Kamwenge climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kamwenge?

Kamwenge has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.3 °C and it receives 942 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Kamwenge between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 2005, reaching 37.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kamwenge?

The coldest day measured in Kamwenge between 1940 and 2025 was 18 September 1965, at 11.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kamwenge?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kamwenge warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Kamwenge?

The wettest day measured in Kamwenge between 1940 and 2025 was 2 May 2020, with 130 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kamwenge?

The windiest day measured in Kamwenge between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 1943, with winds reaching 20.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kamwenge?

The warmest month in Kamwenge is February (23.4 °C on average); the coldest is November (21.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kamwenge?

Kamwenge receives on average 942 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 198 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kamwenge?

Kamwenge gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Kamwenge (Uganda) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.3 °C and it receives 942 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 (23.4 °C on average) and the coldest is November (21.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Kamwenge averages 0 frost days, 60 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 198 rainy days per year.

Kamwenge 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 37.3 °C (on 21 February 2005) and the coldest 11.8 °C (on 18 September 1965).

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

KamwengeWestern Region

coords: 0.19°, 30.45°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthNovemberWettest monthNovemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

22.3°C

Average daily high

28.1°C

Average daily low

17.6°C

Annual rainfall

942mm

Sunshine / day

10.7h

Mean relative humidity

70%

Average peak wind

9.2km/h

Seasonal range

1.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

60 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

198 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

30.4 °C

Average feels-like low

18.9 °C

Average peak gust

26.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

16 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.3 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.67 · 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

37.3 °C

21 February 2005

Coldest day

11.8 °C

18 September 1965

Wettest day

130 mm

2 May 2020

Windiest day

20.4 km/h

24 February 1943

Strongest gust

47.5 km/h

26 February 1946

Hottest feels-like

39.1 °C

25 February 2005

Coldest feels-like

11.5 °C

18 September 1965

Sunniest day

12.0 h

2 January 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.3 °C27 February 2025	15.0 °C21 September 2025	23.8 °C	797 mm	130
2024	34.1 °C17 March 2024	15.0 °C8 December 2024	24.1 °C	854 mm	151
2023	35.0 °C13 February 2023	15.9 °C2 May 2023	23.8 °C	983 mm	156
2022	34.2 °C5 March 2022	15.4 °C23 September 2022	23.3 °C	900 mm	105
2021	35.6 °C1 February 2021	16.5 °C14 April 2021	23.8 °C	811 mm	142
2020	34.8 °C9 February 2020	16.0 °C31 October 2020	23.6 °C	1,065 mm	133
2019	35.5 °C24 March 2019	16.2 °C1 November 2019	23.7 °C	849 mm	159
2018	36.0 °C8 February 2018	15.7 °C20 October 2018	23.3 °C	855 mm	120
2017	35.7 °C9 February 2017	15.4 °C28 February 2017	23.7 °C	757 mm	147
2016	35.0 °C6 March 2016	16.4 °C2 July 2016	24.0 °C	701 mm	178
2015	36.1 °C9 March 2015	14.8 °C6 July 2015	23.7 °C	749 mm	156
2014	34.4 °C30 January 2014	15.4 °C21 September 2014	23.5 °C	728 mm	160
2013	35.1 °C27 February 2013	14.6 °C4 September 2013	23.0 °C	861 mm	109
2012	36.4 °C5 February 2012	14.5 °C1 February 2012	23.0 °C	979 mm	103
2011	34.8 °C26 February 2011	15.6 °C8 July 2011	22.8 °C	896 mm	85
2010	34.9 °C1 February 2010	15.4 °C29 October 2010	23.1 °C	989 mm	107
2009	33.6 °C28 March 2009	15.6 °C15 February 2009	23.2 °C	795 mm	135
2008	33.4 °C23 December 2008	14.2 °C9 July 2008	22.5 °C	737 mm	74
2007	35.0 °C7 March 2007	14.4 °C25 August 2007	22.8 °C	785 mm	78
2006	35.1 °C10 February 2006	14.1 °C24 April 2006	23.0 °C	805 mm	101
2005	37.3 °C21 February 2005	13.9 °C14 July 2005	23.5 °C	736 mm	140
2004	34.9 °C12 February 2004	15.2 °C8 October 2004	23.4 °C	703 mm	122
2003	34.7 °C20 February 2003	14.8 °C18 December 2003	22.9 °C	725 mm	94
2002	33.2 °C5 February 2002	15.5 °C11 November 2002	22.5 °C	825 mm	66
2001	34.2 °C3 March 2001	15.4 °C15 December 2001	22.2 °C	757 mm	34
2000	32.7 °C21 February 2000	14.6 °C11 October 2000	22.3 °C	556 mm	52
1999	33.3 °C6 February 1999	14.0 °C15 September 1999	22.0 °C	892 mm	40
1998	32.4 °C15 March 1998	15.0 °C17 November 1998	22.8 °C	811 mm	53
1997	34.1 °C7 March 1997	15.1 °C24 October 1997	22.6 °C	929 mm	75
1996	31.2 °C9 August 1996	14.7 °C3 July 1996	22.2 °C	852 mm	20
1995	32.7 °C3 February 1995	14.9 °C17 September 1995	22.6 °C	911 mm	49
1994	33.2 °C19 February 1994	14.8 °C6 October 1994	22.4 °C	920 mm	48
1993	32.8 °C16 March 1993	15.1 °C25 September 1993	22.6 °C	778 mm	43
1992	33.8 °C10 March 1992	14.9 °C1 December 1992	22.5 °C	697 mm	56
1991	32.5 °C22 January 1991	14.5 °C21 July 1991	22.3 °C	1,062 mm	38
1990	32.7 °C29 January 1990	13.9 °C11 November 1990	22.5 °C	974 mm	43
1989	33.8 °C3 March 1989	15.0 °C22 October 1989	22.4 °C	954 mm	41
1988	33.5 °C6 February 1988	14.9 °C14 September 1988	22.5 °C	1,003 mm	34
1987	34.9 °C30 December 1987	15.3 °C6 August 1987	23.0 °C	918 mm	90
1986	33.8 °C24 February 1986	13.9 °C5 August 1986	22.3 °C	1,040 mm	30
1985	33.0 °C17 March 1985	14.0 °C7 August 1985	21.9 °C	963 mm	33
1984	33.6 °C21 February 1984	14.6 °C10 November 1984	22.1 °C	910 mm	39
1983	34.0 °C15 February 1983	14.4 °C5 December 1983	22.8 °C	885 mm	84
1982	34.0 °C21 February 1982	14.7 °C3 July 1982	22.5 °C	856 mm	62
1981	34.7 °C23 February 1981	14.4 °C4 December 1981	22.4 °C	1,057 mm	58
1980	34.1 °C24 February 1980	14.0 °C17 August 1980	22.5 °C	857 mm	44
1979	31.5 °C5 March 1979	15.3 °C13 July 1979	22.2 °C	1,019 mm	43
1978	34.1 °C7 February 1978	14.2 °C30 November 1978	22.2 °C	1,065 mm	41
1977	31.7 °C20 December 1977	13.4 °C16 August 1977	22.1 °C	1,166 mm	34
1976	32.9 °C30 January 1976	14.1 °C7 January 1976	21.5 °C	1,210 mm	29
1975	34.1 °C22 February 1975	13.2 °C30 July 1975	21.6 °C	1,271 mm	39
1974	33.3 °C25 February 1974	13.9 °C11 January 1974	21.5 °C	1,124 mm	36
1973	33.4 °C2 February 1973	14.1 °C14 December 1973	22.0 °C	1,129 mm	54
1972	31.9 °C31 March 1972	14.4 °C29 August 1972	21.4 °C	1,394 mm	13
1971	34.9 °C5 March 1971	14.2 °C30 November 1971	21.5 °C	1,148 mm	40
1970	32.4 °C8 February 1970	13.9 °C30 July 1970	21.8 °C	1,049 mm	23
1969	31.2 °C4 April 1969	13.2 °C3 November 1969	22.1 °C	898 mm	30
1968	31.4 °C8 February 1968	13.9 °C10 June 1968	21.6 °C	1,174 mm	15
1967	32.1 °C2 March 1967	13.5 °C1 September 1967	21.8 °C	969 mm	44
1966	31.6 °C16 August 1966	13.5 °C14 December 1966	21.9 °C	1,040 mm	36
1965	32.6 °C14 February 1965	11.8 °C18 September 1965	21.5 °C	1,060 mm	22
1964	31.0 °C31 January 1964	12.5 °C31 December 1964	21.3 °C	1,133 mm	9
1963	30.5 °C8 August 1963	12.9 °C29 July 1963	20.9 °C	1,405 mm	6
1962	30.9 °C3 February 1962	14.4 °C4 July 1962	20.9 °C	1,309 mm	7
1961	33.5 °C11 March 1961	12.9 °C3 January 1961	21.5 °C	1,186 mm	43
1960	31.6 °C14 December 1960	13.4 °C30 December 1960	21.8 °C	1,126 mm	27
1959	33.6 °C17 March 1959	12.7 °C14 July 1959	22.1 °C	966 mm	37
1958	33.3 °C25 February 1958	13.8 °C2 October 1958	22.3 °C	1,060 mm	64
1957	32.8 °C16 February 1957	14.4 °C7 March 1957	22.2 °C	926 mm	41
1956	30.6 °C1 March 1956	13.4 °C16 June 1956	21.1 °C	1,015 mm	4
1955	30.1 °C15 February 1955	14.2 °C11 October 1955	21.3 °C	983 mm	1
1954	29.2 °C8 February 1954	13.5 °C2 July 1954	21.1 °C	914 mm	0
1953	30.3 °C30 September 1953	13.3 °C18 July 1953	20.8 °C	1,599 mm	3
1952	29.6 °C17 July 1952	14.0 °C10 December 1952	21.2 °C	1,251 mm	0
1951	30.6 °C31 July 1951	13.7 °C3 June 1951	21.3 °C	1,349 mm	5
1950	31.4 °C5 March 1950	12.9 °C18 July 1950	21.3 °C	1,007 mm	10
1949	31.1 °C22 August 1949	13.3 °C27 June 1949	21.5 °C	966 mm	18
1948	30.4 °C19 July 1948	13.5 °C3 January 1948	21.5 °C	993 mm	2
1947	31.8 °C21 September 1947	13.3 °C14 December 1947	21.5 °C	994 mm	9
1946	35.8 °C13 February 1946	13.7 °C24 November 1946	22.4 °C	768 mm	82
1945	34.0 °C23 February 1945	13.6 °C9 June 1945	22.1 °C	601 mm	48
1944	34.1 °C14 February 1944	13.7 °C10 January 1944	22.5 °C	717 mm	85
1943	33.7 °C20 February 1943	13.8 °C13 October 1943	22.4 °C	508 mm	52
1942	34.1 °C7 February 1942	13.4 °C14 December 1942	22.0 °C	520 mm	49
1941	34.2 °C27 March 1941	13.4 °C11 December 1941	22.3 °C	684 mm	42
1940	30.1 °C5 March 1940	13.7 °C30 November 1940	21.4 °C	808 mm	3

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.2 °C

+1.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

130 d/yr

+70

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

797 mm

-146 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	31.2 °C	+2.3 °C	4 mm	-35 mm
Feb	33.0 °C	+3.4 °C	5 mm	-47 mm
Mar	30.5 °C	+1.7 °C	90 mm	-12 mm
Apr	28.1 °C	+0.3 °C	118 mm	-4 mm
May	28.7 °C	+1.2 °C	71 mm	-28 mm
Jun	29.1 °C	+1.1 °C	31 mm	-3 mm
Jul	29.3 °C	+1.0 °C	36 mm	+14 mm
Aug	27.8 °C	-0.4 °C	86 mm	+30 mm
Sep	29.7 °C	+1.5 °C	65 mm	-21 mm
Oct	27.7 °C	-0.1 °C	151 mm	+31 mm
Nov	28.2 °C	+1.2 °C	79 mm	-58 mm
Dec	27.7 °C	0.0 °C	61 mm	-14 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.3 °C

27 Feb 2025

Coldest day

15.0 °C

21 Sep 2025

Wettest day

25.3 mm

16 Apr 2025

Windiest day

16.8 km/h

19 May 2025

Strongest gust

40.0 km/h

5 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.1 °C

1 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

15.1 °C

21 Sep 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

1 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kamwenge?

Kamwenge has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.3 °C and it receives 942 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kamwenge?

The hottest day measured in Kamwenge between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 2005, reaching 37.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kamwenge?

The coldest day measured in Kamwenge between 1940 and 2025 was 18 September 1965, at 11.8 °C.

Does it snow in Kamwenge?

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

Has the climate of Kamwenge warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Kamwenge?

The wettest day measured in Kamwenge between 1940 and 2025 was 2 May 2020, with 130 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kamwenge?

The windiest day measured in Kamwenge between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 1943, with winds reaching 20.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kamwenge?

The warmest month in Kamwenge is February (23.4 °C on average); the coldest is November (21.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Kamwenge?

Kamwenge receives on average 942 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 198 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kamwenge?

Kamwenge gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Kamwenge?

Yes: Kamwenge has on average 16 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kamwenge?

In Kamwenge, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.1 °C on 25 February 2005, and the lowest was 11.5 °C on 18 September 1965.

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