Moroto climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Moroto?

Moroto has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.6 °C and it receives 966 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Moroto between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 2005, reaching 36.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Moroto?

The coldest day measured in Moroto between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1968, at 12.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Moroto?

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

Q: Has the climate of Moroto warmed?

Yes: Moroto warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Moroto?

The wettest day measured in Moroto between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 2007, with 82 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Moroto?

The windiest day measured in Moroto between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1979, with winds reaching 31.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Moroto?

The warmest month in Moroto is February (24.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Moroto?

Moroto receives on average 966 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 126 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Moroto?

Moroto gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Moroto (Uganda) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.6 °C and it receives 966 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 (24.2 °C on average) and the coldest is July (20.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Moroto averages 0 frost days, 115 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 126 rainy days per year.

Moroto has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.4 °C (on 25 February 2005) and the coldest 12.6 °C (on 15 January 1968).

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

MorotoNorthern Region

coords: 2.53°, 34.67°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthJulyDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

22.6°C

Average daily high

28.4°C

Average daily low

17.5°C

Annual rainfall

966mm

Sunshine / day

11.3h

Mean relative humidity

62%

Average peak wind

14.2km/h

Seasonal range

3.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

115 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

126 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.3 °C

Average feels-like low

18.1 °C

Average peak gust

35.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

14 d/yr

Solar radiation

22.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.5 °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

36.4 °C

25 February 2005

Coldest day

12.6 °C

15 January 1968

Wettest day

82 mm

1 June 2007

Windiest day

31.0 km/h

18 January 1979

Strongest gust

73.1 km/h

21 January 2006

Hottest feels-like

36.7 °C

29 March 2016

Coldest feels-like

9.7 °C

3 January 1961

Sunniest day

11.9 h

30 January 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.0 °C16 March 2025	14.9 °C7 January 2025	23.9 °C	796 mm	185
2024	35.1 °C26 February 2024	14.3 °C29 December 2024	24.2 °C	961 mm	204
2023	35.5 °C9 March 2023	14.3 °C15 January 2023	24.5 °C	615 mm	235
2022	35.2 °C16 March 2022	15.3 °C3 June 2022	23.9 °C	740 mm	189
2021	33.8 °C7 March 2021	15.0 °C1 February 2021	23.8 °C	581 mm	185
2020	33.7 °C19 January 2020	14.9 °C19 November 2020	22.6 °C	1,522 mm	70
2019	35.3 °C25 March 2019	15.2 °C24 August 2019	23.3 °C	1,015 mm	133
2018	33.3 °C23 February 2018	15.3 °C9 February 2018	23.0 °C	1,145 mm	133
2017	35.0 °C15 April 2017	15.1 °C13 January 2017	23.4 °C	912 mm	155
2016	35.7 °C17 February 2016	15.4 °C6 December 2016	24.1 °C	683 mm	205
2015	34.9 °C24 February 2015	13.4 °C1 January 2015	23.8 °C	741 mm	179
2014	34.1 °C4 March 2014	14.0 °C26 January 2014	23.2 °C	873 mm	138
2013	34.4 °C1 March 2013	13.2 °C8 December 2013	22.7 °C	1,060 mm	98
2012	35.0 °C25 February 2012	12.8 °C4 January 2012	22.8 °C	1,124 mm	130
2011	34.9 °C11 February 2011	13.7 °C7 February 2011	22.9 °C	1,037 mm	139
2010	34.7 °C3 February 2010	14.6 °C3 December 2010	23.3 °C	966 mm	126
2009	35.1 °C12 November 2009	13.7 °C11 January 2009	24.3 °C	403 mm	256
2008	33.9 °C15 February 2008	15.0 °C21 November 2008	23.1 °C	836 mm	165
2007	34.3 °C23 February 2007	14.3 °C19 December 2007	23.0 °C	977 mm	140
2006	34.5 °C18 February 2006	15.1 °C17 December 2006	23.1 °C	888 mm	127
2005	36.4 °C25 February 2005	13.9 °C3 January 2005	23.5 °C	819 mm	185
2004	35.2 °C25 March 2004	15.4 °C29 July 2004	23.3 °C	752 mm	141
2003	34.5 °C25 February 2003	14.4 °C14 January 2003	23.4 °C	945 mm	162
2002	34.2 °C9 February 2002	15.3 °C8 July 2002	23.7 °C	563 mm	183
2001	34.4 °C3 March 2001	14.8 °C20 July 2001	23.0 °C	876 mm	123
2000	35.3 °C14 March 2000	13.7 °C27 January 2000	23.4 °C	575 mm	181
1999	33.7 °C15 February 1999	15.0 °C23 July 1999	23.1 °C	693 mm	126
1998	35.2 °C31 March 1998	15.6 °C3 December 1998	23.3 °C	899 mm	131
1997	34.3 °C22 February 1997	15.7 °C5 August 1997	23.2 °C	937 mm	147
1996	33.9 °C16 March 1996	15.0 °C19 December 1996	23.2 °C	845 mm	154
1995	34.8 °C28 February 1995	15.5 °C21 December 1995	23.8 °C	603 mm	180
1994	34.9 °C16 February 1994	15.1 °C31 December 1994	23.1 °C	1,017 mm	141
1993	34.0 °C6 March 1993	15.6 °C5 March 1993	23.6 °C	446 mm	177
1992	35.1 °C27 March 1992	14.8 °C22 November 1992	23.1 °C	770 mm	123
1991	35.3 °C23 March 1991	13.8 °C14 December 1991	23.0 °C	928 mm	126
1990	33.1 °C7 February 1990	14.0 °C9 January 1990	23.0 °C	825 mm	119
1989	35.2 °C3 March 1989	14.7 °C18 January 1989	22.5 °C	915 mm	97
1988	34.6 °C2 March 1988	14.6 °C31 December 1988	22.8 °C	1,087 mm	102
1987	35.4 °C5 March 1987	13.8 °C3 February 1987	23.8 °C	671 mm	189
1986	33.3 °C14 January 1986	15.0 °C18 January 1986	22.7 °C	881 mm	122
1985	34.2 °C17 March 1985	14.5 °C16 July 1985	22.5 °C	996 mm	110
1984	34.6 °C12 March 1984	13.6 °C19 December 1984	23.2 °C	520 mm	154
1983	34.8 °C21 March 1983	13.8 °C17 December 1983	23.0 °C	1,054 mm	112
1982	35.0 °C26 March 1982	14.6 °C31 December 1982	22.4 °C	988 mm	84
1981	34.3 °C23 February 1981	13.4 °C4 February 1981	22.8 °C	987 mm	116
1980	35.0 °C29 February 1980	13.7 °C28 December 1980	23.5 °C	556 mm	174
1979	34.1 °C5 March 1979	14.9 °C15 June 1979	22.8 °C	822 mm	121
1978	32.9 °C14 February 1978	14.3 °C31 July 1978	22.1 °C	1,086 mm	74
1977	34.2 °C16 February 1977	12.7 °C15 August 1977	21.9 °C	1,294 mm	69
1976	33.8 °C22 March 1976	14.0 °C21 June 1976	22.4 °C	1,039 mm	121
1975	34.4 °C12 March 1975	13.5 °C19 December 1975	22.0 °C	1,244 mm	113
1974	33.3 °C6 March 1974	13.6 °C3 January 1974	22.5 °C	829 mm	132
1973	34.8 °C30 March 1973	14.1 °C16 December 1973	23.0 °C	857 mm	142
1972	34.0 °C8 April 1972	14.8 °C20 February 1972	22.6 °C	925 mm	128
1971	34.2 °C27 February 1971	13.9 °C9 August 1971	21.8 °C	1,362 mm	93
1970	35.9 °C28 February 1970	13.5 °C25 July 1970	22.2 °C	1,067 mm	90
1969	34.1 °C3 April 1969	14.2 °C15 December 1969	22.9 °C	663 mm	145
1968	32.8 °C28 January 1968	12.6 °C15 January 1968	21.9 °C	947 mm	71
1967	34.7 °C10 March 1967	12.7 °C9 December 1967	21.4 °C	1,323 mm	69
1966	33.5 °C8 January 1966	13.8 °C24 December 1966	22.4 °C	1,059 mm	102
1965	33.6 °C18 February 1965	13.7 °C17 February 1965	22.5 °C	734 mm	121
1964	34.5 °C30 March 1964	14.2 °C22 August 1964	21.8 °C	1,167 mm	70
1963	32.2 °C10 October 1963	13.8 °C21 July 1963	21.4 °C	1,286 mm	39
1962	32.3 °C27 February 1962	14.3 °C4 January 1962	21.1 °C	1,171 mm	21
1961	33.5 °C30 January 1961	13.0 °C3 January 1961	21.8 °C	1,597 mm	84
1960	33.1 °C13 March 1960	13.7 °C30 December 1960	22.2 °C	1,248 mm	72
1959	33.6 °C16 March 1959	13.9 °C31 August 1959	22.3 °C	1,300 mm	87
1958	34.8 °C5 April 1958	13.6 °C17 February 1958	22.3 °C	1,214 mm	116
1957	32.7 °C17 February 1957	13.5 °C5 February 1957	22.2 °C	1,013 mm	86
1956	32.4 °C11 February 1956	14.2 °C19 July 1956	21.4 °C	1,074 mm	58
1955	32.8 °C5 March 1955	14.2 °C15 September 1955	21.3 °C	1,277 mm	45
1954	32.5 °C15 March 1954	14.0 °C4 January 1954	21.1 °C	1,427 mm	36
1953	30.7 °C20 February 1953	14.2 °C29 December 1953	20.6 °C	1,676 mm	12
1952	30.6 °C12 October 1952	14.7 °C13 June 1952	21.1 °C	1,295 mm	11
1951	32.6 °C1 March 1951	14.3 °C20 January 1951	20.8 °C	1,456 mm	24
1950	32.4 °C22 February 1950	13.6 °C18 July 1950	20.3 °C	1,689 mm	35
1949	32.2 °C5 March 1949	14.3 °C30 July 1949	21.0 °C	1,433 mm	45
1948	31.8 °C14 April 1948	14.3 °C2 January 1948	21.6 °C	918 mm	37
1947	31.2 °C7 February 1947	14.5 °C21 July 1947	21.0 °C	1,390 mm	8
1946	33.4 °C26 February 1946	14.4 °C15 July 1946	22.3 °C	702 mm	85
1945	33.2 °C24 February 1945	14.4 °C7 December 1945	22.3 °C	645 mm	88
1944	32.8 °C19 March 1944	14.1 °C11 January 1944	22.8 °C	396 mm	99
1943	33.4 °C1 March 1943	14.1 °C27 September 1943	22.0 °C	810 mm	98
1942	31.5 °C9 February 1942	13.7 °C17 July 1942	22.3 °C	569 mm	86
1941	35.1 °C27 March 1941	13.3 °C8 January 1941	22.5 °C	570 mm	70
1940	31.1 °C24 February 1940	13.8 °C29 November 1940	20.8 °C	1,474 mm	10

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.9 °C

+1.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

185 d/yr

+70

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

796 mm

-170 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	31.5 °C	+1.4 °C	1 mm	-13 mm
Feb	33.1 °C	+2.2 °C	0 mm	-20 mm
Mar	31.7 °C	+1.3 °C	50 mm	-8 mm
Apr	29.8 °C	+1.1 °C	185 mm	+67 mm
May	28.8 °C	+1.2 °C	111 mm	-39 mm
Jun	29.3 °C	+2.3 °C	35 mm	-85 mm
Jul	28.5 °C	+2.7 °C	63 mm	-103 mm
Aug	26.9 °C	+0.5 °C	200 mm	+66 mm
Sep	29.7 °C	+1.4 °C	31 mm	-34 mm
Oct	28.9 °C	+0.1 °C	104 mm	+47 mm
Nov	30.5 °C	+2.3 °C	1 mm	-45 mm
Dec	29.9 °C	+1.0 °C	16 mm	-3 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.0 °C

16 Mar 2025

Coldest day

14.9 °C

7 Jan 2025

Wettest day

78.7 mm

13 Apr 2025

Windiest day

26.7 km/h

15 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

60.5 km/h

15 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

35.2 °C

16 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

12.9 °C

7 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

11.9 h

29 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Moroto?

Moroto has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.6 °C and it receives 966 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Moroto?

The hottest day measured in Moroto between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 2005, reaching 36.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Moroto?

The coldest day measured in Moroto between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1968, at 12.6 °C.

Does it snow in Moroto?

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

Has the climate of Moroto warmed?

Yes: Moroto warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Moroto?

The wettest day measured in Moroto between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 2007, with 82 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Moroto?

The windiest day measured in Moroto between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1979, with winds reaching 31.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Moroto?

The warmest month in Moroto is February (24.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Moroto?

Moroto receives on average 966 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 126 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Moroto?

Moroto gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Moroto?

Yes: Moroto has on average 14 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Moroto?

In Moroto, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.7 °C on 29 March 2016, and the lowest was 9.7 °C on 3 January 1961.

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