C+0.9 °C111 mm-49 mm
Jul27.8 °C+1.4 °C106 mm-47 mm
Aug27.6 °C+0.8 °C171 mm-11 mm
Sep29.2 °C+2.0 °C127 mm-68 mm
Oct27.9 °C+0.9 °C200 mm-31 mm
Nov28.9 °C+2.2 °C75 mm-146 mm
Dec29.1 °C+1.7 °C60 mm-63 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day
36.4 °C
27 Feb 2025
Coldest day
16.3 °C
23 Nov 2025
Wettest day
26.4 mm
16 Apr 2025
Windiest day
16.8 km/h
25 Feb 2025
Strongest gust
40.7 km/h
16 Mar 2025
Hottest feels-like
37.9 °C
7 Mar 2025
Coldest feels-like
17.9 °C
23 Nov 2025
Sunniest day
12.0 h
20 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kamuli?

Kamuli has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.9 °C and it receives 2,089 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kamuli?

The hottest day measured in Kamuli between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 2005, reaching 36.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kamuli?

The coldest day measured in Kamuli between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 1953, at 12.6 °C.

Does it snow in Kamuli?

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

Has the climate of Kamuli warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Kamuli?

The wettest day measured in Kamuli between 1940 and 2025 was 7 December 1968, with 83 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kamuli?

The windiest day measured in Kamuli between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 2012, with winds reaching 18.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kamuli?

The warmest month in Kamuli is February (23.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Kamuli?

Kamuli receives on average 2,089 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 281 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kamuli?

Kamuli gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Kamuli?

Yes: Kamuli has on average 13 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kamuli?

In Kamuli, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.1 °C on 25 February 2005, and the lowest was 11.9 °C on 6 February 1957.

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