Kasambya climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kasambya?

Kasambya has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 1,589 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Kasambya between 1940 and 2025 was 27 February 2025, reaching 35.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kasambya?

The coldest day measured in Kasambya between 1940 and 2025 was 18 September 1965, at 10.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kasambya?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kasambya warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Kasambya?

The wettest day measured in Kasambya between 1940 and 2025 was 8 March 1999, with 45 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kasambya?

The windiest day measured in Kasambya between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1953, with winds reaching 26.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kasambya?

The warmest month in Kasambya is February (21.4 °C on average); the coldest is November (19.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kasambya?

Kasambya receives on average 1,589 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 245 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kasambya?

Kasambya gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Kasambya (Uganda) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 1,589 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 (21.4 °C on average) and the coldest is November (19.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Kasambya averages 0 frost days, 10 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 245 rainy days per year.

Kasambya has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 35.0 °C (on 27 February 2025) and the coldest 10.4 °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

KasambyaCentral Region

coords: 0.43°, 31.23°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthNovemberWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.4°C

Average daily high

25.8°C

Average daily low

16.3°C

Annual rainfall

1,589mm

Sunshine / day

10.5h

Mean relative humidity

81%

Average peak wind

11.8km/h

Seasonal range

1.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

10 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

245 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.5 °C

Average feels-like low

17.2 °C

Average peak gust

29.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

1 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 = 0.70 · 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

35.0 °C

27 February 2025

Coldest day

10.4 °C

18 September 1965

Wettest day

45 mm

8 March 1999

Windiest day

26.3 km/h

20 July 1953

Strongest gust

54.0 km/h

31 July 2021

Hottest feels-like

36.9 °C

3 March 2024

Coldest feels-like

9.2 °C

17 February 1958

Sunniest day

12.0 h

2 January 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.0 °C27 February 2025	13.2 °C21 September 2025	22.2 °C	1,077 mm	46
2024	32.2 °C3 June 2024	15.2 °C9 December 2024	22.7 °C	1,025 mm	51
2023	31.8 °C13 February 2023	14.7 °C15 January 2023	22.0 °C	1,379 mm	24
2022	32.6 °C5 March 2022	14.2 °C7 June 2022	21.7 °C	1,316 mm	26
2021	31.8 °C1 February 2021	14.3 °C8 June 2021	21.9 °C	984 mm	26
2020	30.8 °C24 February 2020	14.7 °C26 November 2020	21.8 °C	1,321 mm	15
2019	33.2 °C3 February 2019	14.8 °C21 December 2019	21.8 °C	1,386 mm	41
2018	33.4 °C3 February 2018	14.0 °C8 July 2018	21.5 °C	1,346 mm	25
2017	32.9 °C17 January 2017	14.7 °C10 July 2017	22.0 °C	1,175 mm	42
2016	33.6 °C29 March 2016	14.2 °C28 June 2016	22.2 °C	1,064 mm	48
2015	34.6 °C9 March 2015	13.5 °C13 July 2015	21.9 °C	1,196 mm	59
2014	32.6 °C3 March 2014	14.3 °C10 April 2014	21.6 °C	1,210 mm	38
2013	32.5 °C28 February 2013	14.0 °C27 August 2013	21.2 °C	1,294 mm	15
2012	34.2 °C15 March 2012	13.7 °C4 July 2012	21.2 °C	1,513 mm	37
2011	32.3 °C26 February 2011	14.3 °C28 January 2011	21.0 °C	1,434 mm	23
2010	31.7 °C2 February 2010	13.8 °C17 July 2010	21.1 °C	1,534 mm	10
2009	31.9 °C30 July 2009	14.7 °C11 January 2009	21.6 °C	1,187 mm	39
2008	30.5 °C23 December 2008	12.2 °C9 July 2008	20.6 °C	1,258 mm	3
2007	32.7 °C8 March 2007	12.8 °C18 December 2007	20.9 °C	1,335 mm	12
2006	32.6 °C28 January 2006	13.9 °C6 September 2006	20.9 °C	1,354 mm	14
2005	34.9 °C23 February 2005	12.5 °C14 July 2005	21.4 °C	1,285 mm	21
2004	33.0 °C14 February 2004	13.6 °C6 July 2004	21.3 °C	1,202 mm	16
2003	32.9 °C8 March 2003	14.1 °C13 July 2003	21.0 °C	1,190 mm	22
2002	30.8 °C23 February 2002	13.6 °C9 July 2002	20.7 °C	1,249 mm	7
2001	31.1 °C3 March 2001	13.0 °C25 June 2001	20.2 °C	1,335 mm	2
2000	30.5 °C23 February 2000	12.7 °C27 January 2000	20.3 °C	1,254 mm	3
1999	31.7 °C26 February 1999	12.8 °C8 July 1999	20.1 °C	1,558 mm	11
1998	29.8 °C25 February 1998	14.0 °C16 September 1998	20.9 °C	1,356 mm	0
1997	31.0 °C6 March 1997	13.6 °C21 May 1997	20.8 °C	1,535 mm	5
1996	28.9 °C11 February 1996	13.6 °C24 June 1996	20.3 °C	1,596 mm	0
1995	29.9 °C3 February 1995	12.2 °C25 August 1995	20.6 °C	1,454 mm	0
1994	30.5 °C18 February 1994	13.3 °C5 July 1994	20.5 °C	1,566 mm	3
1993	29.1 °C4 March 1993	13.4 °C19 July 1993	20.5 °C	1,515 mm	0
1992	31.3 °C5 March 1992	13.2 °C19 July 1992	20.5 °C	1,462 mm	7
1991	29.3 °C20 February 1991	13.7 °C21 July 1991	20.4 °C	1,699 mm	0
1990	28.6 °C10 February 1990	13.1 °C9 January 1990	20.4 °C	1,651 mm	0
1989	30.4 °C3 March 1989	13.2 °C22 June 1989	20.4 °C	1,454 mm	2
1988	30.0 °C2 March 1988	13.6 °C1 September 1988	20.5 °C	1,676 mm	1
1987	30.7 °C30 December 1987	13.1 °C14 July 1987	20.7 °C	1,664 mm	1
1986	29.7 °C24 February 1986	13.0 °C5 August 1986	20.2 °C	1,761 mm	0
1985	31.2 °C18 March 1985	13.1 °C8 July 1985	19.9 °C	1,783 mm	4
1984	31.1 °C21 February 1984	13.2 °C2 June 1984	19.9 °C	1,582 mm	3
1983	31.4 °C15 February 1983	14.3 °C27 January 1983	20.7 °C	1,625 mm	6
1982	30.8 °C22 February 1982	12.5 °C2 July 1982	20.3 °C	1,388 mm	6
1981	31.9 °C23 February 1981	13.2 °C14 June 1981	20.5 °C	1,819 mm	8
1980	32.1 °C24 February 1980	13.0 °C21 July 1980	20.4 °C	1,401 mm	7
1979	28.9 °C7 January 1979	12.5 °C23 July 1979	20.2 °C	1,797 mm	0
1978	31.7 °C7 February 1978	11.9 °C20 July 1978	20.2 °C	1,780 mm	3
1977	28.8 °C30 September 1977	11.6 °C15 August 1977	20.1 °C	1,919 mm	0
1976	31.0 °C31 January 1976	11.9 °C25 June 1976	19.7 °C	1,981 mm	1
1975	31.3 °C22 February 1975	11.5 °C30 July 1975	19.8 °C	2,047 mm	3
1974	31.0 °C16 March 1974	13.2 °C11 January 1974	19.7 °C	2,005 mm	3
1973	30.1 °C2 February 1973	12.8 °C1 July 1973	20.1 °C	1,704 mm	1
1972	28.6 °C31 March 1972	13.0 °C29 June 1972	19.8 °C	2,060 mm	0
1971	30.9 °C6 March 1971	11.8 °C24 June 1971	19.5 °C	2,005 mm	6
1970	28.4 °C28 February 1970	12.3 °C26 July 1970	19.7 °C	1,897 mm	0
1969	28.5 °C3 April 1969	12.7 °C6 August 1969	20.0 °C	1,512 mm	0
1968	28.5 °C21 January 1968	12.3 °C15 January 1968	19.7 °C	1,881 mm	0
1967	30.7 °C28 February 1967	12.3 °C10 December 1967	19.8 °C	1,778 mm	6
1966	29.0 °C16 August 1966	11.4 °C1 July 1966	19.9 °C	1,809 mm	0
1965	30.5 °C14 February 1965	10.4 °C18 September 1965	19.7 °C	1,847 mm	1
1964	28.9 °C10 March 1964	12.3 °C12 December 1964	19.5 °C	1,992 mm	0
1963	28.3 °C8 August 1963	11.9 °C30 July 1963	19.4 °C	2,251 mm	0
1962	28.8 °C15 February 1962	12.1 °C9 July 1962	19.3 °C	2,213 mm	0
1961	31.6 °C21 January 1961	11.6 °C3 January 1961	19.9 °C	1,923 mm	8
1960	28.5 °C31 December 1960	12.1 °C28 January 1960	19.9 °C	2,016 mm	0
1959	31.0 °C13 March 1959	10.7 °C14 July 1959	20.2 °C	1,934 mm	4
1958	31.0 °C25 February 1958	12.0 °C17 February 1958	20.5 °C	1,772 mm	6
1957	29.5 °C16 February 1957	12.6 °C10 September 1957	20.1 °C	1,735 mm	0
1956	28.0 °C11 March 1956	12.5 °C18 June 1956	19.3 °C	1,872 mm	0
1955	26.9 °C14 February 1955	12.3 °C18 June 1955	19.3 °C	1,977 mm	0
1954	27.9 °C8 February 1954	12.2 °C3 July 1954	19.4 °C	1,615 mm	0
1953	27.4 °C30 September 1953	11.5 °C23 July 1953	19.3 °C	2,377 mm	0
1952	27.4 °C17 July 1952	13.1 °C2 July 1952	19.6 °C	2,165 mm	0
1951	27.6 °C14 August 1951	10.8 °C6 July 1951	19.5 °C	2,192 mm	0
1950	28.0 °C5 March 1950	13.1 °C4 June 1950	19.3 °C	1,893 mm	0
1949	29.4 °C23 August 1949	12.7 °C26 June 1949	19.6 °C	1,725 mm	0
1948	27.7 °C16 July 1948	13.3 °C24 May 1948	19.6 °C	1,769 mm	0
1947	26.9 °C25 July 1947	12.8 °C22 June 1947	19.5 °C	1,858 mm	0
1946	34.4 °C25 February 1946	13.9 °C27 June 1946	20.5 °C	1,465 mm	52
1945	30.8 °C22 February 1945	11.2 °C9 June 1945	20.2 °C	981 mm	3
1944	31.5 °C4 March 1944	12.0 °C7 July 1944	20.6 °C	1,114 mm	14
1943	31.4 °C8 February 1943	13.1 °C10 June 1943	20.5 °C	1,070 mm	14
1942	31.0 °C9 February 1942	12.4 °C28 July 1942	19.9 °C	1,081 mm	4
1941	31.3 °C7 February 1941	12.1 °C4 July 1941	20.0 °C	1,373 mm	8
1940	26.8 °C23 February 1940	13.0 °C29 December 1940	19.3 °C	1,785 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

Pick a year and see how it compares to normal — warmer, drier or more extreme than usual?

Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.5 °C

+1.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

46 d/yr

+36

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1077 mm

-512 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.7 °C	+3.2 °C	5 mm	-59 mm
Feb	31.1 °C	+3.8 °C	15 mm	-67 mm
Mar	29.2 °C	+2.5 °C	103 mm	-50 mm
Apr	26.4 °C	+0.7 °C	188 mm	+14 mm
May	26.3 °C	+1.0 °C	135 mm	-3 mm
Jun	26.7 °C	+1.3 °C	37 mm	-36 mm
Jul	27.6 °C	+1.9 °C	35 mm	-26 mm
Aug	26.3 °C	+0.6 °C	123 mm	+4 mm
Sep	28.1 °C	+2.3 °C	69 mm	-98 mm
Oct	26.0 °C	+0.6 °C	195 mm	-27 mm
Nov	26.7 °C	+1.7 °C	71 mm	-147 mm
Dec	26.4 °C	+1.0 °C	100 mm	-17 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.0 °C

27 Feb 2025

Coldest day

13.2 °C

21 Sep 2025

Wettest day

34.9 mm

7 May 2025

Windiest day

22.6 km/h

29 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

45.0 km/h

29 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

35.5 °C

6 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

13.4 °C

21 Sep 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

1 Jan 2025

What was the weather like that day?

Your birthday, a wedding, a memorable trip: discover the actual weather for any date since 1940.

Date

Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kasambya?

Kasambya has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 1,589 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kasambya?

The hottest day measured in Kasambya between 1940 and 2025 was 27 February 2025, reaching 35.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kasambya?

The coldest day measured in Kasambya between 1940 and 2025 was 18 September 1965, at 10.4 °C.

Does it snow in Kasambya?

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

Has the climate of Kasambya warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Kasambya?

The wettest day measured in Kasambya between 1940 and 2025 was 8 March 1999, with 45 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kasambya?

The windiest day measured in Kasambya between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1953, with winds reaching 26.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kasambya?

The warmest month in Kasambya is February (21.4 °C on average); the coldest is November (19.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Kasambya?

Kasambya receives on average 1,589 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 245 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kasambya?

Kasambya gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Kasambya?

Yes: Kasambya has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kasambya?

In Kasambya, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.9 °C on 3 March 2024, and the lowest was 9.2 °C on 17 February 1958.

Compare Kasambya with another city

Pick a second city: its normals will be set against these, indicator by indicator.

Nearby cities

The climate around Kasambya

Other cities — Uganda

All cities in Uganda →