Mubende climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Mubende?

Mubende has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 1,233 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Mubende between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 2005, reaching 35.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Mubende?

The coldest day measured in Mubende between 1940 and 2025 was 6 July 1951, at 11.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Mubende?

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

Q: Has the climate of Mubende warmed?

Yes: Mubende warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Mubende?

The wettest day measured in Mubende between 1940 and 2025 was 7 May 2025, with 39 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Mubende?

The windiest day measured in Mubende between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1953, with winds reaching 26.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Mubende?

The warmest month in Mubende is February (22.0 °C on average); the coldest is November (20.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Mubende?

Mubende receives on average 1,233 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 232 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Mubende?

Mubende gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Mubende (Uganda) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 1,233 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 (22.0 °C on average) and the coldest is November (20.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Mubende averages 0 frost days, 20 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 232 rainy days per year.

Mubende has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 35.9 °C (on 23 February 2005) and the coldest 11.1 °C (on 6 July 1951).

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

MubendeCentral Region

coords: 0.56°, 31.39°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthNovemberWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.8°C

Average daily high

26.3°C

Average daily low

16.7°C

Annual rainfall

1,233mm

Sunshine / day

10.3h

Mean relative humidity

79%

Average peak wind

11.7km/h

Seasonal range

1.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

20 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

232 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.9 °C

Average feels-like low

17.7 °C

Average peak gust

29.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

3 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.6 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.70 · 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

35.9 °C

23 February 2005

Coldest day

11.1 °C

6 July 1951

Wettest day

39 mm

7 May 2025

Windiest day

26.4 km/h

20 July 1953

Strongest gust

55.4 km/h

9 July 2005

Hottest feels-like

36.7 °C

25 February 2005

Coldest feels-like

9.5 °C

12 July 1944

Sunniest day

12.0 h

3 January 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.7 °C27 February 2025	13.8 °C21 September 2025	22.7 °C	862 mm	77
2024	32.1 °C26 July 2024	15.7 °C8 December 2024	23.0 °C	862 mm	68
2023	34.2 °C13 February 2023	15.4 °C17 March 2023	22.6 °C	1,028 mm	67
2022	33.3 °C11 January 2022	15.1 °C5 July 2022	22.4 °C	957 mm	58
2021	32.7 °C1 February 2021	14.3 °C25 August 2021	22.3 °C	715 mm	50
2020	32.3 °C21 January 2020	14.9 °C26 November 2020	22.1 °C	1,052 mm	30
2019	35.0 °C3 February 2019	15.2 °C21 December 2019	22.3 °C	1,030 mm	62
2018	34.5 °C3 February 2018	14.8 °C8 July 2018	21.9 °C	1,081 mm	36
2017	34.1 °C25 January 2017	14.9 °C10 July 2017	22.5 °C	865 mm	69
2016	34.3 °C29 March 2016	13.5 °C19 August 2016	22.8 °C	756 mm	96
2015	35.5 °C9 March 2015	14.1 °C13 July 2015	22.4 °C	860 mm	85
2014	33.6 °C3 March 2014	14.5 °C5 July 2014	22.1 °C	832 mm	64
2013	33.8 °C24 January 2013	14.9 °C27 August 2013	21.9 °C	840 mm	55
2012	35.1 °C9 February 2012	14.1 °C4 July 2012	21.8 °C	1,022 mm	71
2011	33.7 °C8 February 2011	14.9 °C7 February 2011	21.5 °C	1,090 mm	40
2010	33.5 °C2 February 2010	14.2 °C20 July 2010	21.6 °C	1,139 mm	23
2009	32.7 °C12 January 2009	13.9 °C20 July 2009	21.9 °C	883 mm	46
2008	32.3 °C17 December 2008	13.5 °C9 July 2008	21.3 °C	871 mm	22
2007	33.8 °C8 March 2007	14.1 °C24 August 2007	21.6 °C	933 mm	36
2006	34.9 °C28 January 2006	12.9 °C5 September 2006	21.4 °C	1,063 mm	33
2005	35.9 °C23 February 2005	13.2 °C14 July 2005	21.9 °C	935 mm	52
2004	34.1 °C14 February 2004	14.0 °C6 July 2004	21.8 °C	916 mm	35
2003	33.9 °C8 March 2003	14.5 °C15 December 2003	21.7 °C	827 mm	51
2002	31.1 °C31 January 2002	13.7 °C9 July 2002	21.1 °C	955 mm	20
2001	32.2 °C3 March 2001	13.7 °C25 June 2001	20.6 °C	1,046 mm	10
2000	31.7 °C23 February 2000	12.6 °C27 January 2000	20.7 °C	958 mm	10
1999	32.7 °C26 February 1999	13.1 °C21 August 1999	20.4 °C	1,240 mm	20
1998	30.4 °C21 March 1998	14.2 °C23 June 1998	21.3 °C	1,040 mm	3
1997	32.2 °C6 March 1997	13.8 °C21 May 1997	21.2 °C	1,237 mm	21
1996	29.8 °C4 January 1996	14.4 °C1 July 1996	20.8 °C	1,202 mm	0
1995	31.4 °C3 February 1995	13.1 °C25 August 1995	21.2 °C	1,046 mm	8
1994	31.8 °C18 February 1994	14.0 °C1 September 1994	21.0 °C	1,122 mm	10
1993	29.7 °C20 February 1993	14.2 °C17 January 1993	21.0 °C	1,130 mm	0
1992	33.6 °C5 March 1992	13.9 °C19 July 1992	21.0 °C	1,132 mm	31
1991	31.1 °C23 March 1991	13.4 °C9 July 1991	20.7 °C	1,307 mm	6
1990	30.4 °C10 February 1990	13.6 °C9 January 1990	20.7 °C	1,317 mm	1
1989	31.4 °C3 March 1989	13.7 °C22 June 1989	20.8 °C	1,141 mm	7
1988	31.9 °C2 March 1988	13.8 °C1 September 1988	20.9 °C	1,300 mm	5
1987	32.2 °C30 December 1987	13.2 °C14 July 1987	21.0 °C	1,322 mm	4
1986	30.3 °C25 February 1986	13.4 °C5 August 1986	20.4 °C	1,441 mm	1
1985	31.8 °C17 March 1985	13.0 °C8 July 1985	20.2 °C	1,460 mm	7
1984	32.5 °C21 February 1984	13.7 °C21 December 1984	20.4 °C	1,190 mm	9
1983	33.0 °C15 February 1983	14.2 °C4 December 1983	21.3 °C	1,123 mm	24
1982	32.3 °C29 January 1982	13.5 °C2 July 1982	20.8 °C	1,056 mm	14
1981	32.7 °C23 February 1981	13.7 °C12 January 1981	21.0 °C	1,260 mm	21
1980	33.1 °C24 February 1980	13.3 °C17 August 1980	20.9 °C	1,016 mm	15
1979	30.0 °C7 January 1979	13.0 °C23 July 1979	20.6 °C	1,421 mm	1
1978	33.6 °C7 February 1978	12.8 °C20 July 1978	20.7 °C	1,338 mm	11
1977	30.5 °C25 February 1977	12.3 °C15 August 1977	20.6 °C	1,428 mm	4
1976	32.2 °C31 January 1976	12.5 °C25 June 1976	20.0 °C	1,559 mm	5
1975	33.1 °C22 February 1975	12.5 °C30 July 1975	20.3 °C	1,539 mm	11
1974	31.4 °C16 March 1974	13.6 °C12 January 1974	20.0 °C	1,539 mm	5
1973	30.1 °C2 February 1973	13.1 °C30 June 1973	20.3 °C	1,356 mm	1
1972	28.8 °C31 March 1972	13.4 °C31 August 1972	19.9 °C	1,711 mm	0
1971	31.0 °C26 February 1971	12.1 °C24 June 1971	19.7 °C	1,647 mm	6
1970	28.8 °C8 February 1970	12.5 °C26 July 1970	19.9 °C	1,592 mm	0
1969	28.7 °C13 September 1969	12.9 °C10 August 1969	20.2 °C	1,325 mm	0
1968	29.5 °C20 January 1968	13.1 °C15 January 1968	20.0 °C	1,651 mm	0
1967	31.8 °C20 February 1967	12.4 °C10 December 1967	20.1 °C	1,504 mm	14
1966	29.6 °C16 August 1966	12.2 °C1 July 1966	20.2 °C	1,495 mm	0
1965	30.6 °C14 February 1965	11.1 °C18 September 1965	20.0 °C	1,522 mm	1
1964	28.9 °C8 March 1964	12.5 °C22 June 1964	19.7 °C	1,492 mm	0
1963	28.4 °C6 September 1963	12.2 °C5 August 1963	19.7 °C	1,875 mm	0
1962	29.3 °C15 February 1962	12.5 °C9 July 1962	19.5 °C	1,804 mm	0
1961	33.3 °C21 January 1961	12.5 °C3 January 1961	20.5 °C	1,456 mm	15
1960	29.6 °C31 December 1960	12.5 °C26 July 1960	20.2 °C	1,542 mm	0
1959	32.6 °C13 March 1959	11.4 °C14 July 1959	20.8 °C	1,547 mm	17
1958	32.9 °C25 February 1958	12.5 °C17 February 1958	21.1 °C	1,310 mm	25
1957	29.9 °C4 October 1957	12.3 °C23 July 1957	20.4 °C	1,405 mm	0
1956	28.5 °C11 March 1956	12.8 °C18 June 1956	19.5 °C	1,455 mm	0
1955	27.3 °C14 February 1955	13.2 °C18 June 1955	19.6 °C	1,522 mm	0
1954	27.6 °C3 February 1954	12.5 °C2 July 1954	19.7 °C	1,268 mm	0
1953	27.9 °C30 September 1953	11.6 °C23 July 1953	19.5 °C	1,900 mm	0
1952	27.2 °C30 August 1952	13.2 °C2 July 1952	19.8 °C	1,706 mm	0
1951	27.6 °C26 January 1951	11.1 °C6 July 1951	19.7 °C	1,780 mm	0
1950	28.8 °C5 March 1950	13.4 °C28 June 1950	19.6 °C	1,537 mm	0
1949	29.8 °C23 August 1949	13.5 °C26 June 1949	19.9 °C	1,320 mm	0
1948	28.6 °C17 July 1948	13.4 °C3 January 1948	19.9 °C	1,368 mm	0
1947	27.3 °C25 July 1947	12.9 °C21 June 1947	19.7 °C	1,539 mm	0
1946	35.4 °C25 February 1946	13.8 °C24 December 1946	20.9 °C	1,131 mm	63
1945	31.9 °C22 February 1945	11.8 °C9 June 1945	20.7 °C	789 mm	10
1944	32.5 °C13 February 1944	11.8 °C8 July 1944	20.9 °C	887 mm	20
1943	32.5 °C9 February 1943	13.7 °C14 October 1943	21.0 °C	838 mm	29
1942	32.2 °C9 February 1942	12.2 °C27 July 1942	20.4 °C	820 mm	10
1941	31.6 °C7 February 1941	12.5 °C4 July 1941	20.2 °C	1,195 mm	7
1940	27.3 °C2 January 1940	13.0 °C29 December 1940	19.6 °C	1,462 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

28.2 °C

+1.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

77 d/yr

+57

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

862 mm

-372 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	30.4 °C	+3.1 °C	8 mm	-46 mm
Feb	32.0 °C	+4.0 °C	20 mm	-51 mm
Mar	29.7 °C	+2.5 °C	94 mm	-33 mm
Apr	26.8 °C	+0.9 °C	146 mm	+3 mm
May	26.5 °C	+1.0 °C	128 mm	+12 mm
Jun	27.4 °C	+1.5 °C	28 mm	-27 mm
Jul	28.1 °C	+2.0 °C	23 mm	-23 mm
Aug	26.9 °C	+0.6 °C	100 mm	+13 mm
Sep	28.8 °C	+2.4 °C	52 mm	-68 mm
Oct	26.8 °C	+0.8 °C	123 mm	-41 mm
Nov	27.7 °C	+2.2 °C	48 mm	-112 mm
Dec	27.2 °C	+1.2 °C	92 mm	+2 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.7 °C

27 Feb 2025

Coldest day

13.8 °C

21 Sep 2025

Wettest day

39.2 mm

7 May 2025

Windiest day

21.1 km/h

16 Jun 2025

Strongest gust

46.4 km/h

30 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

35.5 °C

6 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

14.0 °C

21 Sep 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

1 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Mubende?

Mubende has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 1,233 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mubende?

The hottest day measured in Mubende between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 2005, reaching 35.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Mubende?

The coldest day measured in Mubende between 1940 and 2025 was 6 July 1951, at 11.1 °C.

Does it snow in Mubende?

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

Has the climate of Mubende warmed?

Yes: Mubende warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Mubende?

The wettest day measured in Mubende between 1940 and 2025 was 7 May 2025, with 39 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Mubende?

The windiest day measured in Mubende between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1953, with winds reaching 26.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Mubende?

The warmest month in Mubende is February (22.0 °C on average); the coldest is November (20.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Mubende?

Mubende receives on average 1,233 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 232 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Mubende?

Mubende gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Mubende?

Yes: Mubende has on average 3 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mubende?

In Mubende, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.7 °C on 25 February 2005, and the lowest was 9.5 °C on 12 July 1944.

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