Kinoni climate — normals and trends
Kinoni (Uganda) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.0 °C and it receives 1,078 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 (20.6 °C on average) and the coldest is November (19.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Kinoni averages 0 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 192 rainy days per year.
Kinoni has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.9 °C (on 23 February 2005) and the coldest 10.0 °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
KinoniWestern Region
- coords
- -0.70°, 30.49°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
20.0°C
Average daily high
25.5°C
Average daily low
15.3°C
Annual rainfall
1,078mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
12.0km/h
Seasonal range
1.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
192 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
26.9 °C
Average feels-like low
15.9 °C
Average peak gust
31.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.64 · p = < 0.001
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
33.9 °C
23 February 2005
Coldest day
10.0 °C
18 September 1965
Wettest day
66 mm
22 March 2022
Windiest day
21.4 km/h
11 May 2007
Strongest gust
54.0 km/h
23 October 2018
Hottest feels-like
34.9 °C
25 February 2005
Coldest feels-like
8.6 °C
18 September 1965
Sunniest day
12.0 h
2 January 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 38 mm | -31 mm |
| Feb | 29.3 °C | +3.0 °C | 18 mm | -59 mm |
| Mar | 27.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 99 mm | -16 mm |
| Apr | 26.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 151 mm | +14 mm |
| May | 25.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 93 mm | -10 mm |
| Jun | 26.0 °C | +0.6 °C | 31 mm | +3 mm |
| Jul | 26.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 10 mm | -5 mm |
| Aug | 26.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 56 mm | +7 mm |
| Sep | 27.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 39 mm | -56 mm |
| Oct | 25.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 181 mm | +46 mm |
| Nov | 25.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 72 mm | -82 mm |
| Dec | 25.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 48 mm | -54 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kinoni?
Kinoni has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.0 °C and it receives 1,078 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kinoni?
The hottest day measured in Kinoni between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 2005, reaching 33.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kinoni?
The coldest day measured in Kinoni between 1940 and 2025 was 18 September 1965, at 10.0 °C.
Does it snow in Kinoni?
Almost never: Kinoni sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Kinoni warmed?
Yes: Kinoni warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kinoni?
The wettest day measured in Kinoni between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 2022, with 66 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kinoni?
The windiest day measured in Kinoni between 1940 and 2025 was 11 May 2007, with winds reaching 21.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kinoni?
The warmest month in Kinoni is February (20.6 °C on average); the coldest is November (19.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Kinoni?
Kinoni receives on average 1,078 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 192 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kinoni?
Kinoni gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Kinoni?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kinoni.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kinoni?
In Kinoni, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.9 °C on 25 February 2005, and the lowest was 8.6 °C on 18 September 1965.
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