Mpigi climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Mpigi?

Mpigi has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 1,610 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Mpigi between 1940 and 2025 was 9 March 2015, reaching 33.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Mpigi?

The coldest day measured in Mpigi between 1940 and 2025 was 18 September 1965, at 12.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Mpigi?

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

Q: Has the climate of Mpigi warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Mpigi?

The wettest day measured in Mpigi between 1940 and 2025 was 19 February 1953, with 66 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Mpigi?

The windiest day measured in Mpigi between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 2009, with winds reaching 26.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Mpigi?

The warmest month in Mpigi is February (21.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Mpigi?

Mpigi receives on average 1,610 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 284 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Mpigi?

Mpigi gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Mpigi (Uganda) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 1,610 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 (21.7 °C on average) and the coldest is July (20.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Mpigi averages 0 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 284 rainy days per year.

Mpigi has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 33.0 °C (on 9 March 2015) and the coldest 12.4 °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

MpigiCentral Region

coords: 0.23°, 32.31°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthAprilDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.0°C

Average daily high

25.4°C

Average daily low

17.5°C

Annual rainfall

1,610mm

Sunshine / day

9.9h

Mean relative humidity

85%

Average peak wind

11.2km/h

Seasonal range

1.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

4 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

284 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.9 °C

Average feels-like low

18.8 °C

Average peak gust

27.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

8 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.3 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.77 · 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

33.0 °C

9 March 2015

Coldest day

12.4 °C

18 September 1965

Wettest day

66 mm

19 February 1953

Windiest day

26.5 km/h

18 July 2009

Strongest gust

53.6 km/h

18 July 2009

Hottest feels-like

38.1 °C

25 February 2005

Coldest feels-like

11.7 °C

9 June 1945

Sunniest day

12.0 h

17 January 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.0 °C26 February 2025	14.8 °C21 September 2025	22.5 °C	1,112 mm	16
2024	31.2 °C23 February 2024	16.9 °C30 December 2024	23.1 °C	1,288 mm	18
2023	32.0 °C8 March 2023	16.5 °C6 January 2023	22.7 °C	1,364 mm	21
2022	31.7 °C27 January 2022	15.5 °C6 July 2022	22.3 °C	1,187 mm	11
2021	30.9 °C12 March 2021	14.2 °C25 August 2021	22.2 °C	1,108 mm	3
2020	30.8 °C21 January 2020	15.5 °C1 August 2020	22.0 °C	1,496 mm	7
2019	31.2 °C14 February 2019	15.6 °C19 July 2019	22.0 °C	1,513 mm	7
2018	31.0 °C30 January 2018	14.5 °C14 August 2018	21.8 °C	1,496 mm	13
2017	32.4 °C25 January 2017	15.1 °C10 July 2017	22.3 °C	1,197 mm	19
2016	31.4 °C10 February 2016	14.0 °C19 August 2016	22.6 °C	1,076 mm	27
2015	33.0 °C9 March 2015	15.1 °C6 July 2015	22.1 °C	1,402 mm	37
2014	32.1 °C17 February 2014	15.9 °C30 June 2014	21.8 °C	1,337 mm	19
2013	30.9 °C26 February 2013	14.8 °C15 July 2013	21.7 °C	1,324 mm	8
2012	31.9 °C9 February 2012	14.7 °C4 July 2012	21.6 °C	1,526 mm	23
2011	31.2 °C30 January 2011	15.1 °C27 January 2011	21.4 °C	1,561 mm	3
2010	31.7 °C2 February 2010	14.8 °C17 July 2010	21.7 °C	1,598 mm	5
2009	31.2 °C10 March 2009	14.7 °C11 January 2009	21.7 °C	1,353 mm	4
2008	30.0 °C5 January 2008	14.4 °C26 July 2008	21.4 °C	1,302 mm	1
2007	31.0 °C24 February 2007	14.6 °C22 July 2007	21.7 °C	1,218 mm	9
2006	31.6 °C12 February 2006	14.2 °C5 September 2006	21.5 °C	1,528 mm	10
2005	32.8 °C25 February 2005	12.6 °C14 July 2005	22.0 °C	1,293 mm	13
2004	31.4 °C14 February 2004	15.0 °C29 August 2004	21.7 °C	1,265 mm	12
2003	31.4 °C7 March 2003	14.8 °C15 December 2003	21.5 °C	1,226 mm	10
2002	30.2 °C23 February 2002	14.7 °C26 July 2002	21.3 °C	1,366 mm	1
2001	29.3 °C2 February 2001	14.2 °C25 June 2001	20.9 °C	1,522 mm	0
2000	29.6 °C23 February 2000	13.5 °C6 August 2000	20.9 °C	1,336 mm	0
1999	30.6 °C17 February 1999	14.1 °C21 August 1999	20.8 °C	1,557 mm	6
1998	29.5 °C17 February 1998	14.8 °C22 August 1998	21.6 °C	1,444 mm	0
1997	29.9 °C15 February 1997	14.4 °C19 July 1997	21.4 °C	1,596 mm	0
1996	29.7 °C4 January 1996	14.6 °C28 July 1996	21.0 °C	1,661 mm	0
1995	29.3 °C4 January 1995	13.9 °C24 August 1995	21.3 °C	1,557 mm	0
1994	30.1 °C18 February 1994	14.2 °C1 September 1994	21.1 °C	1,720 mm	2
1993	28.8 °C10 April 1993	14.2 °C22 January 1993	21.1 °C	1,544 mm	0
1992	30.7 °C29 February 1992	14.5 °C19 July 1992	21.0 °C	1,482 mm	2
1991	29.3 °C20 February 1991	14.7 °C24 July 1991	21.0 °C	1,757 mm	0
1990	28.4 °C23 December 1990	14.5 °C31 July 1990	21.0 °C	1,724 mm	0
1989	29.6 °C25 January 1989	13.9 °C13 September 1989	20.8 °C	1,689 mm	0
1988	29.9 °C2 March 1988	14.7 °C21 June 1988	21.0 °C	1,746 mm	0
1987	30.0 °C30 December 1987	14.5 °C14 July 1987	21.3 °C	1,899 mm	1
1986	29.0 °C17 January 1986	14.1 °C5 August 1986	20.8 °C	1,937 mm	0
1985	30.9 °C16 March 1985	13.3 °C7 August 1985	20.6 °C	1,928 mm	1
1984	29.8 °C24 January 1984	14.4 °C26 June 1984	20.5 °C	1,798 mm	0
1983	32.1 °C14 February 1983	14.0 °C6 July 1983	21.3 °C	1,563 mm	6
1982	30.6 °C29 January 1982	13.4 °C2 July 1982	20.9 °C	1,563 mm	1
1981	29.9 °C23 February 1981	13.8 °C15 June 1981	21.0 °C	1,575 mm	0
1980	30.1 °C18 March 1980	13.5 °C21 July 1980	20.8 °C	1,522 mm	1
1979	29.3 °C2 March 1979	14.5 °C23 July 1979	20.8 °C	1,844 mm	0
1978	30.5 °C7 February 1978	12.9 °C5 February 1978	20.7 °C	1,797 mm	2
1977	29.6 °C30 September 1977	12.9 °C11 August 1977	20.7 °C	1,791 mm	0
1976	28.9 °C16 March 1976	13.0 °C25 July 1976	20.3 °C	1,874 mm	0
1975	29.3 °C21 February 1975	13.4 °C30 July 1975	20.3 °C	1,989 mm	0
1974	29.1 °C16 March 1974	13.8 °C21 July 1974	20.3 °C	1,913 mm	0
1973	29.7 °C9 March 1973	13.6 °C4 July 1973	20.6 °C	1,813 mm	0
1972	28.1 °C31 March 1972	14.3 °C4 August 1972	20.3 °C	2,043 mm	0
1971	29.0 °C4 March 1971	13.8 °C25 June 1971	20.1 °C	1,891 mm	0
1970	28.8 °C8 February 1970	13.5 °C25 July 1970	20.3 °C	1,773 mm	0
1969	28.6 °C3 April 1969	13.3 °C12 August 1969	20.4 °C	1,734 mm	0
1968	28.6 °C3 September 1968	12.9 °C20 July 1968	20.3 °C	2,045 mm	0
1967	29.9 °C20 February 1967	13.2 °C12 December 1967	20.3 °C	2,024 mm	0
1966	28.8 °C25 December 1966	13.2 °C3 October 1966	20.7 °C	1,817 mm	0
1965	29.7 °C14 February 1965	12.4 °C18 September 1965	20.5 °C	1,817 mm	0
1964	28.7 °C24 February 1964	13.1 °C22 June 1964	20.3 °C	1,825 mm	0
1963	28.1 °C23 March 1963	12.9 °C8 August 1963	20.1 °C	2,008 mm	0
1962	27.6 °C21 February 1962	14.8 °C13 July 1962	19.8 °C	1,956 mm	0
1961	30.9 °C21 January 1961	13.6 °C3 January 1961	20.6 °C	2,074 mm	1
1960	29.2 °C31 December 1960	13.8 °C28 January 1960	20.6 °C	2,038 mm	0
1959	30.8 °C5 February 1959	13.2 °C9 July 1959	21.0 °C	1,971 mm	3
1958	30.2 °C25 February 1958	13.3 °C16 February 1958	21.2 °C	1,613 mm	2
1957	29.0 °C13 February 1957	13.0 °C21 August 1957	20.8 °C	1,825 mm	0
1956	26.8 °C12 January 1956	14.3 °C14 July 1956	19.9 °C	1,782 mm	0
1955	26.5 °C30 August 1955	13.5 °C18 June 1955	20.0 °C	1,566 mm	0
1954	26.5 °C11 January 1954	14.0 °C25 June 1954	20.0 °C	1,522 mm	0
1953	26.9 °C30 September 1953	13.6 °C19 July 1953	19.9 °C	2,234 mm	0
1952	26.9 °C23 January 1952	14.5 °C21 June 1952	20.2 °C	1,807 mm	0
1951	26.9 °C16 August 1951	13.4 °C20 July 1951	20.0 °C	1,966 mm	0
1950	27.3 °C3 March 1950	14.0 °C19 August 1950	19.8 °C	1,702 mm	0
1949	28.1 °C23 August 1949	13.4 °C31 July 1949	20.2 °C	1,521 mm	0
1948	26.3 °C3 August 1948	14.0 °C17 July 1948	20.2 °C	1,517 mm	0
1947	27.9 °C29 October 1947	12.6 °C25 July 1947	20.2 °C	1,634 mm	0
1946	31.3 °C25 February 1946	14.3 °C15 July 1946	20.6 °C	1,299 mm	8
1945	28.8 °C19 January 1945	12.6 °C9 June 1945	20.4 °C	1,268 mm	0
1944	30.4 °C5 March 1944	13.2 °C8 July 1944	20.7 °C	1,211 mm	1
1943	29.4 °C15 January 1943	13.2 °C27 July 1943	20.5 °C	1,198 mm	0
1942	29.2 °C9 February 1942	14.0 °C5 September 1942	20.3 °C	1,227 mm	0
1941	30.3 °C27 March 1941	14.0 °C29 July 1941	20.3 °C	1,592 mm	1
1940	26.8 °C4 March 1940	13.5 °C29 December 1940	19.8 °C	1,656 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

27.0 °C

+1.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

16 d/yr

+12

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1112 mm

-498 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.8 °C	+1.6 °C	62 mm	-35 mm
Feb	29.1 °C	+2.6 °C	42 mm	-73 mm
Mar	27.5 °C	+1.5 °C	145 mm	-22 mm
Apr	26.2 °C	+1.2 °C	140 mm	-59 mm
May	26.2 °C	+1.5 °C	131 mm	-41 mm
Jun	26.2 °C	+1.3 °C	76 mm	-19 mm
Jul	26.1 °C	+1.2 °C	81 mm	+8 mm
Aug	26.3 °C	+1.0 °C	104 mm	-1 mm
Sep	27.8 °C	+2.2 °C	70 mm	-66 mm
Oct	27.0 °C	+1.5 °C	113 mm	-53 mm
Nov	27.5 °C	+2.5 °C	53 mm	-112 mm
Dec	26.9 °C	+1.5 °C	96 mm	-25 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.0 °C

26 Feb 2025

Coldest day

14.8 °C

21 Sep 2025

Wettest day

19.5 mm

28 Mar 2025

Windiest day

24.7 km/h

29 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

50.8 km/h

29 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

35.8 °C

28 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

15.4 °C

21 Sep 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

8 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Mpigi?

Mpigi has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 1,610 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mpigi?

The hottest day measured in Mpigi between 1940 and 2025 was 9 March 2015, reaching 33.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Mpigi?

The coldest day measured in Mpigi between 1940 and 2025 was 18 September 1965, at 12.4 °C.

Does it snow in Mpigi?

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

Has the climate of Mpigi warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Mpigi?

The wettest day measured in Mpigi between 1940 and 2025 was 19 February 1953, with 66 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Mpigi?

The windiest day measured in Mpigi between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 2009, with winds reaching 26.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Mpigi?

The warmest month in Mpigi is February (21.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Mpigi?

Mpigi receives on average 1,610 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 284 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Mpigi?

Mpigi gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Mpigi?

Yes: Mpigi has on average 8 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mpigi?

In Mpigi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.1 °C on 25 February 2005, and the lowest was 11.7 °C on 9 June 1945.

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