Kapchorwa climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kapchorwa?

Kapchorwa has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.3 °C and it receives 1,839 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Kapchorwa between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 2005, reaching 37.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kapchorwa?

The coldest day measured in Kapchorwa between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 1947, at 11.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kapchorwa?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kapchorwa warmed?

Yes: Kapchorwa warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kapchorwa?

The wettest day measured in Kapchorwa between 1940 and 2025 was 30 April 2002, with 99 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kapchorwa?

The windiest day measured in Kapchorwa between 1940 and 2025 was 14 March 2015, with winds reaching 26.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kapchorwa?

The warmest month in Kapchorwa is February (24.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kapchorwa?

Kapchorwa receives on average 1,839 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 243 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kapchorwa?

Kapchorwa gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Kapchorwa (Uganda) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.3 °C and it receives 1,839 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 (24.3 °C on average) and the coldest is July (20.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.

Kapchorwa averages 0 frost days, 96 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 243 rainy days per year.

Kapchorwa has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.0 °C (on 25 February 2005) and the coldest 11.5 °C (on 26 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

KapchorwaEastern Region

coords: 1.40°, 34.45°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthMayDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

22.3°C

Average daily high

28.0°C

Average daily low

17.4°C

Annual rainfall

1,839mm

Sunshine / day

10.8h

Mean relative humidity

60%

Average peak wind

8.9km/h

Seasonal range

3.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

96 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

243 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.5 °C

Average feels-like low

17.6 °C

Average peak gust

28.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

17 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.7 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.63 · 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

37.0 °C

25 February 2005

Coldest day

11.5 °C

26 July 1947

Wettest day

99 mm

30 April 2002

Windiest day

26.7 km/h

14 March 2015

Strongest gust

62.3 km/h

14 March 2015

Hottest feels-like

37.6 °C

25 February 2005

Coldest feels-like

9.6 °C

26 July 1947

Sunniest day

11.9 h

27 February 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.3 °C6 March 2025	15.7 °C16 January 2025	24.0 °C	1,266 mm	179
2024	35.8 °C18 March 2024	15.5 °C29 December 2024	24.2 °C	1,488 mm	185
2023	36.5 °C8 March 2023	15.3 °C15 January 2023	24.3 °C	1,590 mm	200
2022	35.9 °C16 March 2022	15.8 °C4 July 2022	23.6 °C	1,409 mm	146
2021	33.9 °C2 March 2021	15.6 °C23 July 2021	23.4 °C	1,258 mm	139
2020	32.8 °C24 February 2020	14.8 °C19 November 2020	22.2 °C	2,463 mm	55
2019	35.9 °C25 March 2019	14.8 °C21 December 2019	23.2 °C	2,193 mm	119
2018	34.7 °C23 February 2018	14.4 °C7 July 2018	23.0 °C	1,699 mm	122
2017	35.1 °C24 March 2017	15.9 °C6 September 2017	23.7 °C	1,343 mm	166
2016	35.7 °C21 March 2016	16.1 °C28 August 2016	24.0 °C	1,139 mm	175
2015	35.5 °C11 March 2015	14.9 °C1 January 2015	23.6 °C	1,561 mm	152
2014	35.3 °C4 March 2014	14.5 °C13 December 2014	22.9 °C	1,789 mm	104
2013	35.1 °C1 March 2013	14.0 °C9 December 2013	22.8 °C	1,551 mm	92
2012	35.2 °C30 March 2012	12.9 °C4 January 2012	22.7 °C	1,784 mm	104
2011	35.2 °C26 February 2011	14.7 °C10 December 2011	22.9 °C	1,730 mm	118
2010	35.4 °C2 February 2010	15.5 °C13 August 2010	22.7 °C	1,895 mm	94
2009	34.9 °C21 March 2009	14.5 °C11 January 2009	24.1 °C	1,077 mm	216
2008	34.6 °C3 March 2008	15.0 °C25 July 2008	23.0 °C	1,433 mm	139
2007	34.6 °C14 March 2007	14.4 °C30 October 2007	22.7 °C	1,789 mm	119
2006	35.0 °C17 February 2006	14.3 °C5 September 2006	22.8 °C	1,898 mm	94
2005	37.0 °C25 February 2005	14.0 °C5 January 2005	23.5 °C	1,445 mm	170
2004	35.8 °C5 March 2004	14.8 °C30 August 2004	23.2 °C	1,601 mm	125
2003	35.7 °C25 February 2003	14.8 °C5 July 2003	23.3 °C	1,553 mm	151
2002	34.7 °C5 February 2002	15.7 °C13 August 2002	23.7 °C	1,196 mm	163
2001	34.9 °C3 March 2001	14.4 °C11 September 2001	22.5 °C	1,617 mm	97
2000	35.5 °C14 March 2000	14.5 °C27 January 2000	22.9 °C	1,355 mm	132
1999	34.4 °C9 February 1999	14.7 °C12 August 1999	22.7 °C	1,512 mm	104
1998	35.5 °C13 March 1998	15.2 °C7 September 1998	23.0 °C	1,598 mm	114
1997	35.7 °C7 March 1997	15.5 °C19 July 1997	23.3 °C	2,006 mm	137
1996	34.3 °C12 March 1996	15.0 °C3 October 1996	22.8 °C	1,707 mm	114
1995	34.3 °C22 February 1995	14.9 °C14 September 1995	23.2 °C	1,565 mm	125
1994	35.2 °C22 February 1994	14.8 °C8 July 1994	22.8 °C	1,981 mm	110
1993	34.6 °C10 April 1993	15.0 °C6 July 1993	22.9 °C	1,506 mm	134
1992	35.5 °C27 March 1992	14.5 °C17 September 1992	22.7 °C	1,590 mm	106
1991	35.1 °C23 March 1991	14.5 °C21 September 1991	22.5 °C	1,793 mm	93
1990	34.0 °C29 January 1990	14.5 °C9 January 1990	22.7 °C	1,509 mm	95
1989	35.6 °C3 March 1989	14.4 °C18 January 1989	22.2 °C	1,644 mm	78
1988	35.5 °C2 March 1988	14.4 °C11 August 1988	22.5 °C	1,866 mm	91
1987	34.6 °C17 February 1987	14.7 °C15 July 1987	23.2 °C	1,475 mm	124
1986	33.9 °C24 February 1986	13.3 °C5 August 1986	22.2 °C	1,992 mm	92
1985	35.3 °C16 March 1985	13.2 °C9 July 1985	21.9 °C	2,156 mm	89
1984	34.8 °C12 March 1984	14.0 °C18 September 1984	22.6 °C	1,337 mm	110
1983	35.0 °C1 April 1983	13.5 °C4 January 1983	22.4 °C	1,939 mm	81
1982	35.7 °C26 March 1982	13.9 °C11 July 1982	21.9 °C	2,173 mm	77
1981	35.3 °C1 March 1981	14.3 °C4 February 1981	22.5 °C	1,636 mm	98
1980	35.0 °C18 March 1980	13.9 °C30 September 1980	22.8 °C	1,393 mm	131
1979	34.2 °C5 March 1979	14.4 °C23 July 1979	22.3 °C	1,824 mm	106
1978	34.4 °C7 February 1978	13.0 °C9 September 1978	21.9 °C	1,982 mm	70
1977	35.6 °C16 February 1977	12.4 °C15 August 1977	21.9 °C	1,924 mm	78
1976	34.3 °C17 March 1976	12.7 °C20 September 1976	22.0 °C	1,702 mm	120
1975	34.3 °C6 February 1975	13.5 °C21 September 1975	21.7 °C	2,205 mm	104
1974	33.7 °C14 February 1974	13.7 °C20 July 1974	22.0 °C	1,837 mm	112
1973	34.7 °C30 March 1973	13.6 °C17 August 1973	22.2 °C	1,793 mm	112
1972	33.7 °C28 March 1972	14.4 °C31 August 1972	21.7 °C	2,390 mm	76
1971	34.8 °C27 February 1971	12.8 °C10 July 1971	21.4 °C	2,283 mm	78
1970	35.4 °C28 February 1970	12.9 °C25 July 1970	21.7 °C	1,998 mm	59
1969	34.3 °C18 March 1969	13.8 °C6 August 1969	22.3 °C	1,513 mm	114
1968	31.6 °C26 January 1968	12.9 °C15 January 1968	21.2 °C	2,172 mm	33
1967	35.8 °C10 March 1967	11.6 °C9 December 1967	21.2 °C	2,729 mm	74
1966	33.4 °C4 February 1966	13.5 °C2 January 1966	22.3 °C	1,747 mm	95
1965	34.1 °C9 March 1965	13.7 °C14 January 1965	22.5 °C	1,428 mm	102
1964	34.0 °C30 March 1964	12.8 °C31 August 1964	21.6 °C	1,691 mm	43
1963	31.7 °C24 March 1963	12.6 °C8 August 1963	20.8 °C	2,576 mm	14
1962	31.4 °C26 February 1962	13.4 °C7 August 1962	20.3 °C	2,598 mm	8
1961	33.8 °C11 March 1961	13.2 °C20 December 1961	21.8 °C	2,825 mm	92
1960	33.8 °C13 March 1960	13.9 °C30 August 1960	22.0 °C	2,175 mm	72
1959	34.4 °C16 March 1959	13.3 °C9 June 1959	22.0 °C	2,307 mm	80
1958	35.5 °C4 March 1958	13.4 °C28 June 1958	22.1 °C	1,957 mm	110
1957	33.8 °C18 January 1957	13.1 °C25 September 1957	22.0 °C	2,026 mm	84
1956	32.4 °C9 March 1956	13.4 °C16 July 1956	21.0 °C	1,782 mm	40
1955	32.4 °C3 March 1955	13.5 °C15 August 1955	21.0 °C	2,013 mm	30
1954	31.5 °C15 March 1954	13.2 °C2 July 1954	20.6 °C	1,866 mm	17
1953	30.5 °C15 February 1953	12.2 °C13 August 1953	20.1 °C	4,298 mm	4
1952	30.0 °C26 February 1952	14.1 °C14 August 1952	20.5 °C	2,870 mm	1
1951	32.2 °C2 March 1951	13.6 °C17 July 1951	20.4 °C	3,430 mm	17
1950	32.4 °C2 March 1950	11.8 °C19 July 1950	20.1 °C	2,763 mm	27
1949	32.7 °C23 March 1949	12.0 °C31 July 1949	20.7 °C	2,338 mm	29
1948	31.6 °C16 April 1948	14.1 °C27 July 1948	21.2 °C	2,314 mm	26
1947	29.3 °C24 October 1947	11.5 °C26 July 1947	20.5 °C	2,742 mm	0
1946	34.8 °C31 March 1946	13.9 °C6 August 1946	21.9 °C	1,653 mm	88
1945	33.5 °C23 February 1945	14.0 °C9 June 1945	22.2 °C	1,032 mm	103
1944	33.0 °C16 April 1944	14.8 °C10 January 1944	22.7 °C	975 mm	111
1943	33.8 °C1 March 1943	12.4 °C14 August 1943	22.1 °C	1,222 mm	106
1942	32.6 °C8 February 1942	14.0 °C6 August 1942	22.4 °C	828 mm	111
1941	34.3 °C27 March 1941	14.2 °C10 January 1941	22.2 °C	849 mm	44
1940	30.7 °C23 February 1940	13.8 °C16 August 1940	20.5 °C	2,033 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

30.0 °C

+2.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

179 d/yr

+83

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1266 mm

-573 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	31.6 °C	+1.4 °C	4 mm	-28 mm
Feb	34.0 °C	+3.1 °C	3 mm	-37 mm
Mar	31.8 °C	+1.3 °C	113 mm	+2 mm
Apr	29.5 °C	+1.1 °C	220 mm	+17 mm
May	29.1 °C	+2.3 °C	186 mm	-80 mm
Jun	29.6 °C	+3.1 °C	45 mm	-114 mm
Jul	28.0 °C	+2.3 °C	131 mm	-76 mm
Aug	27.4 °C	+1.5 °C	158 mm	-74 mm
Sep	29.3 °C	+2.2 °C	111 mm	-52 mm
Oct	28.5 °C	+0.9 °C	211 mm	+7 mm
Nov	30.3 °C	+2.6 °C	43 mm	-118 mm
Dec	30.8 °C	+1.9 °C	43 mm	-22 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.3 °C

6 Mar 2025

Coldest day

15.7 °C

16 Jan 2025

Wettest day

66.8 mm

16 Apr 2025

Windiest day

20.9 km/h

25 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

51.8 km/h

22 Feb 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.8 °C

6 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

13.4 °C

16 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

11.9 h

27 Feb 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kapchorwa?

Kapchorwa has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.3 °C and it receives 1,839 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kapchorwa?

The hottest day measured in Kapchorwa between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 2005, reaching 37.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kapchorwa?

The coldest day measured in Kapchorwa between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 1947, at 11.5 °C.

Does it snow in Kapchorwa?

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

Has the climate of Kapchorwa warmed?

Yes: Kapchorwa warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kapchorwa?

The wettest day measured in Kapchorwa between 1940 and 2025 was 30 April 2002, with 99 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kapchorwa?

The windiest day measured in Kapchorwa between 1940 and 2025 was 14 March 2015, with winds reaching 26.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kapchorwa?

The warmest month in Kapchorwa is February (24.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Kapchorwa?

Kapchorwa receives on average 1,839 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 243 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kapchorwa?

Kapchorwa gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Kapchorwa?

Yes: Kapchorwa has on average 17 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kapchorwa?

In Kapchorwa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.6 °C on 25 February 2005, and the lowest was 9.6 °C on 26 July 1947.

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