Kiryandongo Refugee Camp climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kiryandongo Refugee Camp?

Kiryandongo Refugee Camp has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.0 °C and it receives 1,505 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kiryandongo Refugee Camp?

The hottest day measured in Kiryandongo Refugee Camp between 1940 and 2025 was 11 March 2015, reaching 37.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kiryandongo Refugee Camp?

The coldest day measured in Kiryandongo Refugee Camp between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1957, at 13.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kiryandongo Refugee Camp?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kiryandongo Refugee Camp warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Kiryandongo Refugee Camp?

The wettest day measured in Kiryandongo Refugee Camp between 1940 and 2025 was 9 March 1999, with 76 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kiryandongo Refugee Camp?

The windiest day measured in Kiryandongo Refugee Camp between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1999, with winds reaching 26.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kiryandongo Refugee Camp?

The warmest month in Kiryandongo Refugee Camp is February (25.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kiryandongo Refugee Camp?

Kiryandongo Refugee Camp receives on average 1,505 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 216 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kiryandongo Refugee Camp?

Kiryandongo Refugee Camp gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Kiryandongo Refugee Camp (Uganda) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.0 °C and it receives 1,505 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 (25.0 °C on average) and the coldest is July (21.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Kiryandongo Refugee Camp averages 0 frost days, 82 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 216 rainy days per year.

Kiryandongo Refugee Camp has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.6 °C (on 11 March 2015) and the coldest 13.6 °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

Kiryandongo Refugee CampWestern Region

coords: 1.94°, 32.17°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthAprilDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

23.0°C

Average daily high

28.4°C

Average daily low

18.8°C

Annual rainfall

1,505mm

Sunshine / day

10.9h

Mean relative humidity

75%

Average peak wind

9.9km/h

Seasonal range

3.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

82 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

216 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

31.5 °C

Average feels-like low

20.7 °C

Average peak gust

26.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

64 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.3 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.73 · 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

37.6 °C

11 March 2015

Coldest day

13.6 °C

6 February 1957

Wettest day

76 mm

9 March 1999

Windiest day

26.0 km/h

3 February 1999

Strongest gust

59.8 km/h

21 January 2006

Hottest feels-like

40.0 °C

25 February 2005

Coldest feels-like

11.2 °C

17 February 1958

Sunniest day

12.0 h

29 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	37.5 °C27 February 2025	16.1 °C23 November 2025	24.5 °C	1,129 mm	163
2024	36.1 °C21 March 2024	16.9 °C7 December 2024	24.7 °C	1,166 mm	155
2023	36.4 °C13 February 2023	17.7 °C1 January 2023	24.5 °C	1,379 mm	161
2022	36.9 °C6 March 2022	17.5 °C20 June 2022	24.3 °C	1,054 mm	134
2021	35.7 °C2 March 2021	17.4 °C9 June 2021	24.2 °C	853 mm	150
2020	34.3 °C24 February 2020	17.3 °C14 December 2020	23.6 °C	1,403 mm	74
2019	37.3 °C24 March 2019	17.2 °C27 August 2019	24.0 °C	1,549 mm	120
2018	36.7 °C8 February 2018	16.2 °C8 July 2018	23.9 °C	1,258 mm	111
2017	36.9 °C24 January 2017	17.4 °C14 December 2017	24.4 °C	1,218 mm	150
2016	36.9 °C19 February 2016	17.3 °C28 January 2016	24.7 °C	964 mm	180
2015	37.6 °C11 March 2015	16.6 °C4 January 2015	24.3 °C	1,272 mm	135
2014	36.1 °C31 January 2014	17.4 °C10 April 2014	23.9 °C	1,172 mm	118
2013	35.5 °C26 February 2013	16.6 °C9 December 2013	23.5 °C	1,306 mm	96
2012	37.2 °C30 March 2012	17.0 °C14 January 2012	23.7 °C	1,391 mm	121
2011	36.5 °C1 March 2011	16.9 °C27 January 2011	23.6 °C	1,441 mm	128
2010	36.8 °C2 February 2010	16.3 °C18 December 2010	23.6 °C	1,358 mm	100
2009	35.5 °C28 March 2009	17.1 °C10 January 2009	24.1 °C	1,069 mm	154
2008	35.2 °C4 February 2008	16.6 °C27 July 2008	23.3 °C	1,335 mm	123
2007	35.0 °C7 March 2007	16.2 °C17 December 2007	23.4 °C	1,223 mm	121
2006	37.3 °C27 January 2006	17.3 °C27 August 2006	23.5 °C	1,357 mm	95
2005	37.4 °C20 February 2005	15.9 °C31 August 2005	23.9 °C	1,315 mm	155
2004	36.5 °C13 February 2004	16.6 °C25 July 2004	23.8 °C	1,284 mm	125
2003	36.6 °C22 February 2003	16.4 °C15 December 2003	23.7 °C	1,121 mm	109
2002	36.4 °C23 February 2002	16.5 °C9 July 2002	23.7 °C	1,179 mm	124
2001	35.5 °C28 February 2001	16.8 °C10 January 2001	23.1 °C	1,251 mm	84
2000	35.5 °C21 February 2000	15.2 °C27 January 2000	23.5 °C	1,018 mm	118
1999	36.6 °C8 February 1999	16.4 °C7 July 1999	23.0 °C	1,377 mm	72
1998	36.3 °C13 March 1998	17.0 °C7 September 1998	23.9 °C	1,012 mm	131
1997	36.3 °C5 March 1997	16.9 °C12 July 1997	23.7 °C	1,571 mm	114
1996	34.5 °C13 March 1996	17.0 °C19 December 1996	23.1 °C	1,555 mm	60
1995	34.7 °C3 February 1995	16.8 °C20 July 1995	23.5 °C	1,427 mm	92
1994	35.1 °C21 January 1994	16.5 °C24 August 1994	23.3 °C	1,718 mm	92
1993	34.2 °C20 February 1993	15.9 °C22 January 1993	23.4 °C	1,291 mm	84
1992	36.3 °C12 March 1992	16.2 °C22 November 1992	23.3 °C	1,398 mm	97
1991	34.0 °C19 March 1991	16.6 °C25 August 1991	22.9 °C	1,532 mm	55
1990	32.8 °C28 January 1990	14.7 °C9 January 1990	22.8 °C	1,593 mm	34
1989	35.6 °C28 February 1989	16.0 °C27 June 1989	22.9 °C	1,407 mm	56
1988	36.9 °C1 March 1988	16.3 °C4 December 1988	23.1 °C	1,469 mm	81
1987	34.0 °C30 December 1987	16.7 °C5 January 1987	23.3 °C	1,535 mm	68
1986	33.4 °C24 February 1986	16.3 °C5 August 1986	22.6 °C	1,537 mm	53
1985	36.5 °C16 March 1985	16.1 °C9 July 1985	22.5 °C	1,547 mm	59
1984	35.7 °C21 February 1984	16.0 °C19 December 1984	22.8 °C	1,207 mm	81
1983	36.0 °C13 February 1983	15.4 °C29 December 1983	23.2 °C	1,612 mm	86
1982	34.7 °C26 March 1982	16.1 °C11 July 1982	22.7 °C	1,380 mm	53
1981	35.6 °C1 March 1981	16.6 °C12 January 1981	23.0 °C	1,717 mm	65
1980	37.0 °C22 February 1980	16.4 °C25 November 1980	23.1 °C	1,390 mm	81
1979	32.9 °C12 October 1979	15.8 °C11 July 1979	22.8 °C	1,520 mm	63
1978	36.0 °C7 February 1978	14.8 °C30 November 1978	22.5 °C	1,830 mm	52
1977	34.8 °C16 March 1977	15.0 °C14 July 1977	22.6 °C	1,690 mm	63
1976	35.8 °C30 January 1976	15.6 °C25 July 1976	22.5 °C	1,773 mm	74
1975	35.6 °C22 February 1975	15.3 °C30 July 1975	22.5 °C	1,946 mm	90
1974	35.7 °C24 February 1974	15.7 °C1 August 1974	22.4 °C	1,671 mm	79
1973	34.5 °C15 March 1973	15.2 °C11 December 1973	22.8 °C	1,463 mm	101
1972	34.9 °C31 March 1972	15.8 °C2 January 1972	22.5 °C	1,868 mm	62
1971	36.3 °C7 March 1971	15.5 °C21 December 1971	22.3 °C	1,632 mm	80
1970	32.9 °C28 February 1970	15.9 °C14 September 1970	22.3 °C	1,691 mm	44
1969	32.8 °C7 February 1969	15.9 °C31 January 1969	22.6 °C	1,366 mm	60
1968	33.8 °C8 February 1968	15.0 °C23 December 1968	22.2 °C	1,863 mm	50
1967	35.4 °C27 February 1967	14.7 °C12 December 1967	22.4 °C	1,988 mm	78
1966	33.6 °C26 December 1966	14.8 °C24 December 1966	22.5 °C	1,838 mm	43
1965	33.7 °C16 February 1965	15.6 °C20 December 1965	22.5 °C	1,641 mm	54
1964	32.6 °C29 March 1964	15.2 °C9 December 1964	22.1 °C	1,819 mm	35
1963	31.7 °C24 March 1963	15.8 °C19 January 1963	21.8 °C	2,266 mm	10
1962	34.5 °C15 February 1962	15.4 °C5 January 1962	21.8 °C	2,153 mm	29
1961	35.5 °C11 March 1961	16.2 °C14 February 1961	22.5 °C	2,247 mm	70
1960	34.0 °C10 February 1960	16.1 °C29 December 1960	22.6 °C	1,955 mm	66
1959	35.6 °C14 March 1959	15.8 °C17 July 1959	23.0 °C	1,975 mm	90
1958	35.9 °C27 February 1958	13.6 °C17 February 1958	23.1 °C	1,614 mm	121
1957	33.4 °C15 February 1957	13.6 °C6 February 1957	22.6 °C	1,571 mm	49
1956	32.9 °C11 March 1956	15.5 °C30 August 1956	21.9 °C	1,587 mm	38
1955	31.0 °C15 January 1955	15.6 °C3 August 1955	21.7 °C	1,570 mm	13
1954	31.9 °C7 February 1954	15.3 °C3 July 1954	21.8 °C	1,421 mm	20
1953	31.2 °C15 February 1953	14.7 °C25 July 1953	21.5 °C	2,334 mm	7
1952	32.0 °C23 January 1952	16.0 °C18 July 1952	21.8 °C	2,116 mm	17
1951	31.5 °C4 January 1951	15.3 °C13 July 1951	21.7 °C	2,283 mm	17
1950	32.5 °C1 March 1950	15.1 °C11 August 1950	21.5 °C	1,912 mm	25
1949	33.0 °C5 March 1949	15.1 °C31 July 1949	21.9 °C	1,638 mm	26
1948	31.2 °C20 January 1948	15.8 °C2 January 1948	22.0 °C	1,589 mm	14
1947	32.5 °C27 October 1947	15.3 °C23 July 1947	21.9 °C	1,555 mm	18
1946	36.8 °C25 February 1946	15.7 °C24 December 1946	22.8 °C	1,409 mm	95
1945	34.7 °C23 February 1945	14.7 °C8 June 1945	22.6 °C	1,166 mm	78
1944	35.5 °C2 March 1944	14.4 °C7 July 1944	23.3 °C	974 mm	109
1943	36.2 °C18 February 1943	14.9 °C10 June 1943	23.1 °C	1,123 mm	120
1942	34.9 °C9 February 1942	15.3 °C29 July 1942	22.6 °C	1,019 mm	81
1941	35.3 °C8 February 1941	15.1 °C11 December 1941	22.6 °C	1,191 mm	61
1940	31.1 °C22 February 1940	15.1 °C30 November 1940	21.5 °C	1,800 mm	12

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.0 °C

+1.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

163 d/yr

+81

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1129 mm

-376 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	32.3 °C	+1.7 °C	2 mm	-30 mm
Feb	34.9 °C	+3.6 °C	1 mm	-56 mm
Mar	32.3 °C	+2.1 °C	89 mm	-50 mm
Apr	29.4 °C	+1.2 °C	159 mm	-24 mm
May	28.9 °C	+1.5 °C	123 mm	-36 mm
Jun	29.0 °C	+1.8 °C	34 mm	-72 mm
Jul	28.5 °C	+1.7 °C	90 mm	-26 mm
Aug	27.5 °C	+0.5 °C	201 mm	+40 mm
Sep	29.1 °C	+1.4 °C	119 mm	-46 mm
Oct	27.9 °C	+0.1 °C	244 mm	+64 mm
Nov	29.8 °C	+2.0 °C	48 mm	-101 mm
Dec	30.4 °C	+1.5 °C	19 mm	-39 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.5 °C

27 Feb 2025

Coldest day

16.1 °C

23 Nov 2025

Wettest day

32.1 mm

29 Oct 2025

Windiest day

22.3 km/h

25 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

50.0 km/h

25 Feb 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.6 °C

7 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

14.9 °C

23 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

8 Mar 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kiryandongo Refugee Camp?

Kiryandongo Refugee Camp has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.0 °C and it receives 1,505 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kiryandongo Refugee Camp?

The hottest day measured in Kiryandongo Refugee Camp between 1940 and 2025 was 11 March 2015, reaching 37.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kiryandongo Refugee Camp?

The coldest day measured in Kiryandongo Refugee Camp between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1957, at 13.6 °C.

Does it snow in Kiryandongo Refugee Camp?

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

Has the climate of Kiryandongo Refugee Camp warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Kiryandongo Refugee Camp?

The wettest day measured in Kiryandongo Refugee Camp between 1940 and 2025 was 9 March 1999, with 76 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kiryandongo Refugee Camp?

The windiest day measured in Kiryandongo Refugee Camp between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1999, with winds reaching 26.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kiryandongo Refugee Camp?

The warmest month in Kiryandongo Refugee Camp is February (25.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Kiryandongo Refugee Camp?

Kiryandongo Refugee Camp receives on average 1,505 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 216 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kiryandongo Refugee Camp?

Kiryandongo Refugee Camp gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Kiryandongo Refugee Camp?

Yes: Kiryandongo Refugee Camp has on average 64 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kiryandongo Refugee Camp?

In Kiryandongo Refugee Camp, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.0 °C on 25 February 2005, and the lowest was 11.2 °C on 17 February 1958.

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