Kigumba climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kigumba?

Kigumba has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.7 °C and it receives 1,445 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Kigumba between 1940 and 2025 was 30 March 2012, reaching 37.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kigumba?

The coldest day measured in Kigumba between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1957, at 13.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kigumba?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kigumba warmed?

Yes: Kigumba warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kigumba?

The wettest day measured in Kigumba between 1940 and 2025 was 22 November 1997, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kigumba?

The windiest day measured in Kigumba between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 2006, with winds reaching 26.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kigumba?

The warmest month in Kigumba is February (24.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kigumba?

Kigumba receives on average 1,445 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 212 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kigumba?

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

Kigumba (Uganda) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.7 °C and it receives 1,445 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 (24.5 °C on average) and the coldest is July (21.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Kigumba averages 0 frost days, 67 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 212 rainy days per year.

Kigumba has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.3 °C (on 30 March 2012) and the coldest 13.1 °C (on 6 February 1957).

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

KigumbaWestern Region

coords: 1.81°, 32.01°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

22.7°C

Average daily high

28.1°C

Average daily low

18.5°C

Annual rainfall

1,445mm

Sunshine / day

10.7h

Mean relative humidity

76%

Average peak wind

10.2km/h

Seasonal range

2.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

67 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

212 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

31.1 °C

Average feels-like low

20.1 °C

Average peak gust

27.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

44 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.5 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.74 · 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

30 March 2012

Coldest day

13.1 °C

6 February 1957

Wettest day

61 mm

22 November 1997

Windiest day

26.0 km/h

21 January 2006

Strongest gust

62.6 km/h

21 January 2006

Hottest feels-like

39.4 °C

29 March 2016

Coldest feels-like

10.3 °C

17 February 1958

Sunniest day

12.0 h

27 March 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.7 °C27 February 2025	15.8 °C23 November 2025	24.3 °C	1,075 mm	152
2024	35.2 °C21 March 2024	16.2 °C7 December 2024	24.5 °C	1,173 mm	155
2023	35.7 °C13 February 2023	17.5 °C1 January 2023	24.3 °C	1,328 mm	141
2022	35.6 °C6 March 2022	16.8 °C3 December 2022	24.1 °C	1,052 mm	129
2021	34.3 °C12 March 2021	16.8 °C26 September 2021	24.1 °C	812 mm	148
2020	33.9 °C24 February 2020	16.7 °C26 November 2020	23.4 °C	1,304 mm	72
2019	36.3 °C24 March 2019	17.1 °C24 August 2019	23.7 °C	1,408 mm	107
2018	36.2 °C8 February 2018	15.4 °C8 July 2018	23.6 °C	1,191 mm	91
2017	36.1 °C24 January 2017	17.3 °C13 December 2017	24.2 °C	1,130 mm	137
2016	36.2 °C29 March 2016	16.7 °C7 December 2016	24.4 °C	975 mm	158
2015	37.0 °C11 March 2015	16.0 °C13 July 2015	24.0 °C	1,177 mm	123
2014	35.2 °C4 March 2014	17.1 °C12 February 2014	23.7 °C	1,087 mm	120
2013	35.2 °C27 February 2013	16.3 °C29 November 2013	23.3 °C	1,241 mm	84
2012	37.3 °C30 March 2012	15.7 °C2 February 2012	23.5 °C	1,315 mm	109
2011	35.4 °C1 March 2011	16.1 °C26 November 2011	23.4 °C	1,342 mm	110
2010	35.7 °C2 February 2010	15.8 °C18 December 2010	23.3 °C	1,242 mm	82
2009	34.5 °C28 March 2009	16.7 °C10 January 2009	23.8 °C	1,077 mm	129
2008	33.9 °C4 February 2008	16.1 °C27 July 2008	23.0 °C	1,245 mm	110
2007	34.4 °C7 March 2007	15.7 °C17 December 2007	23.1 °C	1,149 mm	94
2006	36.8 °C27 January 2006	16.9 °C25 July 2006	23.3 °C	1,364 mm	85
2005	36.4 °C25 February 2005	14.8 °C14 July 2005	23.6 °C	1,239 mm	144
2004	35.5 °C24 March 2004	15.9 °C7 July 2004	23.4 °C	1,225 mm	97
2003	35.7 °C22 February 2003	15.9 °C15 December 2003	23.3 °C	1,082 mm	94
2002	35.0 °C23 February 2002	16.1 °C9 July 2002	23.3 °C	1,204 mm	100
2001	34.8 °C28 February 2001	15.9 °C20 September 2001	22.7 °C	1,177 mm	65
2000	34.5 °C21 February 2000	14.3 °C27 January 2000	23.0 °C	1,065 mm	87
1999	35.7 °C8 February 1999	15.4 °C7 July 1999	22.7 °C	1,227 mm	58
1998	34.7 °C13 March 1998	16.8 °C29 November 1998	23.5 °C	1,003 mm	108
1997	34.9 °C5 March 1997	15.9 °C12 July 1997	23.3 °C	1,494 mm	93
1996	33.5 °C13 March 1996	16.6 °C21 August 1996	22.8 °C	1,442 mm	50
1995	33.6 °C25 January 1995	16.0 °C20 July 1995	23.2 °C	1,301 mm	76
1994	33.6 °C16 February 1994	16.1 °C24 August 1994	22.9 °C	1,609 mm	71
1993	32.3 °C20 February 1993	15.6 °C22 January 1993	22.9 °C	1,314 mm	43
1992	35.1 °C12 March 1992	16.0 °C21 November 1992	22.9 °C	1,392 mm	84
1991	33.0 °C19 March 1991	16.3 °C22 June 1991	22.5 °C	1,485 mm	43
1990	31.6 °C28 January 1990	14.4 °C9 January 1990	22.5 °C	1,556 mm	25
1989	35.3 °C28 February 1989	15.1 °C2 July 1989	22.5 °C	1,380 mm	49
1988	35.9 °C1 March 1988	16.3 °C14 June 1988	22.8 °C	1,441 mm	64
1987	33.4 °C30 December 1987	16.2 °C5 January 1987	23.0 °C	1,459 mm	59
1986	33.0 °C24 February 1986	15.8 °C20 July 1986	22.3 °C	1,413 mm	37
1985	35.4 °C16 March 1985	15.0 °C9 July 1985	22.1 °C	1,454 mm	55
1984	34.8 °C21 February 1984	15.3 °C19 December 1984	22.4 °C	1,258 mm	67
1983	35.5 °C13 February 1983	15.4 °C29 December 1983	22.9 °C	1,555 mm	78
1982	34.9 °C26 March 1982	15.3 °C11 July 1982	22.5 °C	1,294 mm	47
1981	35.2 °C1 March 1981	15.8 °C14 June 1981	22.7 °C	1,513 mm	56
1980	35.8 °C22 February 1980	15.7 °C11 August 1980	22.7 °C	1,290 mm	71
1979	31.7 °C6 March 1979	14.6 °C11 July 1979	22.4 °C	1,517 mm	32
1978	35.1 °C7 February 1978	13.8 °C30 November 1978	22.2 °C	1,712 mm	39
1977	34.4 °C16 March 1977	14.5 °C14 July 1977	22.3 °C	1,606 mm	48
1976	34.6 °C26 January 1976	14.9 °C10 July 1976	22.1 °C	1,781 mm	48
1975	35.3 °C22 February 1975	14.6 °C30 July 1975	22.2 °C	1,836 mm	76
1974	34.3 °C10 February 1974	15.2 °C30 July 1974	22.0 °C	1,683 mm	59
1973	33.7 °C1 April 1973	14.8 °C11 December 1973	22.4 °C	1,484 mm	79
1972	34.7 °C31 March 1972	15.1 °C31 July 1972	22.1 °C	1,822 mm	46
1971	35.7 °C7 March 1971	15.2 °C23 July 1971	21.9 °C	1,554 mm	71
1970	32.5 °C28 February 1970	14.7 °C26 July 1970	21.9 °C	1,574 mm	26
1969	31.8 °C7 February 1969	15.2 °C3 August 1969	22.2 °C	1,360 mm	24
1968	32.6 °C21 January 1968	15.0 °C24 December 1968	21.8 °C	1,808 mm	33
1967	34.6 °C28 February 1967	14.5 °C9 December 1967	22.0 °C	1,863 mm	68
1966	32.1 °C20 January 1966	14.9 °C24 December 1966	22.1 °C	1,748 mm	17
1965	32.6 °C27 February 1965	14.2 °C14 June 1965	22.1 °C	1,653 mm	41
1964	31.5 °C29 March 1964	14.9 °C14 July 1964	21.8 °C	1,669 mm	20
1963	31.1 °C24 March 1963	15.4 °C6 January 1963	21.4 °C	2,121 mm	2
1962	33.8 °C15 February 1962	15.4 °C5 January 1962	21.4 °C	2,045 mm	26
1961	34.8 °C21 January 1961	15.2 °C16 July 1961	22.2 °C	2,105 mm	60
1960	32.3 °C4 January 1960	15.0 °C27 July 1960	22.2 °C	1,876 mm	43
1959	35.1 °C13 March 1959	15.1 °C14 July 1959	22.7 °C	1,911 mm	85
1958	34.9 °C27 February 1958	13.1 °C17 February 1958	22.8 °C	1,649 mm	100
1957	32.5 °C17 February 1957	13.1 °C6 February 1957	22.2 °C	1,562 mm	36
1956	32.4 °C11 March 1956	15.7 °C30 August 1956	21.5 °C	1,501 mm	28
1955	30.4 °C21 February 1955	15.4 °C8 June 1955	21.4 °C	1,485 mm	2
1954	31.2 °C6 February 1954	15.0 °C3 July 1954	21.5 °C	1,385 mm	13
1953	30.2 °C14 March 1953	13.6 °C24 July 1953	21.1 °C	2,260 mm	1
1952	30.4 °C23 January 1952	15.4 °C2 July 1952	21.5 °C	1,932 mm	3
1951	30.8 °C1 March 1951	14.2 °C4 July 1951	21.4 °C	2,177 mm	8
1950	31.8 °C5 March 1950	14.4 °C18 July 1950	21.2 °C	1,857 mm	15
1949	31.6 °C5 March 1949	15.2 °C2 January 1949	21.6 °C	1,600 mm	17
1948	29.9 °C20 January 1948	15.1 °C27 July 1948	21.6 °C	1,515 mm	0
1947	31.0 °C27 October 1947	14.9 °C25 July 1947	21.5 °C	1,535 mm	4
1946	36.0 °C25 February 1946	15.3 °C24 December 1946	22.5 °C	1,407 mm	91
1945	34.2 °C22 February 1945	14.1 °C8 June 1945	22.2 °C	1,149 mm	57
1944	34.8 °C14 February 1944	13.6 °C7 July 1944	23.0 °C	994 mm	94
1943	35.6 °C18 February 1943	14.5 °C10 June 1943	22.8 °C	1,087 mm	112
1942	34.2 °C9 February 1942	15.0 °C17 July 1942	22.1 °C	993 mm	58
1941	34.8 °C7 February 1941	14.8 °C11 January 1941	22.1 °C	1,240 mm	51
1940	30.0 °C22 January 1940	15.1 °C4 January 1940	21.2 °C	1,621 mm	2

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.7 °C

+1.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

152 d/yr

+85

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1075 mm

-370 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	31.8 °C	+1.9 °C	2 mm	-33 mm
Feb	34.0 °C	+3.3 °C	1 mm	-55 mm
Mar	31.7 °C	+1.9 °C	88 mm	-45 mm
Apr	29.1 °C	+1.1 °C	158 mm	-8 mm
May	29.0 °C	+1.7 °C	108 mm	-31 mm
Jun	28.9 °C	+1.8 °C	42 mm	-53 mm
Jul	28.5 °C	+1.7 °C	89 mm	-20 mm
Aug	27.4 °C	+0.5 °C	200 mm	+46 mm
Sep	28.9 °C	+1.6 °C	104 mm	-64 mm
Oct	27.7 °C	+0.4 °C	222 mm	+41 mm
Nov	29.3 °C	+2.0 °C	41 mm	-108 mm
Dec	30.0 °C	+1.7 °C	19 mm	-41 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.7 °C

27 Feb 2025

Coldest day

15.8 °C

23 Nov 2025

Wettest day

34.7 mm

29 Oct 2025

Windiest day

22.3 km/h

17 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

48.6 km/h

17 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.1 °C

6 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

15.7 °C

23 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

13 Mar 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kigumba?

Kigumba has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.7 °C and it receives 1,445 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kigumba?

The hottest day measured in Kigumba between 1940 and 2025 was 30 March 2012, reaching 37.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kigumba?

The coldest day measured in Kigumba between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1957, at 13.1 °C.

Does it snow in Kigumba?

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

Has the climate of Kigumba warmed?

Yes: Kigumba warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kigumba?

The wettest day measured in Kigumba between 1940 and 2025 was 22 November 1997, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kigumba?

The windiest day measured in Kigumba between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 2006, with winds reaching 26.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kigumba?

The warmest month in Kigumba is February (24.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Kigumba?

Kigumba receives on average 1,445 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 212 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kigumba?

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

Are there tropical nights in Kigumba?

Yes: Kigumba has on average 44 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kigumba?

In Kigumba, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.4 °C on 29 March 2016, and the lowest was 10.3 °C on 17 February 1958.

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