Namutumba climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Namutumba?

Namutumba has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.8 °C and it receives 2,717 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Namutumba between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 2005, reaching 35.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Namutumba?

The coldest day measured in Namutumba between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 1947, at 11.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Namutumba?

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

Q: Has the climate of Namutumba warmed?

Yes: Namutumba warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Namutumba?

The wettest day measured in Namutumba between 1940 and 2025 was 10 March 1953, with 128 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Namutumba?

The windiest day measured in Namutumba between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1946, with winds reaching 21.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Namutumba?

The warmest month in Namutumba is February (22.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Namutumba?

Namutumba receives on average 2,717 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 297 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Namutumba?

Namutumba gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Namutumba (Uganda) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.8 °C and it receives 2,717 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 (22.7 °C on average) and the coldest is July (21.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Namutumba averages 0 frost days, 25 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 297 rainy days per year.

Namutumba has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 35.9 °C (on 25 February 2005) and the coldest 11.3 °C (on 26 July 1947).

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

NamutumbaEastern Region

coords: 0.84°, 33.69°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthAprilDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.8°C

Average daily high

27.2°C

Average daily low

17.8°C

Annual rainfall

2,717mm

Sunshine / day

10.1h

Mean relative humidity

83%

Average peak wind

9.8km/h

Seasonal range

1.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

25 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

297 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

31.3 °C

Average feels-like low

19.5 °C

Average peak gust

24.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

12 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.2 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.82 · 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

25 February 2005

Coldest day

11.3 °C

26 July 1947

Wettest day

128 mm

10 March 1953

Windiest day

21.9 km/h

26 February 1946

Strongest gust

49.7 km/h

28 February 1943

Hottest feels-like

39.2 °C

25 February 2005

Coldest feels-like

10.2 °C

26 July 1947

Sunniest day

12.0 h

29 January 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.1 °C27 February 2025	15.7 °C23 November 2025	23.1 °C	1,732 mm	81
2024	32.7 °C23 March 2024	16.4 °C29 December 2024	23.4 °C	2,152 mm	68
2023	34.2 °C8 March 2023	15.6 °C7 January 2023	23.2 °C	2,558 mm	73
2022	32.9 °C6 March 2022	15.3 °C4 July 2022	22.8 °C	2,112 mm	50
2021	32.4 °C2 March 2021	14.2 °C23 July 2021	22.6 °C	2,012 mm	20
2020	31.6 °C17 February 2020	15.2 °C27 July 2020	22.6 °C	2,797 mm	25
2019	34.1 °C24 March 2019	15.4 °C20 December 2019	22.8 °C	2,622 mm	56
2018	34.5 °C16 February 2018	15.3 °C7 July 2018	22.6 °C	2,552 mm	38
2017	33.8 °C17 January 2017	15.4 °C13 January 2017	23.0 °C	2,006 mm	74
2016	33.4 °C29 March 2016	14.8 °C29 January 2016	23.1 °C	1,693 mm	76
2015	34.9 °C11 March 2015	15.0 °C19 January 2015	22.8 °C	2,451 mm	76
2014	34.4 °C23 February 2014	15.4 °C12 February 2014	22.5 °C	2,176 mm	53
2013	32.8 °C24 January 2013	14.6 °C16 July 2013	22.3 °C	2,149 mm	40
2012	34.9 °C15 February 2012	14.5 °C15 January 2012	22.4 °C	2,392 mm	67
2011	33.3 °C26 February 2011	14.3 °C27 January 2011	22.3 °C	2,650 mm	41
2010	33.6 °C3 February 2010	15.4 °C18 December 2010	22.5 °C	2,460 mm	35
2009	31.8 °C18 January 2009	14.2 °C11 January 2009	22.5 °C	2,465 mm	50
2008	31.9 °C11 January 2008	15.0 °C25 July 2008	22.1 °C	2,347 mm	43
2007	32.2 °C8 March 2007	14.6 °C18 December 2007	22.2 °C	2,321 mm	26
2006	33.8 °C6 February 2006	15.4 °C22 January 2006	22.3 °C	2,963 mm	41
2005	35.9 °C25 February 2005	14.2 °C14 July 2005	22.6 °C	1,946 mm	64
2004	33.5 °C13 February 2004	15.2 °C28 January 2004	22.4 °C	2,228 mm	33
2003	33.9 °C21 February 2003	15.1 °C26 December 2003	22.3 °C	2,140 mm	50
2002	32.1 °C26 February 2002	15.0 °C9 July 2002	22.3 °C	2,421 mm	24
2001	32.5 °C3 March 2001	15.3 °C28 January 2001	21.9 °C	2,270 mm	20
2000	32.0 °C20 February 2000	13.9 °C27 January 2000	22.0 °C	2,178 mm	27
1999	33.5 °C9 February 1999	14.9 °C17 July 1999	21.9 °C	2,516 mm	34
1998	32.5 °C13 March 1998	15.7 °C9 December 1998	22.6 °C	2,370 mm	42
1997	33.7 °C13 March 1997	15.7 °C13 January 1997	22.5 °C	2,976 mm	54
1996	30.7 °C11 March 1996	15.4 °C30 November 1996	22.1 °C	2,519 mm	11
1995	31.6 °C21 January 1995	15.1 °C20 January 1995	22.3 °C	2,711 mm	23
1994	31.6 °C17 February 1994	15.1 °C24 August 1994	22.1 °C	2,944 mm	22
1993	30.8 °C15 March 1993	14.7 °C21 January 1993	22.1 °C	2,347 mm	9
1992	32.5 °C13 March 1992	15.4 °C5 January 1992	21.9 °C	2,609 mm	23
1991	31.4 °C21 February 1991	15.5 °C12 December 1991	21.9 °C	2,883 mm	22
1990	31.1 °C28 January 1990	14.6 °C9 January 1990	21.9 °C	2,823 mm	9
1989	32.1 °C1 March 1989	14.5 °C18 January 1989	21.7 °C	2,699 mm	15
1988	32.8 °C2 March 1988	14.2 °C5 December 1988	21.9 °C	2,856 mm	15
1987	32.8 °C30 December 1987	14.8 °C2 February 1987	22.2 °C	2,639 mm	22
1986	31.0 °C25 February 1986	14.6 °C6 August 1986	21.6 °C	3,312 mm	8
1985	34.1 °C16 March 1985	14.4 °C15 January 1985	21.5 °C	2,976 mm	20
1984	32.4 °C21 February 1984	13.4 °C20 January 1984	21.5 °C	2,667 mm	14
1983	32.5 °C14 February 1983	14.5 °C30 December 1983	21.9 °C	2,798 mm	27
1982	32.3 °C26 March 1982	15.0 °C30 December 1982	21.6 °C	3,031 mm	14
1981	32.7 °C1 March 1981	14.8 °C10 September 1981	21.7 °C	2,556 mm	25
1980	32.7 °C26 February 1980	14.7 °C20 March 1980	21.7 °C	2,509 mm	20
1979	31.4 °C6 March 1979	14.5 °C3 March 1979	21.6 °C	3,245 mm	9
1978	33.3 °C7 February 1978	12.9 °C5 February 1978	21.5 °C	3,231 mm	13
1977	31.1 °C25 February 1977	13.3 °C11 August 1977	21.5 °C	2,960 mm	18
1976	31.8 °C30 January 1976	13.4 °C16 January 1976	21.2 °C	3,205 mm	15
1975	31.6 °C28 January 1975	14.2 °C29 November 1975	21.2 °C	3,288 mm	19
1974	32.7 °C16 March 1974	14.7 °C5 February 1974	21.2 °C	3,099 mm	15
1973	31.7 °C6 February 1973	14.5 °C11 December 1973	21.6 °C	2,908 mm	33
1972	30.3 °C31 August 1972	15.3 °C2 January 1972	21.2 °C	3,646 mm	5
1971	32.2 °C7 March 1971	12.2 °C30 January 1971	21.0 °C	2,944 mm	13
1970	32.3 °C8 February 1970	15.0 °C28 June 1970	21.2 °C	3,017 mm	5
1969	31.1 °C3 April 1969	14.8 °C1 January 1969	21.4 °C	2,476 mm	5
1968	30.8 °C3 September 1968	13.3 °C14 January 1968	21.1 °C	3,440 mm	2
1967	32.1 °C10 March 1967	13.7 °C12 December 1967	21.1 °C	3,227 mm	23
1966	30.6 °C18 January 1966	13.0 °C24 December 1966	21.5 °C	3,160 mm	8
1965	32.0 °C14 February 1965	13.9 °C18 January 1965	21.3 °C	3,173 mm	14
1964	30.6 °C6 March 1964	14.1 °C9 December 1964	21.1 °C	3,512 mm	5
1963	30.8 °C24 March 1963	13.8 °C8 August 1963	20.9 °C	3,493 mm	4
1962	30.8 °C4 February 1962	14.9 °C2 February 1962	20.6 °C	3,325 mm	5
1961	33.4 °C21 January 1961	14.7 °C3 January 1961	21.5 °C	3,843 mm	22
1960	31.0 °C14 December 1960	13.7 °C30 December 1960	21.6 °C	3,397 mm	16
1959	32.3 °C17 March 1959	14.4 °C11 July 1959	21.8 °C	3,382 mm	25
1958	32.5 °C3 March 1958	13.7 °C28 June 1958	21.7 °C	2,938 mm	34
1957	30.8 °C17 February 1957	12.4 °C6 February 1957	21.6 °C	3,503 mm	9
1956	30.0 °C13 March 1956	14.4 °C30 July 1956	20.6 °C	2,671 mm	1
1955	29.2 °C3 March 1955	14.7 °C8 August 1955	20.7 °C	2,941 mm	0
1954	29.0 °C7 February 1954	12.6 °C3 July 1954	20.8 °C	2,284 mm	0
1953	29.0 °C30 September 1953	12.3 °C13 August 1953	20.5 °C	4,514 mm	0
1952	29.2 °C24 January 1952	15.3 °C25 January 1952	20.8 °C	3,145 mm	0
1951	29.1 °C1 March 1951	13.5 °C4 July 1951	20.7 °C	3,551 mm	0
1950	30.2 °C1 March 1950	14.1 °C19 August 1950	20.5 °C	2,912 mm	1
1949	29.7 °C23 March 1949	13.0 °C1 August 1949	20.9 °C	2,481 mm	0
1948	28.6 °C24 March 1948	14.9 °C3 January 1948	20.9 °C	3,020 mm	0
1947	28.9 °C1 November 1947	11.3 °C26 July 1947	20.8 °C	3,009 mm	0
1946	34.6 °C24 February 1946	14.4 °C15 January 1946	21.3 °C	2,268 mm	51
1945	30.8 °C23 February 1945	13.9 °C8 June 1945	21.0 °C	1,871 mm	2
1944	32.0 °C3 March 1944	13.3 °C6 July 1944	21.5 °C	2,020 mm	35
1943	33.3 °C19 February 1943	12.5 °C27 July 1943	21.4 °C	1,443 mm	44
1942	32.9 °C8 February 1942	14.3 °C28 July 1942	21.2 °C	1,754 mm	23
1941	32.6 °C7 February 1941	14.3 °C11 December 1941	21.2 °C	2,083 mm	16
1940	29.1 °C20 January 1940	13.5 °C29 June 1940	20.5 °C	2,729 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

28.7 °C

+1.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

81 d/yr

+56

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1732 mm

-985 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.2 °C	+1.1 °C	67 mm	-89 mm
Feb	31.8 °C	+3.1 °C	22 mm	-144 mm
Mar	30.2 °C	+2.1 °C	230 mm	-54 mm
Apr	28.1 °C	+1.2 °C	265 mm	-72 mm
May	28.1 °C	+1.4 °C	273 mm	-36 mm
Jun	27.5 °C	+0.8 °C	82 mm	-90 mm
Jul	27.3 °C	+0.9 °C	90 mm	-33 mm
Aug	27.5 °C	+0.7 °C	149 mm	-3 mm
Sep	29.1 °C	+1.8 °C	148 mm	-63 mm
Oct	27.9 °C	+0.8 °C	189 mm	-84 mm
Nov	28.9 °C	+2.2 °C	78 mm	-232 mm
Dec	29.0 °C	+1.8 °C	140 mm	-85 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.1 °C

27 Feb 2025

Coldest day

15.7 °C

23 Nov 2025

Wettest day

43.9 mm

20 Mar 2025

Windiest day

18.5 km/h

3 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

43.9 km/h

3 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.4 °C

22 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

15.6 °C

27 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

29 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Namutumba?

Namutumba has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.8 °C and it receives 2,717 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Namutumba?

The hottest day measured in Namutumba between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 2005, reaching 35.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Namutumba?

The coldest day measured in Namutumba between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 1947, at 11.3 °C.

Does it snow in Namutumba?

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

Has the climate of Namutumba warmed?

Yes: Namutumba warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Namutumba?

The wettest day measured in Namutumba between 1940 and 2025 was 10 March 1953, with 128 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Namutumba?

The windiest day measured in Namutumba between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1946, with winds reaching 21.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Namutumba?

The warmest month in Namutumba is February (22.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Namutumba?

Namutumba receives on average 2,717 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 297 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Namutumba?

Namutumba gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Namutumba?

Yes: Namutumba has on average 12 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Namutumba?

In Namutumba, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.2 °C on 25 February 2005, and the lowest was 10.2 °C on 26 July 1947.

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