Kyaka II Refugee Camp climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kyaka II Refugee Camp?

Kyaka II Refugee Camp has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.2 °C and it receives 986 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Kyaka II Refugee Camp between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 2005, reaching 36.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kyaka II Refugee Camp?

The coldest day measured in Kyaka II Refugee Camp between 1940 and 2025 was 18 September 1965, at 10.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kyaka II Refugee Camp?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kyaka II Refugee Camp warmed?

Yes: Kyaka II Refugee Camp warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kyaka II Refugee Camp?

The wettest day measured in Kyaka II Refugee Camp between 1940 and 2025 was 2 May 2020, with 44 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kyaka II Refugee Camp?

The windiest day measured in Kyaka II Refugee Camp between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 1988, with winds reaching 25.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kyaka II Refugee Camp?

The warmest month in Kyaka II Refugee Camp is February (22.4 °C on average); the coldest is November (20.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kyaka II Refugee Camp?

Kyaka II Refugee Camp receives on average 986 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 202 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kyaka II Refugee Camp?

Kyaka II Refugee Camp gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Kyaka II Refugee Camp (Uganda) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.2 °C and it receives 986 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 (22.4 °C on average) and the coldest is November (20.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Kyaka II Refugee Camp averages 0 frost days, 32 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 202 rainy days per year.

Kyaka II Refugee Camp has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.7 °C (on 23 February 2005) and the coldest 10.4 °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

Kyaka II Refugee CampWestern Region

coords: 0.37°, 31.11°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthNovemberWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.2°C

Average daily high

26.9°C

Average daily low

16.7°C

Annual rainfall

986mm

Sunshine / day

10.4h

Mean relative humidity

75%

Average peak wind

12.4km/h

Seasonal range

2.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

32 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

202 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.0 °C

Average feels-like low

17.6 °C

Average peak gust

30.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

5 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.6 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.64 · 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

36.7 °C

23 February 2005

Coldest day

10.4 °C

18 September 1965

Wettest day

44 mm

2 May 2020

Windiest day

25.5 km/h

27 June 1988

Strongest gust

52.6 km/h

9 July 2005

Hottest feels-like

37.5 °C

25 February 2005

Coldest feels-like

9.1 °C

18 September 1965

Sunniest day

12.0 h

2 January 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.1 °C27 February 2025	13.7 °C21 September 2025	23.2 °C	670 mm	109
2024	33.4 °C17 March 2024	16.0 °C9 December 2024	23.7 °C	647 mm	149
2023	33.7 °C16 August 2023	15.2 °C13 January 2023	22.7 °C	921 mm	78
2022	32.9 °C5 March 2022	14.8 °C7 June 2022	22.2 °C	902 mm	56
2021	34.2 °C1 March 2021	15.0 °C14 April 2021	22.9 °C	644 mm	97
2020	33.8 °C12 February 2020	15.1 °C26 November 2020	22.6 °C	893 mm	75
2019	35.5 °C3 February 2019	14.8 °C21 December 2019	22.8 °C	789 mm	92
2018	35.5 °C8 February 2018	14.5 °C8 July 2018	22.3 °C	830 mm	66
2017	34.9 °C17 January 2017	14.9 °C10 July 2017	22.9 °C	744 mm	111
2016	35.1 °C6 March 2016	14.2 °C19 August 2016	23.2 °C	637 mm	139
2015	35.2 °C9 March 2015	13.8 °C13 July 2015	22.7 °C	684 mm	110
2014	34.0 °C3 March 2014	13.8 °C10 September 2014	22.6 °C	696 mm	106
2013	34.5 °C28 February 2013	14.3 °C27 August 2013	22.2 °C	765 mm	86
2012	35.4 °C15 March 2012	14.2 °C22 August 2012	22.1 °C	863 mm	80
2011	34.3 °C11 February 2011	14.7 °C10 December 2011	21.7 °C	952 mm	59
2010	33.9 °C1 February 2010	14.2 °C17 July 2010	21.8 °C	972 mm	37
2009	33.9 °C10 March 2009	15.1 °C7 July 2009	22.4 °C	725 mm	96
2008	33.1 °C23 December 2008	13.0 °C9 July 2008	21.6 °C	725 mm	37
2007	34.4 °C8 March 2007	13.0 °C24 August 2007	21.7 °C	761 mm	53
2006	34.0 °C28 January 2006	14.3 °C5 September 2006	21.9 °C	804 mm	56
2005	36.7 °C23 February 2005	13.3 °C14 July 2005	22.3 °C	757 mm	80
2004	34.2 °C14 February 2004	13.9 °C13 September 2004	22.3 °C	704 mm	62
2003	34.3 °C8 March 2003	14.3 °C13 July 2003	21.9 °C	665 mm	55
2002	32.8 °C23 February 2002	14.2 °C26 July 2002	21.4 °C	766 mm	26
2001	32.5 °C3 March 2001	13.6 °C25 June 2001	20.8 °C	797 mm	13
2000	30.9 °C23 February 2000	13.4 °C25 July 2000	20.9 °C	668 mm	10
1999	32.2 °C19 February 1999	13.0 °C16 July 1999	20.5 °C	1,000 mm	18
1998	30.8 °C15 March 1998	14.2 °C7 September 1998	21.4 °C	890 mm	4
1997	33.1 °C6 March 1997	13.4 °C21 May 1997	21.5 °C	975 mm	34
1996	31.4 °C5 August 1996	13.7 °C27 July 1996	21.2 °C	924 mm	11
1995	31.7 °C3 February 1995	14.0 °C22 July 1995	21.5 °C	805 mm	16
1994	32.0 °C21 January 1994	13.2 °C1 September 1994	21.2 °C	906 mm	14
1993	31.4 °C16 March 1993	14.3 °C29 June 1993	21.3 °C	885 mm	5
1992	32.9 °C5 March 1992	13.3 °C22 July 1992	21.2 °C	854 mm	27
1991	31.1 °C22 January 1991	14.4 °C22 June 1991	21.1 °C	1,023 mm	10
1990	31.0 °C6 July 1990	14.0 °C27 July 1990	21.2 °C	1,006 mm	10
1989	32.7 °C1 March 1989	13.9 °C23 June 1989	21.3 °C	894 mm	25
1988	32.3 °C2 March 1988	14.2 °C24 June 1988	21.3 °C	1,069 mm	13
1987	34.2 °C30 December 1987	13.8 °C7 August 1987	21.6 °C	935 mm	18
1986	32.8 °C24 February 1986	12.8 °C5 August 1986	21.0 °C	1,071 mm	11
1985	33.0 °C18 March 1985	13.1 °C8 July 1985	20.4 °C	1,164 mm	22
1984	32.3 °C21 February 1984	13.3 °C2 August 1984	20.7 °C	986 mm	11
1983	33.7 °C15 February 1983	14.2 °C30 November 1983	21.7 °C	946 mm	51
1982	32.8 °C26 March 1982	13.4 °C2 July 1982	21.4 °C	795 mm	20
1981	34.2 °C23 February 1981	13.3 °C4 December 1981	21.3 °C	1,052 mm	28
1980	34.0 °C24 February 1980	13.2 °C4 June 1980	21.3 °C	782 mm	24
1979	30.0 °C5 August 1979	13.3 °C23 July 1979	20.8 °C	1,063 mm	1
1978	33.5 °C7 February 1978	12.8 °C20 July 1978	20.9 °C	1,112 mm	16
1977	30.2 °C9 February 1977	11.8 °C15 August 1977	20.8 °C	1,190 mm	2
1976	32.3 °C31 January 1976	11.4 °C25 June 1976	20.1 °C	1,304 mm	5
1975	33.4 °C22 February 1975	11.7 °C30 July 1975	20.4 °C	1,302 mm	16
1974	33.0 °C25 February 1974	12.9 °C13 September 1974	20.4 °C	1,267 mm	18
1973	30.7 °C2 February 1973	12.7 °C25 October 1973	20.6 °C	1,182 mm	7
1972	30.0 °C23 September 1972	12.7 °C29 June 1972	20.1 °C	1,477 mm	1
1971	32.8 °C5 March 1971	12.2 °C24 June 1971	20.1 °C	1,385 mm	18
1970	31.2 °C8 February 1970	12.3 °C26 July 1970	20.3 °C	1,264 mm	7
1969	30.2 °C13 September 1969	12.8 °C3 November 1969	20.7 °C	971 mm	1
1968	30.4 °C8 February 1968	13.0 °C15 January 1968	20.2 °C	1,282 mm	1
1967	31.5 °C3 March 1967	12.9 °C12 September 1967	20.5 °C	1,156 mm	18
1966	30.4 °C16 August 1966	11.9 °C1 July 1966	20.6 °C	1,103 mm	3
1965	32.3 °C14 February 1965	10.4 °C18 September 1965	20.4 °C	1,109 mm	4
1964	28.8 °C31 January 1964	12.3 °C12 December 1964	19.7 °C	1,266 mm	0
1963	29.6 °C8 August 1963	11.9 °C30 July 1963	19.6 °C	1,535 mm	0
1962	30.4 °C15 February 1962	11.9 °C9 July 1962	19.7 °C	1,458 mm	3
1961	33.8 °C12 March 1961	11.7 °C3 January 1961	20.6 °C	1,149 mm	21
1960	30.7 °C31 December 1960	11.7 °C28 January 1960	20.5 °C	1,225 mm	5
1959	33.1 °C17 March 1959	11.3 °C14 July 1959	20.8 °C	1,164 mm	14
1958	33.1 °C25 February 1958	12.6 °C2 October 1958	21.3 °C	1,111 mm	26
1957	31.0 °C16 February 1957	13.0 °C22 July 1957	20.7 °C	1,107 mm	7
1956	29.5 °C11 March 1956	12.7 °C18 June 1956	19.7 °C	1,247 mm	0
1955	28.2 °C18 August 1955	13.2 °C17 June 1955	19.8 °C	1,239 mm	0
1954	28.4 °C11 August 1954	12.1 °C25 June 1954	19.8 °C	1,094 mm	0
1953	28.2 °C30 September 1953	11.3 °C23 July 1953	19.6 °C	1,624 mm	0
1952	28.9 °C20 July 1952	12.9 °C2 July 1952	20.0 °C	1,329 mm	0
1951	29.7 °C8 August 1951	11.2 °C5 July 1951	20.0 °C	1,449 mm	0
1950	30.0 °C17 February 1950	12.5 °C4 June 1950	19.9 °C	1,229 mm	1
1949	31.4 °C17 August 1949	12.7 °C28 July 1949	20.1 °C	1,091 mm	6
1948	30.0 °C20 July 1948	13.7 °C4 January 1948	20.3 °C	1,034 mm	1
1947	30.6 °C21 September 1947	13.0 °C22 June 1947	20.1 °C	1,159 mm	2
1946	35.2 °C25 February 1946	13.5 °C23 December 1946	21.3 °C	839 mm	78
1945	33.0 °C23 February 1945	11.9 °C9 June 1945	21.1 °C	600 mm	20
1944	32.9 °C14 February 1944	12.6 °C7 July 1944	21.4 °C	658 mm	46
1943	32.9 °C8 February 1943	13.2 °C14 October 1943	21.3 °C	637 mm	43
1942	32.7 °C7 February 1942	13.1 °C27 July 1942	21.0 °C	620 mm	30
1941	32.6 °C27 March 1941	12.8 °C4 July 1941	21.0 °C	804 mm	19
1940	28.9 °C23 February 1940	12.7 °C30 November 1940	20.1 °C	1,005 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.8 °C

+1.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

109 d/yr

+77

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

670 mm

-316 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	31.4 °C	+3.5 °C	2 mm	-36 mm
Feb	32.6 °C	+4.1 °C	7 mm	-47 mm
Mar	30.0 °C	+2.3 °C	75 mm	-25 mm
Apr	26.9 °C	+0.5 °C	142 mm	+22 mm
May	27.7 °C	+1.6 °C	78 mm	-21 mm
Jun	28.6 °C	+1.8 °C	31 mm	-11 mm
Jul	29.3 °C	+2.1 °C	14 mm	-16 mm
Aug	27.5 °C	+0.4 °C	82 mm	+13 mm
Sep	29.6 °C	+2.8 °C	34 mm	-64 mm
Oct	26.8 °C	+0.4 °C	116 mm	-17 mm
Nov	27.7 °C	+2.1 °C	36 mm	-97 mm
Dec	27.3 °C	+1.0 °C	54 mm	-16 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.1 °C

27 Feb 2025

Coldest day

13.7 °C

21 Sep 2025

Wettest day

22.6 mm

16 Apr 2025

Windiest day

22.3 km/h

29 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

47.2 km/h

29 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.0 °C

6 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

13.4 °C

21 Sep 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

2 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kyaka II Refugee Camp?

Kyaka II Refugee Camp has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.2 °C and it receives 986 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kyaka II Refugee Camp?

The hottest day measured in Kyaka II Refugee Camp between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 2005, reaching 36.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kyaka II Refugee Camp?

The coldest day measured in Kyaka II Refugee Camp between 1940 and 2025 was 18 September 1965, at 10.4 °C.

Does it snow in Kyaka II Refugee Camp?

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

Has the climate of Kyaka II Refugee Camp warmed?

Yes: Kyaka II Refugee Camp warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kyaka II Refugee Camp?

The wettest day measured in Kyaka II Refugee Camp between 1940 and 2025 was 2 May 2020, with 44 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kyaka II Refugee Camp?

The windiest day measured in Kyaka II Refugee Camp between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 1988, with winds reaching 25.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kyaka II Refugee Camp?

The warmest month in Kyaka II Refugee Camp is February (22.4 °C on average); the coldest is November (20.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Kyaka II Refugee Camp?

Kyaka II Refugee Camp receives on average 986 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 202 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kyaka II Refugee Camp?

Kyaka II Refugee Camp gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Kyaka II Refugee Camp?

Yes: Kyaka II Refugee Camp has on average 5 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kyaka II Refugee Camp?

In Kyaka II Refugee Camp, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.5 °C on 25 February 2005, and the lowest was 9.1 °C on 18 September 1965.

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