Kira climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kira?

Kira has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 2,197 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Kira between 1940 and 2025 was 27 February 2025, reaching 33.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kira?

The coldest day measured in Kira between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 1947, at 11.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kira?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kira warmed?

Yes: Kira warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kira?

The wettest day measured in Kira between 1940 and 2025 was 5 April 1975, with 98 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kira?

The windiest day measured in Kira between 1940 and 2025 was 10 June 1943, with winds reaching 21.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kira?

The warmest month in Kira is February (21.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kira?

Kira receives on average 2,197 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 310 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kira?

Kira gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Kira (Uganda) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 2,197 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 (21.6 °C on average) and the coldest is July (20.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Kira averages 0 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 310 rainy days per year.

Kira has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 33.5 °C (on 27 February 2025) and the coldest 11.1 °C (on 25 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

KiraCentral Region

coords: 0.40°, 32.63°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthAprilDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

20.8°C

Average daily high

25.8°C

Average daily low

17.1°C

Annual rainfall

2,197mm

Sunshine / day

9.7h

Mean relative humidity

87%

Average peak wind

9.4km/h

Seasonal range

1.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

5 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

310 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.9 °C

Average feels-like low

18.6 °C

Average peak gust

24.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

3 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.2 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.82 · 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

33.5 °C

27 February 2025

Coldest day

11.1 °C

25 July 1947

Wettest day

98 mm

5 April 1975

Windiest day

21.6 km/h

10 June 1943

Strongest gust

47.9 km/h

10 June 1943

Hottest feels-like

39.2 °C

25 February 2005

Coldest feels-like

10.4 °C

27 July 1943

Sunniest day

12.0 h

13 January 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.5 °C27 February 2025	14.3 °C21 September 2025	22.2 °C	1,731 mm	23
2024	31.0 °C23 February 2024	16.1 °C30 December 2024	22.8 °C	1,853 mm	12
2023	31.7 °C13 February 2023	15.7 °C7 January 2023	22.3 °C	2,114 mm	15
2022	30.8 °C13 January 2022	14.6 °C7 July 2022	21.9 °C	1,723 mm	10
2021	30.4 °C12 March 2021	13.0 °C23 July 2021	21.7 °C	1,626 mm	2
2020	30.1 °C11 February 2020	15.1 °C14 December 2020	21.7 °C	2,128 mm	1
2019	30.7 °C23 March 2019	15.2 °C13 January 2019	21.7 °C	2,202 mm	8
2018	31.4 °C15 February 2018	14.9 °C7 July 2018	21.6 °C	2,094 mm	7
2017	32.2 °C17 January 2017	14.8 °C5 January 2017	22.0 °C	1,978 mm	20
2016	31.9 °C27 March 2016	14.5 °C29 January 2016	22.3 °C	1,521 mm	30
2015	33.1 °C9 March 2015	14.0 °C19 January 2015	21.8 °C	1,999 mm	36
2014	31.9 °C17 February 2014	14.3 °C5 July 2014	21.5 °C	1,922 mm	21
2013	31.3 °C26 February 2013	13.5 °C16 July 2013	21.3 °C	1,839 mm	9
2012	33.1 °C9 February 2012	12.8 °C4 January 2012	21.4 °C	2,031 mm	22
2011	31.0 °C11 February 2011	13.2 °C27 January 2011	21.3 °C	2,089 mm	9
2010	31.7 °C2 February 2010	14.7 °C20 July 2010	21.5 °C	2,161 mm	9
2009	31.0 °C28 March 2009	14.1 °C11 January 2009	21.5 °C	2,041 mm	8
2008	30.2 °C5 January 2008	14.2 °C5 September 2008	21.1 °C	2,017 mm	1
2007	30.8 °C7 March 2007	13.0 °C18 December 2007	21.3 °C	1,997 mm	7
2006	32.0 °C27 January 2006	12.9 °C5 September 2006	21.3 °C	2,280 mm	15
2005	33.3 °C25 February 2005	11.9 °C14 July 2005	21.6 °C	1,902 mm	19
2004	30.6 °C14 February 2004	14.3 °C4 July 2004	21.3 °C	1,900 mm	6
2003	32.0 °C21 February 2003	14.2 °C13 July 2003	21.3 °C	1,815 mm	16
2002	30.7 °C23 February 2002	13.9 °C14 August 2002	21.2 °C	1,932 mm	4
2001	30.3 °C2 February 2001	14.4 °C28 January 2001	20.8 °C	2,071 mm	1
2000	30.4 °C3 March 2000	13.8 °C27 January 2000	20.9 °C	1,858 mm	4
1999	31.4 °C19 February 1999	14.0 °C17 July 1999	20.8 °C	2,091 mm	13
1998	30.5 °C13 March 1998	14.4 °C22 August 1998	21.6 °C	1,904 mm	3
1997	30.4 °C5 March 1997	14.3 °C19 July 1997	21.4 °C	2,152 mm	4
1996	29.6 °C4 January 1996	14.6 °C14 August 1996	20.9 °C	2,199 mm	0
1995	30.1 °C4 January 1995	13.7 °C20 January 1995	21.3 °C	2,180 mm	1
1994	30.4 °C16 February 1994	14.2 °C7 August 1994	21.1 °C	2,396 mm	2
1993	29.4 °C10 April 1993	13.8 °C22 January 1993	21.0 °C	2,071 mm	0
1992	30.9 °C15 March 1992	13.8 °C15 July 1992	20.9 °C	2,108 mm	4
1991	29.9 °C20 February 1991	14.6 °C9 July 1991	21.0 °C	2,309 mm	0
1990	29.2 °C29 January 1990	13.8 °C31 July 1990	21.0 °C	2,246 mm	0
1989	30.9 °C3 March 1989	13.6 °C23 January 1989	20.8 °C	2,223 mm	4
1988	30.7 °C2 March 1988	14.4 °C21 June 1988	21.0 °C	2,342 mm	2
1987	30.6 °C30 December 1987	14.5 °C7 August 1987	21.3 °C	2,285 mm	1
1986	29.2 °C26 September 1986	13.3 °C29 June 1986	20.7 °C	2,458 mm	0
1985	31.5 °C16 March 1985	12.9 °C7 August 1985	20.5 °C	2,413 mm	3
1984	30.5 °C21 February 1984	13.0 °C20 January 1984	20.4 °C	2,300 mm	1
1983	31.3 °C14 February 1983	14.0 °C6 July 1983	21.0 °C	2,119 mm	4
1982	30.3 °C29 January 1982	13.1 °C2 July 1982	20.6 °C	2,186 mm	2
1981	30.3 °C23 February 1981	13.4 °C15 June 1981	20.7 °C	2,265 mm	1
1980	31.0 °C18 March 1980	13.2 °C25 July 1980	20.7 °C	2,043 mm	5
1979	29.8 °C2 March 1979	13.0 °C23 July 1979	20.7 °C	2,431 mm	0
1978	31.4 °C7 February 1978	12.5 °C18 July 1978	20.6 °C	2,366 mm	2
1977	29.9 °C9 February 1977	11.9 °C21 July 1977	20.6 °C	2,265 mm	0
1976	30.5 °C16 March 1976	12.2 °C25 July 1976	20.3 °C	2,403 mm	1
1975	29.9 °C22 February 1975	13.5 °C30 July 1975	20.3 °C	2,590 mm	0
1974	29.8 °C10 February 1974	14.0 °C30 July 1974	20.2 °C	2,600 mm	0
1973	30.2 °C9 March 1973	13.4 °C30 June 1973	20.7 °C	2,487 mm	2
1972	28.9 °C31 March 1972	13.7 °C2 January 1972	20.3 °C	2,693 mm	0
1971	29.6 °C5 March 1971	13.0 °C30 January 1971	20.1 °C	2,432 mm	0
1970	29.8 °C8 February 1970	12.7 °C26 July 1970	20.3 °C	2,280 mm	0
1969	29.7 °C3 April 1969	12.3 °C16 July 1969	20.4 °C	2,222 mm	0
1968	28.9 °C3 September 1968	13.5 °C14 January 1968	20.2 °C	2,737 mm	0
1967	29.8 °C20 February 1967	12.7 °C11 December 1967	20.2 °C	2,548 mm	0
1966	29.6 °C29 January 1966	12.1 °C24 December 1966	20.6 °C	2,337 mm	0
1965	30.7 °C14 February 1965	12.3 °C18 September 1965	20.5 °C	2,324 mm	1
1964	28.9 °C11 January 1964	13.4 °C31 August 1964	20.2 °C	2,475 mm	0
1963	28.9 °C23 March 1963	12.4 °C8 August 1963	20.0 °C	2,586 mm	0
1962	28.8 °C4 February 1962	14.1 °C14 January 1962	19.8 °C	2,559 mm	0
1961	32.1 °C21 January 1961	12.9 °C3 January 1961	20.6 °C	2,699 mm	6
1960	29.6 °C31 December 1960	13.1 °C30 December 1960	20.6 °C	2,675 mm	0
1959	30.6 °C17 March 1959	12.2 °C14 July 1959	20.9 °C	2,512 mm	5
1958	30.4 °C3 March 1958	13.2 °C17 February 1958	20.9 °C	2,284 mm	5
1957	29.0 °C5 October 1957	12.2 °C19 August 1957	20.7 °C	2,472 mm	0
1956	27.9 °C11 February 1956	13.7 °C16 July 1956	19.7 °C	2,297 mm	0
1955	27.1 °C3 March 1955	13.3 °C14 July 1955	19.8 °C	2,138 mm	0
1954	27.4 °C11 January 1954	12.5 °C2 July 1954	19.9 °C	1,945 mm	0
1953	27.6 °C16 February 1953	12.5 °C12 August 1953	19.7 °C	2,993 mm	0
1952	28.2 °C23 January 1952	13.2 °C2 July 1952	20.0 °C	2,494 mm	0
1951	27.5 °C1 March 1951	12.1 °C4 July 1951	19.9 °C	2,722 mm	0
1950	28.2 °C3 March 1950	12.8 °C19 August 1950	19.7 °C	2,350 mm	0
1949	27.8 °C11 November 1949	12.4 °C31 July 1949	20.0 °C	2,135 mm	0
1948	27.1 °C24 March 1948	13.0 °C13 June 1948	20.0 °C	2,209 mm	0
1947	27.3 °C4 January 1947	11.1 °C25 July 1947	19.9 °C	2,362 mm	0
1946	31.2 °C24 February 1946	13.7 °C15 January 1946	20.2 °C	1,961 mm	6
1945	28.2 °C22 February 1945	13.1 °C24 December 1945	20.0 °C	1,916 mm	0
1944	30.3 °C2 March 1944	12.0 °C7 July 1944	20.4 °C	1,719 mm	1
1943	30.7 °C18 February 1943	11.6 °C27 July 1943	20.2 °C	1,655 mm	2
1942	29.9 °C8 February 1942	13.2 °C2 August 1942	20.0 °C	1,605 mm	0
1941	30.4 °C27 March 1941	13.4 °C4 July 1941	20.1 °C	2,069 mm	1
1940	27.4 °C4 March 1940	13.5 °C29 December 1940	19.6 °C	2,272 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

27.2 °C

+1.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

23 d/yr

+18

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1731 mm

-466 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.2 °C	+1.6 °C	98 mm	-24 mm
Feb	30.0 °C	+3.0 °C	63 mm	-74 mm
Mar	28.1 °C	+1.6 °C	201 mm	-1 mm
Apr	26.6 °C	+1.1 °C	172 mm	-71 mm
May	26.2 °C	+1.0 °C	226 mm	-9 mm
Jun	26.1 °C	+0.9 °C	122 mm	-35 mm
Jul	26.3 °C	+1.2 °C	140 mm	+3 mm
Aug	26.2 °C	+0.8 °C	170 mm	-5 mm
Sep	27.6 °C	+1.8 °C	151 mm	-41 mm
Oct	26.8 °C	+1.2 °C	187 mm	-33 mm
Nov	27.5 °C	+2.2 °C	89 mm	-129 mm
Dec	27.4 °C	+1.6 °C	114 mm	-46 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.5 °C

27 Feb 2025

Coldest day

14.3 °C

21 Sep 2025

Wettest day

24.8 mm

28 Mar 2025

Windiest day

20.0 km/h

29 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

45.0 km/h

29 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.5 °C

5 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

15.0 °C

21 Sep 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

12 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kira?

Kira has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 2,197 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kira?

The hottest day measured in Kira between 1940 and 2025 was 27 February 2025, reaching 33.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kira?

The coldest day measured in Kira between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 1947, at 11.1 °C.

Does it snow in Kira?

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

Has the climate of Kira warmed?

Yes: Kira warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kira?

The wettest day measured in Kira between 1940 and 2025 was 5 April 1975, with 98 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kira?

The windiest day measured in Kira between 1940 and 2025 was 10 June 1943, with winds reaching 21.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kira?

The warmest month in Kira is February (21.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Kira?

Kira receives on average 2,197 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 310 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kira?

Kira gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Kira?

Yes: Kira has on average 3 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kira?

In Kira, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.2 °C on 25 February 2005, and the lowest was 10.4 °C on 27 July 1943.

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