Mbarara climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Mbarara?

Mbarara has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.6 °C and it receives 866 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Mbarara between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 2005, reaching 35.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Mbarara?

The coldest day measured in Mbarara between 1940 and 2025 was 18 September 1965, at 10.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Mbarara?

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

Q: Has the climate of Mbarara warmed?

Yes: Mbarara warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Mbarara?

The wettest day measured in Mbarara between 1940 and 2025 was 8 April 1987, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Mbarara?

The windiest day measured in Mbarara between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 1988, with winds reaching 22.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Mbarara?

The warmest month in Mbarara is February (21.4 °C on average); the coldest is November (19.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Mbarara?

Mbarara receives on average 866 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 193 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Mbarara?

Mbarara gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Mbarara (Uganda) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.6 °C and it receives 866 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 (21.4 °C on average) and the coldest is November (19.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Mbarara averages 0 frost days, 13 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 193 rainy days per year.

Mbarara has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 35.4 °C (on 23 February 2005) and the coldest 10.1 °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

MbararaWestern Region

coords: -0.60°, 30.65°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthNovemberWettest monthNovemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.6°C

Average daily high

26.3°C

Average daily low

16.0°C

Annual rainfall

866mm

Sunshine / day

10.6h

Mean relative humidity

73%

Average peak wind

12.1km/h

Seasonal range

1.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

13 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

193 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.7 °C

Average feels-like low

16.7 °C

Average peak gust

30.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

1 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.4 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.68 · 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

35.4 °C

23 February 2005

Coldest day

10.1 °C

18 September 1965

Wettest day

56 mm

8 April 1987

Windiest day

22.4 km/h

27 June 1988

Strongest gust

54.0 km/h

7 September 1967

Hottest feels-like

36.1 °C

25 February 2005

Coldest feels-like

8.5 °C

12 July 1944

Sunniest day

12.0 h

2 January 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.1 °C27 February 2025	14.2 °C31 July 2025	22.4 °C	617 mm	60
2024	32.5 °C16 September 2024	15.2 °C3 July 2024	22.9 °C	636 mm	77
2023	33.5 °C7 March 2023	14.6 °C17 July 2023	22.3 °C	836 mm	50
2022	32.0 °C5 March 2022	14.0 °C4 July 2022	21.9 °C	810 mm	37
2021	32.5 °C1 February 2021	14.6 °C10 June 2021	22.3 °C	527 mm	43
2020	32.6 °C21 January 2020	14.9 °C31 October 2020	22.1 °C	825 mm	36
2019	33.2 °C3 February 2019	14.6 °C1 November 2019	22.2 °C	678 mm	59
2018	32.6 °C8 February 2018	13.7 °C7 July 2018	21.7 °C	818 mm	21
2017	33.5 °C17 January 2017	13.8 °C10 July 2017	22.2 °C	601 mm	58
2016	32.7 °C15 March 2016	13.6 °C19 August 2016	22.3 °C	523 mm	49
2015	32.6 °C11 February 2015	13.5 °C6 July 2015	21.9 °C	658 mm	45
2014	32.4 °C11 February 2014	14.6 °C9 September 2014	21.8 °C	660 mm	39
2013	33.0 °C28 February 2013	14.1 °C17 October 2013	21.5 °C	723 mm	35
2012	33.3 °C9 February 2012	13.3 °C15 August 2012	21.5 °C	735 mm	44
2011	33.3 °C11 February 2011	14.1 °C14 July 2011	21.2 °C	817 mm	23
2010	32.1 °C1 February 2010	13.4 °C17 July 2010	21.5 °C	812 mm	22
2009	32.1 °C27 March 2009	13.4 °C20 July 2009	21.6 °C	632 mm	35
2008	32.0 °C23 December 2008	12.4 °C9 July 2008	20.9 °C	629 mm	6
2007	32.5 °C8 March 2007	13.5 °C6 November 2007	21.2 °C	716 mm	17
2006	33.2 °C28 January 2006	13.5 °C6 September 2006	21.5 °C	618 mm	32
2005	35.4 °C23 February 2005	12.3 °C14 July 2005	21.7 °C	724 mm	48
2004	32.5 °C14 February 2004	13.1 °C5 July 2004	21.7 °C	617 mm	21
2003	32.2 °C8 March 2003	13.5 °C25 July 2003	21.3 °C	496 mm	27
2002	30.6 °C26 February 2002	13.2 °C9 July 2002	20.7 °C	658 mm	5
2001	29.9 °C3 March 2001	13.3 °C25 June 2001	20.4 °C	660 mm	0
2000	31.3 °C22 February 2000	12.7 °C25 July 2000	20.5 °C	558 mm	5
1999	30.7 °C20 February 1999	12.5 °C15 July 1999	20.4 °C	677 mm	4
1998	29.6 °C3 February 1998	14.1 °C22 June 1998	21.0 °C	801 mm	0
1997	31.6 °C6 March 1997	13.0 °C21 May 1997	20.8 °C	837 mm	6
1996	29.8 °C5 August 1996	13.2 °C24 June 1996	20.6 °C	794 mm	0
1995	30.3 °C28 August 1995	13.0 °C10 August 1995	20.8 °C	709 mm	1
1994	30.0 °C16 February 1994	12.7 °C5 August 1994	20.6 °C	803 mm	1
1993	29.4 °C16 March 1993	13.3 °C7 July 1993	20.6 °C	772 mm	0
1992	31.1 °C16 March 1992	12.6 °C20 August 1992	20.7 °C	726 mm	6
1991	29.5 °C22 January 1991	13.2 °C22 July 1991	20.6 °C	927 mm	0
1990	29.9 °C29 January 1990	13.1 °C27 July 1990	20.8 °C	911 mm	0
1989	30.3 °C26 February 1989	12.6 °C2 July 1989	20.7 °C	816 mm	3
1988	31.8 °C2 March 1988	13.1 °C24 June 1988	20.9 °C	942 mm	4
1987	33.1 °C30 December 1987	13.5 °C9 July 1987	21.2 °C	861 mm	7
1986	30.4 °C24 February 1986	11.9 °C5 August 1986	20.5 °C	988 mm	2
1985	31.3 °C17 March 1985	12.9 °C17 August 1985	20.1 °C	931 mm	2
1984	29.9 °C21 February 1984	13.4 °C2 August 1984	20.2 °C	894 mm	0
1983	32.0 °C14 February 1983	13.9 °C30 November 1983	21.1 °C	842 mm	15
1982	31.4 °C26 March 1982	13.1 °C27 June 1982	20.8 °C	747 mm	8
1981	31.9 °C23 February 1981	13.3 °C4 December 1981	20.8 °C	921 mm	8
1980	31.3 °C24 February 1980	12.4 °C17 August 1980	20.6 °C	736 mm	6
1979	29.3 °C25 August 1979	12.8 °C23 July 1979	20.3 °C	870 mm	0
1978	31.6 °C7 February 1978	12.1 °C18 July 1978	20.4 °C	1,033 mm	7
1977	29.6 °C21 August 1977	12.3 °C4 June 1977	20.2 °C	1,085 mm	0
1976	29.7 °C16 March 1976	12.0 °C25 June 1976	19.8 °C	1,078 mm	0
1975	31.2 °C22 February 1975	11.3 °C30 July 1975	19.8 °C	1,281 mm	2
1974	30.7 °C25 February 1974	12.8 °C12 September 1974	19.8 °C	1,064 mm	2
1973	30.0 °C2 March 1973	11.5 °C3 July 1973	20.3 °C	967 mm	1
1972	28.7 °C31 March 1972	12.8 °C29 June 1972	19.6 °C	1,354 mm	0
1971	31.1 °C5 March 1971	12.3 °C23 June 1971	19.6 °C	1,204 mm	4
1970	29.4 °C8 February 1970	11.7 °C26 July 1970	19.9 °C	1,152 mm	0
1969	29.4 °C8 September 1969	11.6 °C3 October 1969	20.1 °C	990 mm	0
1968	29.5 °C15 January 1968	12.3 °C30 June 1968	19.8 °C	1,171 mm	0
1967	29.6 °C28 February 1967	11.8 °C1 August 1967	19.9 °C	1,030 mm	0
1966	29.1 °C14 August 1966	12.0 °C1 July 1966	20.1 °C	1,021 mm	0
1965	29.4 °C14 February 1965	10.1 °C18 September 1965	19.8 °C	986 mm	0
1964	29.5 °C11 March 1964	12.2 °C31 December 1964	19.6 °C	1,195 mm	0
1963	29.3 °C8 August 1963	11.9 °C8 August 1963	19.4 °C	1,261 mm	0
1962	28.0 °C15 February 1962	11.9 °C9 July 1962	19.2 °C	1,370 mm	0
1961	30.1 °C21 January 1961	11.4 °C3 January 1961	19.9 °C	1,016 mm	3
1960	29.9 °C15 August 1960	11.1 °C31 July 1960	20.0 °C	1,028 mm	0
1959	31.0 °C17 March 1959	11.2 °C14 July 1959	20.3 °C	1,108 mm	2
1958	30.6 °C25 February 1958	11.9 °C2 October 1958	20.6 °C	1,014 mm	2
1957	30.2 °C28 September 1957	12.2 °C24 September 1957	20.1 °C	1,002 mm	1
1956	28.1 °C1 March 1956	12.4 °C16 June 1956	19.2 °C	1,125 mm	0
1955	27.4 °C18 August 1955	12.7 °C14 June 1955	19.4 °C	1,085 mm	0
1954	27.7 °C11 August 1954	12.3 °C25 June 1954	19.5 °C	927 mm	0
1953	28.8 °C11 September 1953	10.8 °C23 July 1953	19.3 °C	1,319 mm	0
1952	28.5 °C19 August 1952	12.7 °C18 July 1952	19.7 °C	1,128 mm	0
1951	28.3 °C5 August 1951	11.6 °C6 July 1951	19.7 °C	1,170 mm	0
1950	29.1 °C5 March 1950	12.3 °C4 June 1950	19.6 °C	1,029 mm	0
1949	31.5 °C22 August 1949	12.2 °C28 July 1949	20.0 °C	800 mm	6
1948	29.3 °C18 July 1948	12.8 °C28 July 1948	20.0 °C	833 mm	0
1947	30.6 °C21 September 1947	12.5 °C18 June 1947	20.0 °C	837 mm	4
1946	33.5 °C25 February 1946	13.1 °C15 July 1946	20.6 °C	704 mm	26
1945	31.7 °C22 February 1945	11.9 °C9 June 1945	20.4 °C	586 mm	6
1944	31.8 °C14 February 1944	11.5 °C12 July 1944	20.9 °C	523 mm	27
1943	31.6 °C20 February 1943	12.3 °C14 October 1943	20.6 °C	600 mm	16
1942	31.3 °C8 February 1942	11.9 °C1 September 1942	20.3 °C	551 mm	4
1941	30.8 °C7 February 1941	12.7 °C4 July 1941	20.3 °C	740 mm	5
1940	29.0 °C21 August 1940	12.9 °C13 August 1940	19.6 °C	1,037 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

27.9 °C

+1.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

60 d/yr

+47

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

617 mm

-249 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.6 °C	+3.0 °C	12 mm	-34 mm
Feb	30.8 °C	+3.5 °C	13 mm	-45 mm
Mar	28.9 °C	+2.1 °C	61 mm	-31 mm
Apr	27.2 °C	+1.1 °C	128 mm	+19 mm
May	26.9 °C	+1.2 °C	75 mm	-8 mm
Jun	27.4 °C	+1.1 °C	20 mm	-8 mm
Jul	28.2 °C	+1.5 °C	11 mm	-7 mm
Aug	27.2 °C	+0.5 °C	62 mm	+15 mm
Sep	28.7 °C	+2.2 °C	24 mm	-55 mm
Oct	26.7 °C	+0.6 °C	125 mm	+16 mm
Nov	26.8 °C	+1.6 °C	48 mm	-75 mm
Dec	26.5 °C	+1.0 °C	39 mm	-38 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.1 °C

27 Feb 2025

Coldest day

14.2 °C

31 Jul 2025

Wettest day

24.1 mm

18 Aug 2025

Windiest day

20.4 km/h

27 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

47.2 km/h

27 Feb 2025

Hottest feels-like

34.4 °C

30 Sep 2025

Coldest feels-like

12.5 °C

31 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

1 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Mbarara?

Mbarara has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.6 °C and it receives 866 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mbarara?

The hottest day measured in Mbarara between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 2005, reaching 35.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Mbarara?

The coldest day measured in Mbarara between 1940 and 2025 was 18 September 1965, at 10.1 °C.

Does it snow in Mbarara?

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

Has the climate of Mbarara warmed?

Yes: Mbarara warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Mbarara?

The wettest day measured in Mbarara between 1940 and 2025 was 8 April 1987, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Mbarara?

The windiest day measured in Mbarara between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 1988, with winds reaching 22.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Mbarara?

The warmest month in Mbarara is February (21.4 °C on average); the coldest is November (19.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Mbarara?

Mbarara receives on average 866 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 193 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Mbarara?

Mbarara gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Mbarara?

Yes: Mbarara has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mbarara?

In Mbarara, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.1 °C on 25 February 2005, and the lowest was 8.5 °C on 12 July 1944.

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