Ntungamo climate — normals and trends
Ntungamo (Uganda) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.1 °C and it receives 799 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 August (20.8 °C on average) and the coldest is November (19.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Ntungamo averages 0 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 159 rainy days per year.
Ntungamo has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.2 °C (on 24 February 2005) and the coldest 10.6 °C (on 10 December 1964).
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
NtungamoWestern Region
- coords
- -0.88°, 30.26°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
20.1°C
Average daily high
25.7°C
Average daily low
15.3°C
Annual rainfall
799mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
12.2km/h
Seasonal range
1.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
159 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
26.8 °C
Average feels-like low
15.9 °C
Average peak gust
32.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.62 · p = < 0.001
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
34.2 °C
24 February 2005
Coldest day
10.6 °C
10 December 1964
Wettest day
87 mm
12 February 1960
Windiest day
23.2 km/h
11 May 2007
Strongest gust
56.2 km/h
23 October 2018
Hottest feels-like
34.6 °C
24 February 2005
Coldest feels-like
8.9 °C
30 July 1975
Sunniest day
12.0 h
2 January 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 23 mm | -29 mm |
| Feb | 29.3 °C | +2.9 °C | 10 mm | -49 mm |
| Mar | 27.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 66 mm | -24 mm |
| Apr | 26.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 120 mm | +13 mm |
| May | 25.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 57 mm | -18 mm |
| Jun | 26.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 23 mm | +6 mm |
| Jul | 27.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 4 mm | -6 mm |
| Aug | 26.7 °C | -0.1 °C | 45 mm | +13 mm |
| Sep | 28.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 28 mm | -37 mm |
| Oct | 25.7 °C | +0.1 °C | 153 mm | +57 mm |
| Nov | 25.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 57 mm | -60 mm |
| Dec | 25.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 51 mm | -30 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ntungamo?
Ntungamo has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.1 °C and it receives 799 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ntungamo?
The hottest day measured in Ntungamo between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 2005, reaching 34.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ntungamo?
The coldest day measured in Ntungamo between 1940 and 2025 was 10 December 1964, at 10.6 °C.
Does it snow in Ntungamo?
Almost never: Ntungamo sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Ntungamo warmed?
Yes: Ntungamo warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ntungamo?
The wettest day measured in Ntungamo between 1940 and 2025 was 12 February 1960, with 87 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ntungamo?
The windiest day measured in Ntungamo between 1940 and 2025 was 11 May 2007, with winds reaching 23.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ntungamo?
The warmest month in Ntungamo is August (20.8 °C on average); the coldest is November (19.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Ntungamo?
Ntungamo receives on average 799 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 159 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ntungamo?
Ntungamo gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Ntungamo?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Ntungamo.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ntungamo?
In Ntungamo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.6 °C on 24 February 2005, and the lowest was 8.9 °C on 30 July 1975.
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