Kyangwali Refugee Camp climate — normals and trends
Kyangwali Refugee Camp (Uganda) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.5 °C and it receives 1,745 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 (25.7 °C on average) and the coldest is November (23.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Kyangwali Refugee Camp averages 0 frost days, 6 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 256 rainy days per year.
Kyangwali Refugee Camp has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.7 °C (on 23 February 2005) and the coldest 19.0 °C (on 20 July 2012).
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
Kyangwali Refugee CampWestern Region
- coords
- 1.19°, 30.78°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
24.5°C
Average daily high
26.8°C
Average daily low
22.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,745mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
11.7km/h
Seasonal range
1.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
6 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
256 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
30.8 °C
Average feels-like low
24.9 °C
Average peak gust
23.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
364 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.73 · 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
32.7 °C
23 February 2005
Coldest day
19.0 °C
20 July 2012
Wettest day
102 mm
6 December 1951
Windiest day
29.6 km/h
10 March 2014
Strongest gust
49.7 km/h
10 March 2014
Hottest feels-like
37.1 °C
29 March 2016
Coldest feels-like
20.0 °C
12 July 1944
Sunniest day
12.0 h
27 March 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 | 29.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 1 mm | -43 mm |
| Feb | 30.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 3 mm | -54 mm |
| Mar | 29.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 120 mm | -22 mm |
| Apr | 27.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 199 mm | -12 mm |
| May | 28.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 178 mm | -14 mm |
| Jun | 27.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 50 mm | -68 mm |
| Jul | 26.4 °C | +0.1 °C | 173 mm | +62 mm |
| Aug | 26.2 °C | 0.0 °C | 196 mm | +48 mm |
| Sep | 27.0 °C | +0.5 °C | 132 mm | -28 mm |
| Oct | 26.5 °C | +0.3 °C | 164 mm | -42 mm |
| Nov | 27.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 89 mm | -158 mm |
| Dec | 27.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 37 mm | -74 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kyangwali Refugee Camp?
Kyangwali Refugee Camp has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.5 °C and it receives 1,745 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kyangwali Refugee Camp?
The hottest day measured in Kyangwali Refugee Camp between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 2005, reaching 32.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kyangwali Refugee Camp?
The coldest day measured in Kyangwali Refugee Camp between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2012, at 19.0 °C.
Does it snow in Kyangwali Refugee Camp?
Almost never: Kyangwali Refugee Camp sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Kyangwali Refugee Camp warmed?
Yes: Kyangwali Refugee Camp warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kyangwali Refugee Camp?
The wettest day measured in Kyangwali Refugee Camp between 1940 and 2025 was 6 December 1951, with 102 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kyangwali Refugee Camp?
The windiest day measured in Kyangwali Refugee Camp between 1940 and 2025 was 10 March 2014, with winds reaching 29.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kyangwali Refugee Camp?
The warmest month in Kyangwali Refugee Camp is February (25.7 °C on average); the coldest is November (23.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Kyangwali Refugee Camp?
Kyangwali Refugee Camp receives on average 1,745 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 256 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kyangwali Refugee Camp?
Kyangwali Refugee Camp gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Kyangwali Refugee Camp?
Yes: Kyangwali Refugee Camp has on average 364 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kyangwali Refugee Camp?
In Kyangwali Refugee Camp, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.1 °C on 29 March 2016, and the lowest was 20.0 °C on 12 July 1944.
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