Kasese climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kasese?

Kasese has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 4,502 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Kasese between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 2005, reaching 30.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kasese?

The coldest day measured in Kasese between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1961, at 10.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kasese?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kasese warmed?

Yes: Kasese warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kasese?

The wettest day measured in Kasese between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 2023, with 144 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kasese?

The windiest day measured in Kasese between 1940 and 2025 was 7 October 1947, with winds reaching 14.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kasese?

The warmest month in Kasese is February (18.9 °C on average); the coldest is November (18.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kasese?

Kasese receives on average 4,502 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 288 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kasese?

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

Kasese (Uganda) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 4,502 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 (18.9 °C on average) and the coldest is November (18.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Kasese averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 288 rainy days per year.

Kasese has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 30.8 °C (on 21 February 2005) and the coldest 10.2 °C (on 3 January 1961).

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

KaseseWestern Region

coords: 0.18°, 30.08°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthNovemberWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

18.5°C

Average daily high

23.3°C

Average daily low

14.9°C

Annual rainfall

4,502mm

Sunshine / day

10.5h

Mean relative humidity

76%

Average peak wind

7.2km/h

Seasonal range

0.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

0 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

288 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

25.1 °C

Average feels-like low

15.5 °C

Average peak gust

33.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

0 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.9 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.72 · 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

30.8 °C

21 February 2005

Coldest day

10.2 °C

3 January 1961

Wettest day

144 mm

26 December 2023

Windiest day

14.3 km/h

7 October 1947

Strongest gust

71.6 km/h

28 March 1995

Hottest feels-like

32.9 °C

3 March 2024

Coldest feels-like

8.8 °C

3 January 1961

Sunniest day

12.0 h

9 April 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	28.1 °C25 February 2025	13.7 °C21 September 2025	19.6 °C	4,634 mm	0
2024	28.1 °C18 March 2024	13.4 °C3 July 2024	19.9 °C	5,300 mm	0
2023	27.8 °C13 February 2023	13.4 °C13 January 2023	19.7 °C	5,061 mm	0
2022	28.0 °C5 March 2022	13.0 °C17 December 2022	19.3 °C	4,059 mm	0
2021	28.1 °C12 March 2021	14.3 °C24 June 2021	19.6 °C	4,540 mm	0
2020	28.7 °C9 February 2020	13.7 °C14 December 2020	19.5 °C	5,327 mm	0
2019	28.7 °C4 February 2019	13.9 °C15 October 2019	19.7 °C	4,942 mm	0
2018	29.3 °C15 February 2018	13.5 °C13 December 2018	19.3 °C	4,436 mm	0
2017	29.2 °C17 January 2017	13.7 °C10 July 2017	19.7 °C	4,316 mm	0
2016	28.9 °C6 March 2016	13.3 °C7 December 2016	19.9 °C	4,472 mm	0
2015	29.6 °C9 March 2015	12.2 °C13 July 2015	19.6 °C	4,666 mm	0
2014	28.1 °C11 February 2014	13.4 °C4 October 2014	19.4 °C	3,922 mm	0
2013	28.9 °C24 February 2013	13.1 °C22 February 2013	19.1 °C	4,760 mm	0
2012	29.1 °C9 February 2012	12.7 °C5 July 2012	19.0 °C	4,631 mm	0
2011	28.4 °C28 February 2011	12.3 °C14 July 2011	18.9 °C	4,733 mm	0
2010	28.5 °C3 February 2010	12.7 °C18 August 2010	19.3 °C	5,056 mm	0
2009	27.4 °C12 August 2009	12.7 °C7 July 2009	19.2 °C	4,317 mm	0
2008	27.3 °C23 December 2008	12.4 °C1 March 2008	18.7 °C	3,986 mm	0
2007	28.0 °C7 March 2007	12.7 °C21 December 2007	18.8 °C	4,263 mm	0
2006	28.7 °C10 February 2006	13.2 °C10 January 2006	19.0 °C	4,110 mm	0
2005	30.8 °C21 February 2005	12.1 °C8 July 2005	19.3 °C	3,900 mm	5
2004	27.6 °C25 March 2004	13.0 °C28 December 2004	19.2 °C	4,020 mm	0
2003	27.9 °C5 March 2003	13.2 °C26 December 2003	19.0 °C	3,844 mm	0
2002	27.3 °C26 February 2002	13.4 °C4 November 2002	18.9 °C	3,811 mm	0
2001	27.6 °C2 March 2001	12.8 °C20 January 2001	18.3 °C	4,819 mm	0
2000	27.6 °C2 September 2000	12.2 °C27 January 2000	18.6 °C	4,236 mm	0
1999	27.8 °C16 February 1999	12.5 °C7 July 1999	18.4 °C	4,088 mm	0
1998	26.7 °C14 March 1998	13.6 °C4 December 1998	19.1 °C	4,712 mm	0
1997	27.4 °C25 September 1997	13.3 °C17 July 1997	18.9 °C	3,221 mm	0
1996	26.1 °C11 March 1996	12.4 °C13 December 1996	18.5 °C	4,671 mm	0
1995	26.7 °C20 March 1995	12.8 °C25 August 1995	18.7 °C	4,433 mm	0
1994	26.9 °C2 April 1994	12.2 °C13 March 1994	18.6 °C	4,729 mm	0
1993	26.4 °C4 March 1993	13.4 °C7 September 1993	18.9 °C	3,782 mm	0
1992	27.7 °C12 March 1992	12.6 °C20 August 1992	18.8 °C	3,554 mm	0
1991	26.7 °C15 January 1991	12.6 °C9 July 1991	18.6 °C	5,123 mm	0
1990	27.1 °C29 January 1990	12.9 °C14 December 1990	18.7 °C	5,163 mm	0
1989	26.8 °C3 March 1989	12.6 °C23 January 1989	18.6 °C	4,618 mm	0
1988	27.5 °C29 February 1988	13.3 °C7 July 1988	18.7 °C	5,148 mm	0
1987	27.3 °C28 December 1987	13.4 °C12 January 1987	19.1 °C	5,626 mm	0
1986	27.4 °C24 February 1986	12.2 °C5 August 1986	18.4 °C	4,871 mm	0
1985	27.6 °C18 March 1985	12.9 °C11 June 1985	18.2 °C	4,162 mm	0
1984	27.8 °C21 February 1984	12.6 °C14 January 1984	18.3 °C	4,455 mm	0
1983	27.3 °C10 February 1983	12.9 °C18 December 1983	18.9 °C	4,104 mm	0
1982	27.9 °C21 February 1982	12.5 °C10 January 1982	18.6 °C	4,372 mm	0
1981	27.4 °C23 February 1981	12.8 °C24 November 1981	18.5 °C	5,014 mm	0
1980	27.3 °C24 February 1980	12.3 °C23 January 1980	18.6 °C	4,902 mm	0
1979	27.1 °C25 August 1979	12.7 °C3 March 1979	18.5 °C	4,814 mm	0
1978	27.7 °C7 February 1978	12.6 °C20 July 1978	18.3 °C	4,802 mm	0
1977	26.3 °C20 December 1977	11.6 °C9 July 1977	18.3 °C	6,066 mm	0
1976	27.1 °C15 March 1976	12.0 °C7 January 1976	17.9 °C	4,600 mm	0
1975	27.0 °C1 May 1975	11.8 °C21 December 1975	17.9 °C	4,699 mm	0
1974	27.3 °C11 February 1974	11.7 °C12 September 1974	17.9 °C	5,244 mm	0
1973	27.2 °C9 February 1973	12.2 °C29 June 1973	18.3 °C	5,005 mm	0
1972	27.1 °C31 March 1972	10.6 °C2 January 1972	17.8 °C	5,145 mm	0
1971	28.5 °C5 March 1971	12.1 °C29 December 1971	17.7 °C	4,467 mm	0
1970	26.6 °C28 February 1970	12.1 °C6 January 1970	18.2 °C	5,032 mm	0
1969	27.0 °C3 October 1969	11.8 °C21 November 1969	18.5 °C	4,290 mm	0
1968	26.2 °C12 January 1968	11.6 °C15 January 1968	17.8 °C	5,128 mm	0
1967	27.2 °C2 March 1967	11.9 °C23 July 1967	18.0 °C	4,682 mm	0
1966	25.9 °C27 September 1966	11.6 °C21 December 1966	18.2 °C	4,598 mm	0
1965	26.1 °C14 February 1965	11.0 °C18 September 1965	17.9 °C	4,132 mm	0
1964	26.1 °C31 January 1964	10.8 °C10 December 1964	17.5 °C	4,901 mm	0
1963	26.6 °C9 September 1963	11.7 °C19 March 1963	17.6 °C	4,904 mm	0
1962	25.1 °C6 February 1962	11.8 °C14 January 1962	17.3 °C	5,124 mm	0
1961	27.2 °C8 March 1961	10.2 °C3 January 1961	17.9 °C	5,039 mm	0
1960	25.6 °C15 August 1960	10.7 °C30 January 1960	18.1 °C	4,445 mm	0
1959	27.2 °C16 March 1959	10.6 °C16 July 1959	18.1 °C	5,143 mm	0
1958	27.4 °C25 February 1958	12.1 °C26 September 1958	18.6 °C	4,900 mm	0
1957	26.6 °C26 September 1957	11.6 °C6 February 1957	18.3 °C	5,211 mm	0
1956	25.4 °C17 September 1956	11.8 °C19 January 1956	17.6 °C	4,159 mm	0
1955	24.6 °C15 February 1955	12.6 °C29 December 1955	17.6 °C	4,698 mm	0
1954	24.8 °C20 March 1954	12.1 °C6 January 1954	17.5 °C	4,481 mm	0
1953	25.9 °C11 September 1953	12.1 °C29 December 1953	17.6 °C	4,709 mm	0
1952	25.1 °C18 August 1952	12.6 °C6 January 1952	17.9 °C	4,685 mm	0
1951	25.6 °C1 September 1951	11.9 °C6 July 1951	17.8 °C	4,484 mm	0
1950	26.1 °C4 March 1950	11.4 °C18 July 1950	17.7 °C	4,080 mm	0
1949	27.0 °C9 September 1949	12.5 °C28 July 1949	18.0 °C	3,835 mm	0
1948	25.5 °C19 July 1948	12.2 °C4 January 1948	18.1 °C	3,917 mm	0
1947	26.2 °C25 September 1947	12.3 °C11 January 1947	18.0 °C	3,993 mm	0
1946	28.2 °C13 February 1946	12.3 °C11 December 1946	18.3 °C	3,675 mm	0
1945	27.2 °C18 September 1945	12.1 °C3 January 1945	18.2 °C	3,628 mm	0
1944	27.2 °C1 March 1944	12.3 °C8 July 1944	18.5 °C	3,256 mm	0
1943	27.2 °C15 January 1943	11.9 °C13 June 1943	18.2 °C	2,835 mm	0
1942	27.7 °C7 February 1942	12.0 °C12 January 1942	18.3 °C	2,962 mm	0
1941	28.0 °C27 March 1941	11.7 °C20 December 1941	18.2 °C	4,059 mm	0
1940	25.1 °C21 August 1940	11.5 °C30 November 1940	17.6 °C	4,417 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

24.1 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

0 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

4634 mm

+132 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	24.9 °C	+1.5 °C	454 mm	-28 mm
Feb	26.1 °C	+2.2 °C	264 mm	-154 mm
Mar	24.6 °C	+0.9 °C	411 mm	-106 mm
Apr	23.8 °C	+0.6 °C	448 mm	-45 mm
May	23.9 °C	+0.9 °C	430 mm	+21 mm
Jun	23.6 °C	+0.5 °C	197 mm	+8 mm
Jul	23.8 °C	+0.5 °C	267 mm	+162 mm
Aug	23.0 °C	-0.5 °C	217 mm	+43 mm
Sep	24.8 °C	+1.1 °C	312 mm	+69 mm
Oct	23.7 °C	+0.4 °C	427 mm	+82 mm
Nov	23.9 °C	+1.4 °C	446 mm	-66 mm
Dec	23.1 °C	+0.3 °C	760 mm	+146 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

28.1 °C

25 Feb 2025

Coldest day

13.7 °C

21 Sep 2025

Wettest day

123.0 mm

29 Dec 2025

Windiest day

11.2 km/h

23 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

65.2 km/h

22 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

30.7 °C

5 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

13.6 °C

31 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

3 Apr 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kasese?

Kasese has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 4,502 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kasese?

The hottest day measured in Kasese between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 2005, reaching 30.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kasese?

The coldest day measured in Kasese between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1961, at 10.2 °C.

Does it snow in Kasese?

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

Has the climate of Kasese warmed?

Yes: Kasese warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kasese?

The wettest day measured in Kasese between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 2023, with 144 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kasese?

The windiest day measured in Kasese between 1940 and 2025 was 7 October 1947, with winds reaching 14.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kasese?

The warmest month in Kasese is February (18.9 °C on average); the coldest is November (18.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Kasese?

Kasese receives on average 4,502 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 288 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kasese?

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

Are there tropical nights in Kasese?

Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kasese.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kasese?

In Kasese, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.9 °C on 3 March 2024, and the lowest was 8.8 °C on 3 January 1961.

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